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Winter One-Day Sitting

  • Auckland Zen Centre 52 Princes Street Onehunga, Auckland, 1061 New Zealand (map)

Schedule: Sunday 28 June

8:30 Yoga

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

9:30 Dharma Talk on The Three Treasures and discussion groups

10:30 Tea break (morning tea provided)

11:00 Zazen: 3 x 35-minute rounds of sitting with kinhin in between
(Roshi will be offering dokusan) 

1:00 Lunch (BYO or buy locally)

1:30  Qigong

1:45 Review of walking meditation (kinhin)

2:00 Zazen: 3 x 35-minute rounds of sitting with kinhin (walking meditation) in between
(Sensei will be offering dokusan) 

4:00 Chanting service to end the day

Reminder: BYO lunch, dinner and yoga mat

This is a one-day sitting suitable 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.

A donation for the day is appreciated.

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Winter Jukai (Matariki weekend)