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Beginners Mind Sesshin: A Winter Silent Retreat of Wholehearted Practice at Garrison Institute

When

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 3:00PM to

Sunday, January 15, 2023 1:30PM

Where

Garrison Institute

Phone: (845) 424-4800
14 Marys Way
Route 9D
Garrison, NY
10524
Website

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Beginners Mind Sesshin 2023: A Winter Silent Retreat of Wholehearted Practice

with Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei, Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, Dai En Friedman Sensei, and Jose Shinzan Palma Sensei

Wednesday, January 11th - Sunday, January 15th, 2023

at the Garrison Institute in Garrison, NY

A cornerstone of Zen practice, the Japanese word for "sesshin" means "touching the heart-mind." This is a rare opportunity for deepening our practice with a community of supportive practitioners. Our time together will highlight the teachings of the Wholehearted Way as we consider intimacy always within reach and the joy of living out the fresh reality of life.

Through sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks, and dokusan (one-on-one meetings) with the teachers, enter into Noble Silence as we practice together, right here, right now.

Five days, four nights.

VACCINATION POLICY: It is the Garrison Institute's policy that every guest and participant must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 including any eligible boosters, and show proof (vaccination card). Please see their Safety Protocols for Covid-19 page for more information.

The Garrison Institute is closely monitoring the impact of the pandemic and may require proof of negative COVID test results in order to ensure the safety of the community. We will send an announcement if this additional step is required.

SCHOLARSHIPS: A limited number of partial scholarships are available for this retreat. Scholarship accommodations are for shared (double or triple) rooms only. Please apply for support by completing a Scholarship Application Form. Please note, the deadline to apply for a Scholarship is Friday, December 16, 2022.

GETTING THERE: The Garrison Institute is reachable by car or Metro North Railroad. There is also a Shortline Bus to Poughkeepsie, which is 30 minutes from the Garrison Institute. For further information, please see this Travel and Transportation pdf on the Garrison website.

Please anticipate an arrival time between 3:00pm and 4:00pm. Please check your registration confirmation email for more information on what to bring.

REFUND POLICY:

More than 2 weeks ahead of the retreat - 100% refund

Within the two weeks prior to the start of the retreat - non-refundable

Registration will close at 4pm Eastern Time on December 28th, 2022

All prices include tuition, lodging, and three vegetarian meals a day.

Donations (dana) to teachers are not included in Registration cost.



Sesshin Teachers:

ChodoSensei Robert Chodo Campbell, is a co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care - a non-profit organization that focuses on the teaching of Zen and Buddhist practice with the goal to make them more accessible to people all around the world. The center delivers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and meditation practice. Chodo is a dynamic, grounded, and visionary leader and teacher; he has traveled extensively throughout the U.S instructing in various institutions. Sixty-thousand people listen to his podcasts each year. His passion lies in bereavement counseling and advocating for change in the way our healthcare institutions work with the dying.

Chodo is part of the core faculty for the Buddhist Track in the Master in Pastoral Care and Counseling at NYZC's education partner, New York Theological Seminary. He is also on the faculty of the University of Arizona Medical School's Center for Integrative Medicine's Integrative Medicine Fellowship and the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine in San Diego.



KoshinSensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and Certified Chaplaincy Educator. After many years as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, which offers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and Zen practice. Today, New York Zen Center's methodologies are internationally recognized—and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals. Koshin is a world renowned thought leader in contemplative care. He is the author of Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion (Balance/Hachette, 2022); Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up (Wisdom Publications, 2019) and the co-editor of Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End of Life Care (Wisdom Publications, 2016). His work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning, Tricycle among other publications.

He is currently on the faculty of the University of Arizona Medical School's Center for Integrative Medicine's Integrative Medicine Fellowship, on Faculty of the Integrative Medicine Fellowship of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, and he is a visiting professor at the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, of the University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston Medical School.



Shinzan PalmaSensei Jose Shinzan Palma was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He is a Zen priest and Dharma Successor of Roshi Joan Halifax. He has been practicing Zen since 1996. Shinzan lived in the Toronto Zen Buddhist Temple for 4 years. He was ordained in 2004 as a Zen Buddhist Priest by Ven. Samu Sunim.

In 2006, he became a resident and student of Roshi Joan Halifax. He lived and trained for over 8 years at Upaya. He received the Dharma transmission on Jan 2015 from Roshi Joan Halifax.

Shinzan co-teaches a teenagers retreat for the Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, and weekends retreats in several parts of the country. Currently, he lives in San Diego and teaches at the Carlsbad Zen Community and Sweetwater Zen Center.

His vision is to teach youth and create a zen Hispanic community in the USA and Mexico.



Dorothy Dai En FriedmanSensei Dorothy Dai-en Friedman’s spiritual journey began in the 60s when she was forced to seek help for a back injury. This event proved to be a wonderful preparation for her eventual immersion 20 years later in Buddhist Vipassana practice at Insight Meditation Center.

After she established her Vipassana practice, she then began her journey into Zen practice. Her teachers include Peter Mathiessen, Joseph Goldstein, Matt Flickstein, and Maureen Stuart Roshi.

Dai-en is now a Sensei at Ocean Zendo, located on Eastern Long Island. She is honored to be invited to teach with Koshin and Chodo in the wonderful work at NYZCCC, for the benefit of all beings, as we live and die.

Event Registration

Ticket Type Price
Single Room - Sustaining Level
$1,120.00
Single Room - Mid Level
$1,070.00
Single Room - Standard Pricing (Actual Cost)
$1,020.00
Double Room - Sustaining Level
$992.00
Double Room - Mid Level
$942.00
Double Room - Standard Pricing (Actual Cost)
$892.00
Triple Room - Sustaining Level
NOTE: Triple Rooms are on the 4th Floor and there is no elevator.
$900.00
Triple Room - Mid Level
NOTE: Triple Rooms are on the 4th Floor and there is no elevator.
$850.00
Triple Room - Standard Pricing (Actual Cost)
NOTE: Triple Rooms are on the 4th Floor and there is no elevator.
$800.00
  • Registration is now closed for this retreat. For questions about the Winter Silent Retreat 2023 please email the NYZC office at info@zencare.org.