Zen meditation Deep-dive – A 10 session practice series

Start date:  Starts Saturday September 6th, 5.30-6.30pm, & then weekly.

In a sentence: De-clutter your mind, develop concentration and create focused calm in your life with these deep-dive Zen meditation training sessions

This ten-session series offers:

• An experiential deep-dive into different types of Zen meditation practices
• An attendant article explaining each practice
• Pointers regarding how to make them a part of your daily life
• Ways to integrate Zen meditation in to your existing practice  if you have one

Overview: The Zen School of Meditation arose from a combination of the teachings of the Buddha with the teachings of Taoism in China during the 6^th century AD, where it became known as Chan meditation (‘Chan’ meaning ‘quietude’, or ‘meditation’). Later it was adopted by the Japanese, and it is they that called it Zen.

Zen is a particularly appropriate form of meditation for today’s hyper busy and challenging world because:

• Its approach is simple, direct and non-complex (the antithesis of our complex day to day habitual mind!)
• The emphasis is on re-connecting to our ‘original mind’ or ‘beginners mind’, helping us to find relief from the information overload of our daily life, and the cynicism and world weariness that we can feel living in such challenging and world-changing times
• It is metaphysics-light and can be practiced by people of all beliefs and backgrounds as the emphasis is upon experiential insight, method, and process rather than belief
• Rather than giving us a set of beliefs that we should ‘accept’ without question, Zen meditation offers us a set of practices that enable us to access and enhance our naturally occurring intelligence, wisdom and compassion!

Session details:

SEPTEMER

Saturday 6^th, Session 1: The Flower of Life: Meditating on the origins of Zen

Saturday 13^th, Session 2: The Present Moment: Gateway to the awakened state

Saturday 20^th, Session 3: Autumn equinox meditation

Saturday 27^th, Session 4: Host and Guest: The four stages from ‘ordinary’ to ‘awakened’ perception in Zen.

OCTOBER

Saturday 4^th, Session 5: Compassion & Interdependence in Zen

Saturday 11^th, Session 6: Letting Go: The practice of ‘aimlessness’ in Zen

Saturday 18^th, Session 7: ‘Emptying the Mind, Filling the Belly’: Ideas of emptiness and impermanence in Zen.

Saturday 25^th, Session 8: Seeing clearly: How Zen helps us tune into our reality as it really IS.

NOVEMBER

Saturday 1^st, Session Class 9: ‘Wondering Lonely as a Cloud’: Zen and the Creative Arts, Working with the Zen Koan.

Saturday 8^th, Session 10: Heaven, Now!: Bringing awakened consciousness into the daily marketplace of our life.

Cost: $250 for the full series or $30 per individual class

You can pay via PayNow on +65 96750279 or click HERE to make payment via PayPal for the whole course, or HERE for an individual class.

SPECIAL OFFER:

You can also purchase these sessions in combination with the Integral Meditation from the Perspective of Zen – A 10 week series for SGD$480 (save $70). You can pay via PayNow on +65 96750279 or click HERE to make payment via PayPal

To register or for further enquiries: Email info@tobyouvry.com, or sms 65-96750279