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Join the Everyday Zen Fall 2010 Practice Period!

Our sixth annual Fall Bay Area Practice Period will run from Sunday, 
August 29, 2010, until Sunday, October 17. Practice Period is an ancient Zen Buddhist tradition, a special time set aside each year when practitioners make personal and collective commitments to intensify 
their practice. Traditionally, Zen practice periods take place in monasteries or are centered around temple events.

The practice of our Everyday Zen group is focused not on what happens at a temple, but on the everyday activity in our relationships, our work, and our regular sitting.

 Everyday Zen practice periods depend on the integrity of the personal commitment each person who joins will make, as well as the strength of our shared intention and mutual support.

Everyday Zen Practice Period participants who live in the Bay Area come together, person to person, to sit, talk, listen, and share our practice. For those of you living far away from the San Francisco Bay Area, this isn't possible, so for the past two years, we've offered a web-based long distance option for participation. If you'd like to consider joining the Practice Period as a long-distance member, please follow this link to the Fall 2010 Practice Period page for more information.

And for those who are just starting a sitting practice or would like some tips to help someone who is, here's a link to an article by Norman entitled Getting Started that will be published in the September issue of Shambhala Sun Magazine.


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Upcoming Events

Aug 27 - Sep 18 -
Makor Or High Holidays Jewish Meditation Intensive
August 27 - September 18 Temple Beth Shalom
Location: Congregation Beth Sholom
Sep 2 - 30 -
September 2010 Dharma Seminar
Healing Emotions (continued)
we will not meet on September 23rd due to Everyday Zen Annual Bay Area sesshin

Location: Community Congregational Church in Tiburon
Sep 5
Makor Or Day long Jewish Meditation Retreat
Theme: Preparing for the Holidays
Location: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Sep 6
Jewish Meditation Class
7:00 - 9:00 pm at Temple Beth Sholom in San Francisco, this is part of the Makor Or High Holidays Intensive.
Location: Congregation Beth Sholom
Sep 7
A Public Teaching on Jewish Meditation
September 7, Tuesday 7 - 9 pm, SF JCC
Location: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Sep 10
Dharma Talk with Zoketsu Norman Fischer
at Nalanda West, 7-9pm Seattle Insight Meditation
Location: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Sep 11 - 12 -
Non-Residential Retreat at Bastyr College
September 11 & 12, 9am-4:30pm Seattle Insight Meditation
Location: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Sep 13
Poetry Reading at Open Books in Seattle

Location: Open Books: A Poem Emporium
Sep 15
Jewish Meditation Class
7:00 - 9:00 pm at Temple Beth Sholom in San Francisco, this is part of the Makor Or High Holidays Intensive.
Location: Congregation Beth Sholom
Sep 20 - 26 -
Everyday Zen Annual Bay Area Sesshin
Monday, Sept. 20 - Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010
Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael
led by Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Location: Santa Sabina

Recent Teachings

Practice Period 2010 - Headlands - 08-29-10Norman Introduces the 2010 Practice Period for Everyday Zen at the All Day Sitting in the Headlands Institute. 
Zoketsu Norman Fischer  |  Aug 29, 2010
High Holidays Intensive 1Norman gives his first talk for the High Holidays Intensive at Makor Or. 
Zoketsu Norman Fischer  |  Aug 27, 2010
High Holidays Intensive 1 - Practiices For IntensiveNorman suggests some practices for the High Holidays Intensive at Makor Or. 
Zoketsu Norman Fischer  |  Aug 27, 2010
Healing Emotions 4Norman gives the final talk of the series on Healing Emotions  
Zoketsu Norman Fischer  |  Aug 26, 2010
Meditation as the no sphere practice of Intimacy 1 -Guided Meditation on Meditation as IntimacyNorman gives his first guided meditation on Meditation as Intimacy at the workshop on Meditation as the no sphere practice... 
Zoketsu Norman Fischer  |  Aug 21, 2010
Meditation as the no sphere practice of Intimacy 2 -Guided Meditation on SufferingNorman gives his second guided meditation on Suffering at the workshop on Meditation as the no sphere practice of Intimacy... 
Zoketsu Norman Fischer  |  Aug 21, 2010
Healing Emotions 3Peter VanderStere presents the third talk on Healing Emotions based on the book "Healing Emotions: Conversations with the... 
Peter VanderStere  |  Aug 19, 2010
Seven Points for Training the Heart 5 - Guided Meditation on Expanding the SelfNorman gives his fifth guided meditation on Expanding the Self as part of the workshop on the Seven Points for Training the... 
Zoketsu Norman Fischer  |  Aug 19, 2010