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May 2022
Foundations in Contemplative Care ~ Online Information Session
Join us on May 23 for this online info session to learn more about the Foundations in Contemplative Care program!
Find out more »Caregiver Support Group
Whether you are a professional or volunteer caregiver, or you are caring for a family member, a friend, or a loved one, drop in and take care of yourself.
Find out more »June 2022
Cultivating the Seeds of Zen: A 90-Day Commit To Sit Practice Period
Through weekly online dharma talks, daily practice emails, group discussions, and meditation, we will allow our practice to take root within us and flower the essential aspects of compassion and wisdom.
Find out more »Sangha Live: Day of Practice with Sensei Koshin
Day of Practice is a LIVE 3-hour program, co-hosted by Sangha Live including sustained sitting practice, dharma teachings, and an interactive Q&A with Sensei Koshin.
Find out more »Caregiver Support Group
Whether you are a professional or volunteer caregiver, or you are caring for a family member, a friend, or a loved one, drop in and take care of yourself.
Find out more »Mizuko Kuyo Ceremony for Loss (In Person Only)
Mizuko Kuyo is a Buddhist ceremony to acknowledge the loss of those who have experienced a miscarriage, a stillbirth, or an abortion.
Find out more »July 2022
July Zazenkai: A Full-Day Online Retreat
In Japanese, Zazenkai literally means "to come together for meditation". This daylong retreat is an opportunity to engage in silent practice within a supportive community.
Find out more »Sit for Scholarship 2022
On Saturday, July 23rd, we invite all students, members, and friends of the Zen Center to sit together in meditation to raise funds for the Zen Center’s Scholarship Fund. This fund supports current and prospective students in study, practice, and service work in hospitals, hospices, nursing homes and community organizations.
Find out more »Contemplative Medicine Fellowship 2022–2023
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 »August 2022
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.
Find out more »September 2022
Foundations in Contemplative Care 2022–2023
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 »The Five Ranks of Tozan: An Online Zen Study Offering with Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi
In this exciting study and practice course, we will learn a profound and esoteric teachings of Zen study – The Five Ranks of Tozan, with Senior Zen teacher Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi.
Find out more »September Half-Day Retreat 2022
Join us for the September half-day silent retreat. 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: Teachings for Awakening, Fearlessness, and Intimacy
How can you deepen your Zen practice path? Join us for ten months of study of the Way through zazen and learn together the teachings of Dōgen, the Founder of Soto Zen in Japan.
Find out more »Zen Precepts: Living an Ethical Life
The Precepts serve as guidelines for our daily lives, developing skillful ways to navigate relationships and life itself. This course consists of in-depth study, experiential learning, reading assignments, writing exercises, and discussion.
Find out more »Sit + Sorry | A Jewish and Zen Buddhist Night of Forgiveness
Join Lab/Shul’s ritual team and the leaders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care for Sit + Sorry, our multi-access intimate sacred night of reflection and meditation, shared traditions, live music and spiritual preparation for the new year.
Find out more »Caregiver Support Group
Whether you are a professional or volunteer caregiver, or you are caring for a family member, a friend, or a loved one, drop in and take care of yourself.
Find out more »Courageous Intimacy: Awakening through Connection
Through this communal 4-week journey with Koshin, we’ll learn embodied practices to help us work through our fears and delusions, embrace non-separating worldview, and cultivate intimacy with our environments and relationships.
Find out more »October 2022
October Half-Day Retreat 2022
Join us for the October half-day silent retreat. 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 »Caregiver Support Group
Whether you are a professional or volunteer caregiver, or you are caring for a family member, a friend, or a loved one, drop in and take care of yourself.
Find out more »November 2022
ZEN SHABBAT // NOVEMBER 2022
Lab/Shul and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care invite you to a shared experience of sacred space and time, harmonizing Jewish and Zen traditions in the celebration of Sabbath spirit.
Find out more »November Half-Day Retreat 2022 with Jose Shinzan Palma
Join us for the November half-day silent retreat. 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 »December 2022
December Half-Day Retreat 2022
Join us for the December half-day silent retreat. 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 »New Year’s Eve Sit 2022 | Online & In-Person
This evening is an opportunity to reflect upon the year that has passed and ponder all the possibilities a new year might hold. Join Chodo Sensei, Koshin Sensei, and the NYZC community for an evening of Zazen (short periods of sitting meditation), a dharma talk, followed by the ringing of the great bell 108 times.
Find out more »January 2023
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.
Find out more »Every Moment is Practice: A 90-Day Commit To Sit Practice Period
Through weekly online dharma talks, daily practice emails, private group discussions, daily meditation opportunities, and more, we will allow our practice to strip away the negative filters that block connection and appreciation!
Find out more »January Half-Day Retreat 2023
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 »The Nature of Awakened Practice: Walking the Path with the Zen Ancestors
Join Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei in a 13-week study of the Sōtō Zen lineage and how we can learn from and be supported by the ancestors' examples of awakening practice in everyday life.
Find out more »Contemplative Medicine Conversations: Ending Our Addiction to Suffering
Join us for the second conversation in this free webinar series with NYZC Contemplative Medicine Fellowship visiting faculty member Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, acclaimed neuroscientist, and bestselling author.
Find out more »ZEN SHABBAT // JANUARY 2023
Lab/Shul and NYZC invite you to a shared experience of sacred space and time, harmonizing Jewish and Zen traditions in the celebration of Sabbath spirit.
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