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.