Short & Long-term Residency Retreats
LONG TERM RESIDENTIAL RETREAT
retreat in the City
FURNISHED RETREAT ROOMS: MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS
(All-inclusive. Must be or become a Zen Center member. Donation covers all utilities, meditations, use of laundry, optional green tea with the Abbot weekly, and more.)
LOFT STUDIO w/full bathroom, kitchenette & green roof balcony:
$1050/month Occupied thru February, 2027
ROOM 1: $750/mo. Occupied Feb 28 - April 25
ROOM 2: $750/mo. Open
ROOM 3: $700 Open
ROOM 4, w Green roof view: $825 Open
OVERVIEW
We offer short term and long term residency retreats. Retreat residents must be or become members of the Detroit Zen Center or affiliated Centers in a similar lineage. The residency is strictly vegetarian. Residents live and practice together alongside Zen Center monks who reside here full time. The Zen Center is set across 3 buildings & 3 city lots, with a 3 story historic home (Residency) adjacent & connected to a 5000 sf commercial building (Zen Center), which share gardens, green roofs, and an adjoining corridor. The Residency is a clean, lovely, spacious home with 4 single bedrooms, & a 3rd floor loft studio. The 4 bedrooms are on the 2nd floor, and share 2 full bathrooms, a kitchen with many amenities, living room, dining room, porch & 2 gardens. Two cats live on site; no additional animals or children are permitted. The residency is open year round for short and long term retreats.
SPACES/ROOMS
The loft studio is on the 3rd floor. It is an exquisite space with antique wood floors, high ceilings, abundant light, a queen bed & full sized futon, desk, seating, full bathroom (shower) & kitchenette. It also has a private balcony that overlooks and accesses the green roof & its walking paths. Four 3-foot sliding glass windows and balcony doors offer sweeping views, breeze and light. The loft is a world away.
Rooms 1-3 are clean, cozy, simply appointed rooms, each with a bed, desk, bureau, chair, window & closet. Room 4 overlooks the green roof through large sliding glass windows, and is about double the size of a single bedroom.
The Zen Center building is a large hall, with a main floor meditation hall, and a lower level cafe & commercial kitchen. Residents may use a guest room in the meditation hall and join the daily schedule of practice, meals & work projects, by donation. Please make arrangements with the Director. The neighborhood is walkable, eclectic, safe & very diverse. You can reserve a room as a Zen Stay guest (short term) through Airbnb, or by sending an email. Long term resident inquiries should email the Director: info@detroitzencenter.org, or call the office: 313.366.7738 Some photos of the spaces can be viewed below.
