We are blessed to have certified Zen Teacher Seisen Saunders Roshi, who studied with Maezumi Roshi from Japan for over 20 years and received transmission from Bernie Glassman Roshi, co-founder of Zen Peacemakers. She has created a spiritual community and residential Zen training center only 10 minutes south of downtown San Diego since 2000. The Sweetwater Zen Center invites you to check out our website at www.swzc.org If you have any questions or would like to schedule a time to visit pleas …

Enso is the Zen circle of pure `emptiness', which both as symbol and action, exemplifies the freedom that meditation practice opens in us: to live fully, presently and awake. The retreat is surrounded by three peaks, bordered by a meandering stream and enclosed within a horse ranch contained by a natural setting that provides a balanced support for deep practice. Enso gives space to retreat in mountain tranquility with a `chop wood, carry water' engaging environment of garden, horses and nature. …

Yokoji Long Beach Zen Meditation Group is affiliated with Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center, an international Zen Center located in the Mountains East of the L.A. basin.  We have a fantastic saturday morning program which includes two half hour periods of meditation, Coffee, tea, and snacks, and then a Dharma talk by one of Tenshin Roshi's senior students.  We also have a Thursday evening sit which consists of just 2 half hour sitting periods. Please look at our website ZMC.org for more information.

Please join us in the spirit of group meditation practice. We have no credentials, we are meditation practitioners. We practice a basic Vipassana; /sitting and silent (non-guided) meditation for 25-30 minutes, followed by 5 to 8 minutes of walking meditation (deliberate walking around in a circle feeling connection to the earth) followed by a Dharma book reading and discussion for 20 to 30 minutes. Our current discussion book is Pema Chodron's book "the Places that Scare You" – a wonderful disco …

Welcome to the local San Diego Hollow Bones community, Blue Sky Zen. Spring ushers in a new series of outdoor meditations with Qi Gong at Balboa Park. Join this meetup to get information on upcoming meetings. I ask that members post a photo of themselves as a courtesy to others. I am also available for 1:1 Mondo Zen consultations and 60-Day Meditation Program support. Please contact me directly if you would like to schedule an appointment: fushin@mondozen.org. You do not have to be Buddhist or …

Welcome to the I Liq Chuan Long Beach practice group (for people LA and Orange County). The training is intented for students of all levels interested in learning the art. I Liq Chuan, martial art of awareness, is an art of cultivating consciousness based on Tai Chi and Zen principles, in other words the practice of moving meditation. "The philosophy underlying I Liq Chuan involves the very simple concept of making an active choice to be fully aware of the present moment, by being aware of the s …

The Point Loma School offers classes, seminars, workshops and periodic 'Conviviums' from the Perennial Philosophy. The foundation principles and view of this 'school' includes the following: *Universal Responsibility with altruistic motivation: To instill the view and practice of compassion as the basis of wisdom, rooted in the ethical nature of the cosmos itself. *The essential unity of the Perennial Tradition. Inquiry into the understanding of the core principles found in philosophy, religion, …

This Sangha is dedicated to helping people realize their True Nature and Awaken to the divinity of their being; through Meditation, Proper Philosophical Understanding, Qi Gong, Sacred Earth Stewardship, and Walking our Practice in the "Real World". Check out our website: thislittlezendo.wordpress.com Learn more about JunPo, the Abbott of Hollow Bones, in his just released Biography: A Heart Blown Open at Amazon or other Book Sellers.

The Treeleaf Zen Sitting Group is group of Zen Practitioners who meet on the first Tuesday of each month. We are affiliated with the Treeleaf Zendo, a Soto Zen Sangha. Treeleaf is directed by Teachers Jundo Cohen and Taigu Turlur. Our practice is in the Soto lineage of Masters Eihei Dogen and Gudo Wafu Nishijima. We practice Shikantaza ”just sitting”. The sitting group consists to two 15-minute periods of Zazen and one 5-minute period kinhin (walking meditation) conducted by Treeleaf lay member …

Hi Thank you for visiting our Meet-Up page! Happiness: it's what we all want, right? It is a simple, common, and binding idea for us humans that is regularly stated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his lectures. Mirror Mind Buddhist Sangha is a no-charge (free) group that has about 4 teachers, 6 week mindfulness-based courses, varied weekly teachings, guided beach meditations, monastery field trips and guidance with practice tools (like Mindfulness and Metta) for increasing happiness in our liv …

We are here to build foundations mental, physical and spiritual. We offer amazingly powerful Mind & Body programs to achieve enhanced health, well-being and inner peace. It is suitable for all ages. Our method combining Zen Meditation, Energy Cultivation & Movements, Tai Chi and a very special Chinese swordsmanship that past down secretly helps you to proceed to body rejuvenation and deep levels of spiritual refinement. Our masters, teachers and students experience a transformative process that …

The Spiritual Naturalist Society www.SpiritualNaturalistSociety.org We are a local chapter of the Spiritual Naturalist Society; a non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration, development, and promotion of spiritual naturalism, and promoting happiness through compassion, reason, and practice. We have a naturalistic and rational scientific worldview, but pursue the flourishing life through various contemplative practices. Influences and inspirations include (but are not limited to) phil …