Schedule: March 31: 7-9pm, April 1-5: 6:30-7:45am, 7-9pm. April 6: 6:30am-5pm. (CST)

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84496087485

A seven-day integrated practice intensive led by Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks. Offered both in-person and online.

To register for online participation: https://syverson.wufoo.com/forms/qb1luso0riryll/

Onsite registration is closed, but to get on the waiting list please contact: Stephanie Seiler.

We am pleased to announce the opportunity to sit in the stillness and quiet of meditation during a One-Day Sit Plus scheduled for Friday, March 15th, 7-9 pm and Saturday, March16th from 8 am to 5 pm. This short intensive will open Appamada's Spring 2024 Practice Period (all are welcome to attend this one-day sitting, regardless of participation in the practice period.)

The One-Day Sit Plus is an excellent opportunity for beginning practitioners to get accustomed to sitting zazen for a more extended period of time in preparation for  longer intensives. At the same time, the One-Day Sit Plus is worthwhile for more experienced students who just want to sit in repose for a day to remember who they truly are.

Please join us for this special offering.

Registration Link: https://syverson.wufoo.com/forms/qnywicy0v0ox7p/

For questions, please contact Joel Barna.

Teachers: Laurie Winnette and Ellen Hippard

The theme of this intensive is the Buddha’s Enlightenment. Throughout the retreat we will be celebrating the Buddha’s Enlightenment in a variety of ways. First, we will be committing to deepening our practice simply by sitting in silence for many sessions over the course of four days. This will have an impact on our ability to clarify the mind. Together, we will be creating a sacred space or container where we are able to loosen or drop our attachment to our self-centered views and reconnect with that quiet spaciousness that is the true nature of Heart/Mind. It is here where we connect with the Heart of Great Wisdom (prajnaparamita).

This intensive will provide us a container in which we come together in recognition of all the strife and unease arising in our world today (just as in the Buddha’s time), while at the same time, allowing us let go of what we have no control over (matters of old age, sickness, and death.) Then, we can to turn toward our thoughts and views (which precede our actions) that may be contributing to our suffering and that of others. We will also consider the first step in the Eight-Fold Path of Liberation, Right View, as a means of lessening suffering.These are all things that the Buddha discovered and put into practice and then passed on to his disciples. In these ways, we are replicating the Buddha's path.

As always, each day will include a dharma talk, kinhin, practice discussion, and group dharma activity. The schedule will be as follows:

Schedule:

Thursday, December 7 at 7:00-9:00pm

Friday, December 8 from 6:30am-5:00pm

Saturday, December 9 from 6:30am-5:00pm

Sunday, December 10, from 6:30am-12pm.

The last hour on Sunday will be devoted to Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony.

Breakfast may be provided in the Zendo if the number of onsite participants makes it feasible. If not, everyone will need to eat breakfast before they arrive. Also, please bring a sack lunch.

As usual, a table with snack food and refreshments will be available in the side room.

We expect that you will attend the entire intensive. If for some reason you are unable to do so, please contact Laurie.

To register, please follow this link: https://syverson.wufoo.com/forms/q1g9jh0w0iy28og/

As the dog days of summer linger on,  I am pleased to announce the opportunity to sit in the stillness and quiet of meditation during a One-Day Sit Plus scheduled for Friday, August 18th, 7-9 pm and Saturday, August 19 from 8 am to 5 pm.

The theme of this short intensive centers on the practice of mindfulness of the breath as instructed by the Buddha in the Anapanasati Sutta. This practice serves to focus the mind through concentration, thereby slowing and calming racing or anxious thoughts.

The One-Day Sit Plus is an excellent opportunity for beginning practitioners to get accustomed to sitting zazen for a more extended period of time in preparation for  longer intensives. At the same time, the One-Day Sit Plus is worthwhile for more experienced students who just want to sit in repose for a day to remember who they truly are.

Please join me for this special offering.

The link for registration may be found here: https://syverson.wufoo.com/forms/q1rg7kvd1p5fm02/

For questions, please text/call me, Laurie Winnette.

Thank you,

Laurie

Appamada will offer a four day practice intensive from Thursday, July 27 through Sunday, July 30. Our four days together will consist of a journey into some of Dogen Zenji's writings on zazen and the "dropping away of body and mind."Then, we will see how Dainin Katagiri uses Dogen's teachings to formulate his own thoughts on the "light that shines through Infinity'. We will also consider Buddha's teaching of "Be a Light Unto Yourself". And lastly, upon reflecting on these teachings, we will discuss how these teachings might impact our practice and our sense of individual light and the universal light.

This intensive is offered by Laurie Winnette and will be available both in-person and online. The schedule is 8 am to 5 pm each day from Thursday to Sunday.

To register, please follow this link:https://syverson.wufoo.com/forms/qkkwff00yiybox/

A seven-day integrated practice intensive led by Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks. Offered both in-person and online. (Registration)

A four day integrated practice intensive led by Todd Bankler and Joel Barna. Offered both in-person and online. (Registration: https://syverson.wufoo.com/forms/q35twk21hkj0tc/)