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Finding your Zen when you are at your breaking point does not mean putting on your blinders and earplugs and hiding under your covers. It means taking the steps toward feeling an inner peace expand at your heart space. Are you willing to live a more fulfilling, healthy, and productive life that can serve the world rather than be paralyzed by it? By texting ZEN, you consent to receive text messages (including automated and marketing messages) from or on behalf of Zen at your mobile number provided. Consent is not a condition of any purchase. Text STOP to end your chat. Message & data rates may apply.
Practice leaders are available to meet with those who are actively exploring zen practice at the San Francisco Zen Center. Before seeking practice discussion with a practice leader it is requested to please come to a Saturday morning program at either City Center or Green Gulch Farm and take zazen instruction as a beginning step. Then attend public programs, either a Saturday morning at City Center or a Sunday morning at Green Gulch Farm at least 2 or 3 times. Begin to sit meditation at home. Start reading Dharma teachings, perhaps 'Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind' or any of the wide array of books available on the subject of zen practice. San Francisco Zen Center has many ways to explore zen practice, including beginner's sittings, classes, and online practice periods. There are also a variety of practice affinity groups, such as Young Urban Zen, Saturday Sangha, Thursday Meditation, conversation, and Tea, Zen en Espanol, Queer Dharma, and others. These groups meet regularly to support entering, establishing, and deepening zen practice.
Finding Zen At Work
Once these beginning steps have been taken, San Francisco Zen Center encourages practitioners to discuss their practice with a practice leader. They are available for either formal or informal discussion. Please contact their attendant, as listed below, or, if they don't have an attendant they can be contacted directly or through the front office, to make an appointment.