Matariki All-Day Sitting

Relax and refresh your practice.

A one-day sitting for beginners, as well as for people needing to renew their sitting practice, or to make a fresh start in their lives. Solid blocks of zazen with dokusan (one-to-one with the teacher), interwoven with the body-mind disciplines of yoga, qigong and yoga nidra (deep relaxation), led by Ven. Hanya Gallagher.

This sitting is also a wonderful lead into our Jukai (Precepts taking ceremony) on Saturday.

Please sign up at the Centre. A donation for the day is appreciated.

SCHEDULE: FRIDAY 20 June

8:30 Yoga

9:00.   Yoga nidra (guided deep relaxation practice)

9:30 Review of sitting postures and sitting format

10:00 Tea break (morning tea provided)

10:30 Zazen: 3 x 35-minute rounds of sitting with kinhin (walking meditation) in between 

12:30 Lunch (BYO or buy locally)

1:30  Q&A -- questions from the morning and brief talk on Saturday’s precepts ceremony

2:30 Qigong

3:00 Yoga nidra

3:30 Zazen 3 x 25-minute rounds of sitting with dokusan (one to one interview with teacher)

5:00 Setup for Saturday, short rehearsal

5:30 End