All Day Sits

Since moving to Zoom, we've held several Open Source One Day Retreats and a longer four day Open Source Retreat, bringing together the Colorado, California, and Arizona Open Source groups and teachers for meditation, dharma talks, and koan conversation on Zoom. Please check back soon for the date of our next Open Source Retreat.


 March 14, 2020 announcement:


Desert Rain Zen will be shifting to an online format for our upcoming events because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you'd like to join us but haven't received email instructions from us, please email us at desertrainzen@gmail.com or nathanso@arizona.edu

please check back for up to date information about our All Day Sits.

here's a description of our regular program, currently on hold:

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

Next All Day Sit: April 25

more 2020 All Day Sit dates: May 30, June 27, July 25.

No All Day sit in March 2020.

August-December 2020: please stay tuned. 

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: desertrainzen@gmail.com


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  July 4, 2021