Desert Rain Zen, Tucson, Arizona

Desert Rain Zen

Tucson, Arizona

schedule change for February:

On Sunday, February 5, we’ll begin a trial period
for a new day and time for our weekly sitting meditation.
Rather than Saturday afternoons, we’re going to try

SUNDAY afternoons from 3:30-5:00

photo by Lynda Zwinger

Desert Rain Zen
holds weekly
at the Little Chapel of All Nations
on the University of Arizona campus

for February
we're shifting our sits to
Sunday afternoons from 3:30-5:00
(from our usual Saturday 4:30-6:00 time)
on a trial basis

This Sunday, February 5
we'll sit from 3:30-5:00
and hold our monthly Koan Seminar
where we sit with two koans
and talk about them as a group
(no prior experience working with koans necessary)

Please try to arrive by 3:15 to get settled in.

If you'd like a quick introduction to Zen sitting, or to our group, please
try to arrive a few minutes earlier.

(We'll be sitting in the Library this week.)

Here's a Google Map for the Little Chapel

upcoming activities:

Residential Retreat
with our teacher
Joan Sutherland Roshi
February 28-March 4
download retreat brochure and registration form
(4-5 spaces still available)

Tuesday evening, February 14:
Dharma Dialogue group
7-9 pm
facilitated by Mary Koopman
(This isn’t an “official” Desert Rain Zen activity
and people sitting with other groups are invited to attend)

for more information about this or other events
please email

drz@desertrainzen.org

or check out our DRZ Google Calendar

We're affiliated with
The Open Source
zen project
centered in
Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Our holding teacher is
Joan Sutherland, Roshi
founder of Open Source
and of its
Awakened Life zen group
in Santa Fe.

Our Saturday sits take place from 4:30-6:00 pm.
If you haven't sat with us before, please try to arrive early, around 4:15 or a bit before.

Our sits are free and open to the public.
We welcome old and new meditators.
Our practice aims to bring traditional forms inherited from China and Japan
into touch with our contemporary world and our actual lives.

typical monthly Schedule of Sits:

2nd, 4th, and 5th (if there is one) Saturdays of the month:
25 minute sit, 5 minute walking meditation, 25 minute sit, 5 minute walking meditation, tea and talk

1st Saturday:
Koan Seminar
we usually sit with a koan for 20 minutes and then talk about it together;
two koans is the typical number and we have tea while we talk about the second one

3rd Saturday:
Sutra Service
25 minute Sutra Service led by Cantor Jen Sellers
5 minute walking meditation, 25 minute sit, 5 minute walking meditation, tea and talk

Open Source is part of the Pacific Zen school.

and in New Mexico:
Awakened Life/Open Source
activities
with our teacher Joan Sutherland

for more go to

the Awakened Life Retreat Schedule page

Please check back here
for information about
any one-time changes
to our schedule
(occasionally, we have to move our sits to morning hours to avoid conflicts
with UA athletic events
and related parking problems).

You can get in touch with us at drz@desertrainzen.org or desertrainzen@gmail.com.
We'd be happy to send you email announcements about our Saturday sits
and any special Desert Rain events.

Desert Rain Zen Group was started by
Tenney Nathanson (tenneyn@comcast.net), Head of Practice
Jennifer Sellers (jen@inspiredmastery.com), Meditation Instructor and Cantor

Our Holding Teacher is Joan Sutherland Roshi

our Facebook page is here

photos in this frame by Michael Wilding

Texas Canyon

flowers photo by Lynda Zwinger

This page last updated January 30, 2012

Home Saturday Sit	Desert Rain Zen Tucson, Arizona schedule change for February: On Sunday, February 5, we’ll begin a trial period for a new day and time for our weekly sitting meditation. Rather than Saturday afternoons, we’re going to try SUNDAY afternoons from 3:30-5:00	photo by Lynda Zwinger
Desert Rain Zen holds weekly at the Little Chapel of All Nations on the University of Arizona campus for February we're shifting our sits to Sunday afternoons from 3:30-5:00 (from our usual Saturday 4:30-6:00 time) on a trial basis This Sunday, February 5 we'll sit from 3:30-5:00 and hold our monthly Koan Seminar where we sit with two koans and talk about them as a group (no prior experience working with koans necessary) Please try to arrive by 3:15 to get settled in. If you'd like a quick introduction to Zen sitting, or to our group, please try to arrive a few minutes earlier. (We'll be sitting in the Library this week.) Here's a Google Map for the Little Chapel		upcoming activities: Residential Retreat with our teacher Joan Sutherland Roshi February 28-March 4 download retreat brochure and registration form (4-5 spaces still available) Tuesday evening, February 14: Dharma Dialogue group 7-9 pm facilitated by Mary Koopman (This isn’t an “official” Desert Rain Zen activity and people sitting with other groups are invited to attend) for more information about this or other events please email drz@desertrainzen.org or check out our DRZ Google Calendar
We're affiliated with The Open Source zen project centered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our holding teacher is Joan Sutherland, Roshi founder of Open Source and of its Awakened Life zen group in Santa Fe.	Our Saturday sits take place from 4:30-6:00 pm. If you haven't sat with us before, please try to arrive early, around 4:15 or a bit before. Our sits are free and open to the public. We welcome old and new meditators. Our practice aims to bring traditional forms inherited from China and Japan into touch with our contemporary world and our actual lives. typical monthly Schedule of Sits: 2nd, 4th, and 5th (if there is one) Saturdays of the month: 25 minute sit, 5 minute walking meditation, 25 minute sit, 5 minute walking meditation, tea and talk 1st Saturday: Koan Seminar we usually sit with a koan for 20 minutes and then talk about it together; two koans is the typical number and we have tea while we talk about the second one 3rd Saturday: Sutra Service 25 minute Sutra Service led by Cantor Jen Sellers 5 minute walking meditation, 25 minute sit, 5 minute walking meditation, tea and talk
Open Source is part of the Pacific Zen school.	and in New Mexico: Awakened Life/Open Source activities with our teacher Joan Sutherland for more go to the Awakened Life Retreat Schedule page
Please check back here for information about any one-time changes to our schedule (occasionally, we have to move our sits to morning hours to avoid conflicts with UA athletic events and related parking problems).
		You can get in touch with us at drz@desertrainzen.org or desertrainzen@gmail.com. We'd be happy to send you email announcements about our Saturday sits and any special Desert Rain events. Desert Rain Zen Group was started by Tenney Nathanson (tenneyn@comcast.net), Head of Practice Jennifer Sellers (jen@inspiredmastery.com), Meditation Instructor and Cantor Our Holding Teacher is Joan Sutherland Roshi our Facebook page is here
	photos in this frame by Michael Wilding
photo by Lynda Zwinger		This page last updated January 30, 2012