All Day Sits

Desert Rain Zen holds an All Day Sit roughly one Saturday every month or two at Little Chapel.

please stay tuned for All Day Sit dates for 2020 (no All Day Sit in December 2019)

Our typical schedule:

We start at 8 and end at 4. Part time attendance is fine, though joining us for the whole day is great.

Our morning block goes from 8-11:30. We have a silent potluck vegetarian lunch and rest period from 11:30-12:30. The afternoon block goes from 12:30-4:00.

We alternate 25 minute sits with 5 minute walking meditations. It’s fine to sit in a chair, or switch between chair and cushion.

In the morning, a long outdoor walk (weather permitting) replaces one of the sits. In the afternoon, yoga or qi gong replaces a sit.

In the morning, there’s also a Sutra Service in place of one sitting period. In the afternoon, we close with a 45 minute Koan Seminar.

Optional Work in the Room (individual meeting with our teacher Tenney Nathanson) is available during the afternoon block.

If you have any questions, please just email us: drz@desertrainzen.org 


Here’s a sample schedule:

All Day Sit
8-4
there are walking meditations between sits
 
7:30     set up (all help is welcome)
 
8:00     tea in the hall; sit; morning greeting
8:30     sit
9:00     Sutra Service
9:30     sit
10:00   long walk outside (weather permitting; optional)
10:30   sit
11:00   sit
 
11:30   silent potluck vegetarian lunch
 
12:30   sit (optional Work in the Room begins)
1:00     sit (optional Work in the Room)
1:30     yoga or qi gong (optional)
2:00     sit (optional Work in the Room)
2:30     sit (optional Work in the Room)
3:00     Koan Seminar & closing
 
4:00     clean up (all help is welcome)
 

photo: Lynda Zwinger
this page last modified  November 18, 2019