Retreats
During the last week of most months throughout the year, we offer either 1-day, weekend, 5-day, or week-long Retreats.
Retreats are by application only, and in most cases we require beginners to start with a 1-day or weekend retreat before registering for a 5 or 7 day retreat.
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Zen Retreats offer a full daily schedule of meditation, yoga, healthy meals, manual work and periods of rest. Retreat students follow the same schedule, in the principle of 'together-action'. Retreats are silent except for instruction or emergencies, and students are not allowed to use devices during retreats.
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Weekend Retreats offer private sleeping rooms with shared bathrooms to students, while 5 & 7 day retreats offer a traditional monastic form, where students sleep on mats in the large meditation hall.
Please check our calendar for retreat upcoming retreat dates.
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Retreats & Temple-Stay
Temple Stay
Due to Covid, our Temple Stay Guest Program is on hold.
Please check back with us in July for updated information.
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Our Temple Stay Program is designed to provide an opportunity for individuals or couples to have their own retreat from the hustle & bustle of everyday life. Guests stay in the residency adjacent to the Zen Center, with access, but no obligation, to the Zen Center schedule of meditation & temple volunteer projects.
Plant-based organic breakfast & lunch is provided, with a shared kitchen to prepare dinner (the 3rd floor loft-apartment has its own kitchen).
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There are 4 private rooms with shared bathrooms, kitchen & living spaces, and one spacious 3rd floor apartment with its own kitchen, bathroom & private balcony onto the green roof. Temple Stay guests have access to the shared spaces, the Green Roof, courtyard & public gardens.