Introduction:
We are planning a week-long autumn retreat to provide a supportive environment, encompassing Zen and some related practices that are traditionally thought to be conducive to, or benefit from, developing Zen intuition. We hope to bring together both regular students and those that would not otherwise be able to complete a full Zen retreat, thus creating conditions whereby experience and freshness mutually contribute to each others enrichment. This retreat will take the format of traditional morning and evening Za-zen (sitting meditation) and Kinhin (walking meditation), which will be followed by afternoons of Shōdō (Zen calligraphy), poetry walks, Yūga-zen (Zen-yoga), breath-meditations, Sanzen (Koan practice with Ryūshin Rōshi) and Qigong etc.
In order to make this retreat affordable, we have booked the Barn at Unston Grange
Unston Grange, which offers the opportunity for traditional Japanese
temple-style accommodation (Zendō sleeping), or the option of camping/campervan accomodation. We will all take
turns to carry out tasks to support the retreat – meal preparation, washing up, cleaning the Zendō etc.
Currently there is a limit to 15 places.
Booking: Attendance for the whole week will bring the greatest benefit, but it might be possible to join for shorter periods of up to a day. However, preference will be given to those booking the whole retreat. If you would like to book places, or obtain further information, please contact Ryūshin Roshi
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