Interfaith Zen Meditation Online Group Sitting

Come join the Interfaith Zen Meditation Group and Visalia Zen Center online for a Zen meditation group sitting! Zen meditation (zazen) instruction will be provided! No experience necessary!

SCHEDULE
7:00pm: Zazen (seated meditation) with guided meditation instruction
7:25pm: Kinhin (walking meditation)
7:30pm: Zazen (seated meditation)
7:55pm: Kinhin (walking meditation)
8:00pm: Dharma Talk / Questions and Answers
8:25pm: Closing Prayer

WHAT IS ZEN MEDITATION (ZAZEN)?
Zen meditation begs us to pay attention to our live just as it is! How easy it is to forget this! Meditation is about tuning in, not tuning out. This is our life! Turn your attention toward everything that makes up your life! In zazen, we realize that there is essentially nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one special to be!

Meditation is not about striving for control or being in and maintaining control! The true gift of meditation is not an escape from life, but in realizing that true respite comes from acknowledging and accepting life as it is and yourself as you are. This practice is about gently acknowledging, accepting, and embracing reality as it is with fearless compassion and love. Welcome everything! Nothing is excluded! This is it! This! Is! It!

ABOUT THE GROUP'S ORGANIZER
Adam Toshiko Fogel is ordained as both a novice Zen Buddhist Priest and (Jewish) Rabbi. He began Zen practice in 1996 at the Zen Center of Los Angeles and currently studies with Gambo Kyogan Berry Crawford Roshi with Simplicity Zen. Previously, Adam studied with Fr. Greg Mayers Roshi and Ruben Habito Roshi in the [multifaith] Sanbo Zen tradition. In his day-to-day work, Adam maintains a private practice of psychology and psychotherapy online and in the Central Valley of CA. Adam is available for practice discussion and Zen meditation instruction.