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July 2024
Contemplative Medicine Fellowship 2024-2025
New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care's twelve month training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants who want to transform their role as clinicians and lead change in the culture of care.
Find out more »Wholehearted Sesshin: Summer Silent Retreat at Garrison Institute
Join us for an eight-day intensive retreat focusing on rediscovering our values and living life to the fullest held at the Garrison Institute in Garrison, NY.
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AUGUST HALF-DAY RETREAT 2024
Silently engaging in sitting and walking meditation, hearing a dharma talk, and connecting with community are wonderful ways to spend a Saturday.
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Integrating Personal & Collective Healing: A Study of Yogacara Buddhism
Join guest teacher Ben Connelly as we study a variety of Yogacara texts and investigate their implications for our daily lives. We will explore how these teachings correlate with contemporary liberative approaches such as trauma-informed practice and non-violent social movements, and how they integrate with Zen practice.
Find out more »Foundations in Contemplative Care 2024–2025
Foundations in Contemplative Care is a comprehensive course of study providing an introduction to care from a Zen Buddhist perspective. Created by NYZC co-founders, Sensei Chodo Robert Campbell and Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, this experiential approach to learning has transformed the lives of individuals from across the country and around the world by supporting the integration of spiritual practice and care.
Find out more »SEPTEMBER HALF-DAY RETREAT 2024
Silently engaging in sitting and walking meditation, hearing a dharma talk, and connecting with community are wonderful ways to spend a Saturday morning.
Find out more »Catch Your Mind: Awakening Through Relationship
Join us for ten months of exploring Soto Zen’s Chinese Ancestors, twenty-five generations of teachers spanning from Bodhidharma’s import of Buddhism from India to China up until Dogen’s eventual export of the dharma to Japan. Their timeless dedication to liberation will serve as the foundation for our class.
Find out more »Living an Ethical Life: A Study of the Zen Precepts
What are the Zen Precepts, and how do we learn to embody these guiding principles for living an ethical and enlightened existence in daily life? Join us for ten months of in-depth study, experiential learning, discussion, and zen practice.
Find out more »Contemplative Care Retreat 2024: The Nobility of Imperfection
Held at the Garrison Institute, our Contemplative Care Retreat is an invitation to connect with others and deepen your practice, grounded in the practice of the Six Paramitas (sometimes referred to as the Six Perfections).
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OCTOBER HALF-DAY RETREAT 2024
Silently engaging in sitting and walking meditation, hearing a dharma talk, and connecting with community are wonderful ways to spend a Saturday morning.
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NOVEMBER HALF-DAY RETREAT 2024
Silently engaging in sitting and walking meditation, hearing a dharma talk, and connecting with community are wonderful ways to spend a Saturday morning.
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DECEMBER HALF-DAY RETREAT 2024
Silently engaging in sitting and walking meditation, hearing a dharma talk, and connecting with community are wonderful ways to spend a Saturday morning.
Find out more »January 2025
Beginner’s Mind Sesshin: A Winter Silent Retreat of Wholehearted Practice at the Garrison Institute
Start the new year in community with us for Winter Sesshin at The Garrison Institute. Sesshin provides an extraordinary opportunity to slow down, enjoy a change of pace and focus, and feel both the immediate and far-reaching impacts throughout your life by participating in these five days of Noble Silence.
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