Tag: sesshin

  • Winter Sesshin at Wellspring

    Winter Sesshin at Wellspring

    January 7, 2027 @ 4:30 pm – January 10, 2027 @ 2:00 pm

    Our sesshin is a three night residential Zen retreat at the beautiful Wellspring Conference Center. We will spend our time sitting zazen, walking kinhin, chanting sutras, and in other types of Zen practice. Our teachers will give dharma talks and offer dokusan (private meetings). The price includes lodging and meals from dinner Thursday to lunch Sunday. To learn more about our sesshin and see pictures of Wellspring, visit our sesshin page.

    Registration is limited to 20 attendees. Early registration for One Heart Sangha will be October 15-31. General registration will open November 1 and the link will be on this page. The cost is $550 for sustaining attendees, which covers retreat costs and helps us support our teachers and offer scholarships. We also offer a more affordable $450 rate which covers the superficial costs of your retreat.

    Our refund policy is 50% up to November 30. No refunds after December 1.

    We will have space for a limited number of people to join us at Wellspring for a zazenkai on Saturday from 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM. See the January Zazenkai page for more information.

    Wellspring Conference Center

    11411 Neelsville Church Road
    Gaithersburg, MD 20876
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  • Upcoming Local Sesshins

    Upcoming Local Sesshins

    Two Zen sesshins are coming up this fall and winter at the beautiful Wellspring Conference Center in Gaithersburg. Sesshin is a rare opportunity to practice in a more formal and extended way in order to deepen your Zen practice.

    Joyful Mind Zen Community will be holding their fall sesshin on October 29 to November 1. Bruce Shiho Lindsay, Sensei from One Heart Sangha is co-organizing and teaching. The sesshin is 3 nights, with an option to attend 2 nights. There are a limited number of private rooms onsite, opportunities to commute daily, and an option to attend remotely on Saturday. General registration is currently open through JMZC. Lean More here.

    One Heart Sangha will be holding our winter sesshin on January 7-10, 2027. The sesshin is 3 nights, starting Thursday evening and ending the middle of the day Sunday. We have a few spaces for sitters to join us on Saturday at Wellspring for a zazenkai. We will have a preregistration for regular sitters at One Heart Sangha starting October 15. General registration will open November 1 and links will be posted to the event pages.

  • Joyful Mind Zen Community Sesshin

    Joyful Mind Zen Community Sesshin

    October 29 @ 3:00 pm – November 1 @ 12:00 pm

    The Joyful Mind Zen Community (JMZC) Fall sesshin theme is on Ancestors. Sesshin is a time to connect heart-mind with the harmony of universe and with our own being and others. This is an intensive Zen retreat of deep silence. We recommend you have attended extended sitting periods or have attended at least one Zazenkai and can sit for multiple 25-minutes of Zazen.

    The JMZC sesshin is being co-organized by Martine Taikai Palmiter, Sensei of JMZC and Bruce Shiho Lindsay, Sensei from One Heart Sangha. Visit the JMZC website by clicking the button below to learn more and register. General registration opens September 10 and space is limited. There is an online Saturday option for those who are unable to attend the full sesshin.

    Joyful Mind Zen Community

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    Wellspring Conference Center

    11411 Neelsville Church Road
    Gaithersburg, MD 20876
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