Half-Day Sitting - November 9

Led by Edmée Danan

You are invited to join this half-day sitting suited both for beginning and experienced meditators. There will be alternating periods of zazen (seated meditation, usually thirty-minute periods) and kinhin (walking meditation, usually ten minutes). 

The time will be dedicated to manifesting compassion within the chaos of our world. We will practice with the intention of sitting WITH and FOR everyone.

In the short Dharma talk, Edmée will talk about the practice of keeping silence as a deliberate way of facing what is painful, as well as the miracle of breathing. There also will be a chance to speak and hear from each other.

Please sign up ahead of time if you can, but it's also ok to just come. 

If you have questions, please email info@stonecreekzen.org.

Sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. 

Edmée Danan was led to Zen practice after living for three years in an ashram in India. Her first teacher was Robert Aitken Roshi when she lived as a resident of the Diamond Sangha zendo on Maui, HI for two years. After moving to California, she continued practicing with Jakusho Kwong Roshi at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center until she met Jisho Warner Roshi in 1995, who authorized her to teach in April 2023. As a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, she is interested in determining when it is helpful to consider therapy to support Zen practice. She teaches meditation to both patients and health care professionals.