Three times per year, we hold intensive periods of online intensive Zen training called keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind” in Japanese. This online intensive training will follow a new schedule, similar to sesshin, and one that can be adapted to any time zone around the world.
This Rohatsu training (commemoration of Buddha's enlightenment on Dec 8) will be anchored in the UK and the schedule is still TBD. The training will include periods of zazen interspersed with Shodo, Okyo and other physical training.
Further information on the schedule and other ways to prepare will be shared with registrants. For more information, contact Andy Robins Roshi.
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, understand the basic principles of hara breathing, and have a hara belt for personal use (see FAQs). If interested in participating, please discuss with your teacher. If you don’t have a teacher yet, email Scobie Roshi. Once approved, please register using the link above.
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