ZCNYC Retreats

Upcoming Retreats at Zen Center of New York City

Explore Zen Center of New York City through one of our upcoming retreats. Please don’t let financial issues prevent you from attending a program at the ZCNYC. All programs are offered on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay the full amount, please offer what you can. You will be given an option on the registration page.

The following programs are in-person at ZCNYC or are online but specific to our city sangha. To view the full list of MRO retreats and events, please click here.

Upcoming ZCNYC Retreats

EcoSattva Training Information Session

October 2, 2023
online
The challenge of ecological crises is all around us—as well as within us. Our practice can support us not only in meeting this difficulty but also healing and transforming it. Sangha members will come together in small groups on a journey to cultivate wisdom, connection, and compassionate action. […]

Guided by Precepts: An Introduction

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

October 7, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
The 16 Bodhisattva Precepts provide an ethical foundation for living an awakened life. The Precepts derive from guidelines for living harmoniously in community that arose during Shakyamuni Buddha’s lifetime. Today, our understanding of the Precepts is guided by the Buddhist principles of impermanence and no-self. The Precepts provide a foundation for how we relate to […]

Half-Day Sit (online)

October 14, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

Harvest Zazenkai

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

October 21, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
Zazenkai presents an opportunity to return to the well of introspection and committed Zen practice. The extended schedule includes periods of zazen, liturgy, a face-to-face interview with a teacher, a formal talk and oryoki lunch (formal meal served in the zendo). Zazenkai is an important way for experienced students to further their practice and for […]

Half-Day Sit (onsite)

with MRO Staff

October 28, 2023
ZCNYC
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that throughout history have been shown are necessary in order to help humanity not […]

Half-Day Sit (online)

October 28, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

Opening the Hearth of Art Practice presents: In Praise of Listening – A Gathering of Stories 

with Christian McEwan

November 3, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
Come hear Christian read from her new book, In Praise of Listening. A Q&A will follow, and copies of the book will be available for sale. Her voice is music to the ears!

Deep Listening: A Writing Retreat with Christian McEwen

with Christian McEwen

November 4, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
In this two-hour workshop we will take the time to listen, both to one another, and to birds and trucks and trees and wind and rain. We will experiment with drawing what we hear, and grow those raw sounds into poems, songs and stories. No experience necessary.

Half-Day Sit (onsite)

with MRO Staff

November 18, 2023
ZCNYC
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that throughout history have been shown are necessary in order to help humanity not […]

Half-Day Sit (online)

November 18, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

Buddha’s Enlightenment Vigil (ZCNYC)

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

December 8 - 9, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
At ZCNYC, we celebrate the Buddha’s enlightenment with a vigil dedicated to the simple yet profound practice of zazen. We’ll begin Friday evening with an informal potluck supper, followed by a teaching in the zendo. Then, we’ll mark the Buddha’s enlightenment by sitting together through the night with...

Open Hearth Art Practice Presents: Across Breath, Voice, Silence

with Ellery Seifu Eskelin, MRO

December 15, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
Come join us for a performance of saxophone improvisation with Zen practitioner and sangha member Ellery Seifu Eskelin. In Seifu's words, "Improvised music is above all a process, always unfolding, always revealing. A process in which you have to fully participate as a performer or listener." Tickets are $10 per person in advance. All […]