All Day Sits

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

Next All Day Sit: Saturday, September 21, 8-4

and then: October 26*, November 16 (no All Day Sit in December)

* we'll tack on a Friday evening to hold a Weekend Mini-Retreat: October 25-26.

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  August 15, 2019