EVENTS
Spring Sesshin
Spring Sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 4-day intensive meditation training.
Summer Sesshin
Summer sesshin will be held at Daikozen-ji in Madison, WI. This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Fall Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard.
Fall Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Spring Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Winter Sesshin
Winter Sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Fall Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Fall Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard.
Fall Sesshin (UK)
We are holding our first intensive three-night training called sesshin in the UK. We welcome beginners and long-term students to join.
Summer Sesshin
Summer sesshin will be held at Daikozen-ji in Madison, WI. This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Spring Sesshin (Europe)
We are holding an intensive three-night training called Sesshin in the French Alps. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended. This sesshin will be tailored to and make use of the surroundings, including activities in the mountains, e.g. walking meditation / hiking.
Spring Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard.
Spring Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Winter Sesshin
Winter Sesshin will be held at the Spring Green Dojo in Spring Green, WI. This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Fall Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Fall Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard.
Fall Sesshin (UK)
We are holding our first intensive three-night training called Sesshin in the UK / Europe. We welcome beginners and long-term students to join.
Summer Sesshin
This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Spring Keishin
Four times per year, we hold intensive periods of Zen training called sesshin (接心), which literally means “to gather the mind” in Japanese. Because of social distancing and travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve taken the training online through a training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Spring Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard.
Winter Sesshin - Canceled
This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Fall Keishin
This is a 4-day online intensive training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Fall Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard. We will be evaluating based on changing conditions whether we are able to complete this in-person (sesshin) vs online (keishin).
From Keishin to Sesshin: What's different about training in person?
An opportunity for in-person sesshin is likely to land in the fall. What's the difference from keishin and the training in the Virtual Dojo you've been used to? Join in a discussion with teachers who are big fans of training in both worlds to better understand what's unique about in-person training and whether it calls you.
Summer Work Keishin
At spring keishin, Kushner Roshi posed the question of how our day-to-day work could be undertaken in the spirit of Zen training. We're dedicating the 7-day summer intensive training as a “work keishin” to help you explore the answer.
Spring Keishin (online sesshin)
Four times per year, we hold intensive periods of Zen training called sesshin (接心), which literally means “to gather the mind” in Japanese. Because of social distancing and travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve taken the training online through a training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
Winter Sesshin
This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Winter Keishin (online sesshin)
Four times per year, we hold intensive periods of Zen training called sesshin (接心), which literally means “to gather the mind” in Japanese. Because of social distancing and travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve taken the training online through a new training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
This will be a 7-day intensive training period where students and teachers train separately at home and are tethered together through the Zoom video conferencing platform. If interested in participating, please discuss with your teacher. If you don’t have a teacher yet, please send an inquiry through the contact form at the bottom of the Virtual Dojo page.
Once approved, please register to participate here. While full-time participation is encouraged, part-time is possible for those not ready or unable to participate the entire time. The schedule is posted below, including a schedule for participation from Europe.
Events through Chosei Zen are 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 online here.
$75 - $400 for keishin (sliding scale)
All donations are appreciated, so please donate only what you can afford.
Fall Keishin (online sesshin)
Four times per year, we hold intensive periods of Zen training called sesshin (接心), which literally means “to gather the mind” in Japanese. Because of social distancing and travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve taken the training online through a new training format we call keishin (繋心 pronounced “kay-shin”) or “to connect the mind.”
This will be a 4-day intensive training period where students and teachers train separately at home and are tethered together through the Zoom video conferencing platform. 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.
If interested in participating, please discuss with your teacher. If you don’t have a teacher yet, please send an inquiry through the contact form at the bottom of the Virtual Dojo page. Once approved, please register to participate here.
While full-time participation is encouraged, part-time is possible for those not ready or unable to participate the entire time. You can also attend Daily Zazen (7am and 7pm CDT) with us during the keishin period and after evening zazen, you are welcome to stay for the teisho (talk by a Zen master).
Summer Sesshin
This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Spring Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard. And, anyone is welcome to join.
Winter Sesshin
This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.
Fall Sesshin
This is the annual sesshin when we encourage older students and beginning students to join in the training. Depending on the condition of the participants, we modify the format so that all can train hard. And, anyone is welcome to join.
Summer Sesshin
This is a formal 6-day intensive meditation training. Prior experience with meditation is strongly recommended.