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Zen Meditation for Mental Health Professionals
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the multiple demands of this work? Are you ready for more ease, spontaneity, presence, and inquiry, in your work and in your life? Are you interested in spiritual community with like-minded people? Do you value the bringing together of an ancient wisdom tradition with the issues of contemporary life? For more about you, look here. |
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What We Offer
Who Are You?
- A weekly meditation group on Sunday evenings in Oakland in the Koan Zen tradition.
- Retreats of varying lengths (one to seven days) throughout the year.
- Introduction to meditation classes, workshops, practice periods, and other offerings.
- Our teacher, Megan Rundel, Sensei, is available for koan practice and individual practice guidance.
- For current and upcoming programs, see our Events Page.
Who Are You?
- Most of our members are mental health professionals, though similarly aligned healers and practitioners are welcome.
- Meditators from other traditions who are curious about Koan Zen are also welcome.
- Mainly, you are willing to not know, you are willing to show up, and you are willing to make yourself available to the Great Dream when it comes along.
- We value diversity and welcome practitioners of all ethnic backgrounds, gender and sexual identities.
Standing at the Blue Cliff: The Enlightenment Talks
New!
2-DVD set
Scenes from an extraordinary retreat with two Zen masters.
In Autumn 2012, Zen koan masters John Tarrant and Joan Sutherland came together to converse about The Blue Cliff Record, the first great collection of koans, now almost 1,000 years old. It’s a text filled with stories that change you. We are thrilled to be able to offer this DVD record of the event—a chance to witness their collaboration in a set of live conversations about Zen, koans, and enlightenment.
The weekend captured in this DVD represents a formative moment in the transformation of koan work. Tarrant and Sutherland have translated these old, familiar koans using fresh, modern, yet faithful language that opens up the material in new ways. This is a chance to hear them think and work and talk through the literature of awakening.
Tarrant and Sutherland’s innovative and effective teachings, and their emphasis on building a culture for the transformation of heart and mind, have opened new paths for living the practice of Zen.
Includes: Two dual-layer DVDs, beautifully packaged and printed, with three hours of material from four days of talks.
To purchase the DVD, go here.
2-DVD set
Scenes from an extraordinary retreat with two Zen masters.
In Autumn 2012, Zen koan masters John Tarrant and Joan Sutherland came together to converse about The Blue Cliff Record, the first great collection of koans, now almost 1,000 years old. It’s a text filled with stories that change you. We are thrilled to be able to offer this DVD record of the event—a chance to witness their collaboration in a set of live conversations about Zen, koans, and enlightenment.
The weekend captured in this DVD represents a formative moment in the transformation of koan work. Tarrant and Sutherland have translated these old, familiar koans using fresh, modern, yet faithful language that opens up the material in new ways. This is a chance to hear them think and work and talk through the literature of awakening.
Tarrant and Sutherland’s innovative and effective teachings, and their emphasis on building a culture for the transformation of heart and mind, have opened new paths for living the practice of Zen.
Includes: Two dual-layer DVDs, beautifully packaged and printed, with three hours of material from four days of talks.
To purchase the DVD, go here.
