Circles on the Water: Call to the Forest — Meeting our Women Ancestors
with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
August 4 - 9, 2020
In the early poetry of the first Buddhist women, the Therigatha, we read of women going into the forest for a quiet place to turn inward and free their minds. This wilderness excursion will take us into mountains, forests and onto the waters of the Adirondacks’ Lake Lila so that we too quiet down into […]
Wild Grasses Sesshin: A Meditation Intensive for Women (Self-Identified)
with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
September 10 - 13, 2020
Characterized by silence and deep introspection, sesshin is recommended to anyone sincerely interested in experiencing intensive Zen training. We wake up each day before dawn to begin a schedule that includes 7 to 10 hours of zazen, liturgy, formal silent meals in the zendo (oryoki), work practice and talks by the teacher […]