Living from Integrity and Compassion: A Zen and Yoga Retreat, GGF 4/16–4/19

Practice Center
Date / Time
Apr 16, 2025 / 4:00pm - Apr 19, 2025 / 12:30pm
Event Type
Workshops and Retreats
Description

Although distinct practices, Hatha Yoga and Zen Buddhism have many mutually supportive and complimentary teachings. In this retreat we’ll enjoy the longer mild days of spring as we practice daily yoga classes led by Patricia. Longtime resident and current Head of Practice Thiemo Blank will lead periods of zazen, Dharma talks, and discussion.

This three-night retreat is an opportunity to enter deeply into a slower, more reflective environment than your home and work environments might provide. Surrounded by the beauty of Green Gulch Farm and its environs, participants are invited to allow what is deepest inside to be revealed and experienced.

Our sessions of Zen and yoga practice combine to create a unique experience each time we meet. In yoga, we might work intensely, but without forcing, and will often spend time in poses in order to explore them, and ourselves, deeply. Lingering in yoga asanas, you’ll be guided to discover more and allow the particular benefit of each pose to be felt and understood. Our periods of zazen and Dharma talks offer a deep exploration of a different kind, enlarging our field of mindful awareness. Join us!

Fee Information
  • General: $300
  • Current SFZC Members: $255

San Francisco Zen Center is committed to making Zen practice and the Dharma accessible to all who seek it by offering both a General support fund and a dedicated BIPOC support fund. Please email supportfunds@sfzc.org for more information BEFORE signing up.

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