This is a one-day online intensive training lasting 7am-7pm CST (2pm-2am CET in Europe) designed to prepare students to participate in keishin. It will be run by senior students. It’s a great opportunity for boosting your training. Students will train separately at home, tethered together through the Zoom video conferencing platform. The draft schedule for the US and Europe is below:
To prepare, students should have received basic instruction on how to sit zazen and have been sitting online or on their own for at least a month. Students should be able to sit for 45 minutes at a time without moving and understand the basic principles of hara breathing.
Training through Chosei Zen is donation-based and open to all regardless of ability to pay. All donations are very much appreciated and help keep our dojos running! You can donate here.