1551 SE 51st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32641, United States
Schedule of Offerings
Community Offerings
Wednesdays. 12-1pm: All Levels Lunch Flow Yoga with Shana (Online): Noon-1pm EST. Zoom Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdeyorTIrGNXxIF--GIVEH40XhaWJM09h
Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm:
FLORIDA SANBO ZEN WEEKLY ZAZEN (Zoom only until furter notice)
Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYscu-trD4sGdJMksB0Y98jAlEL6UUhFLK6
Open to all meditation traditions. If you are new to meditation, please sign on/arrive 10 minutes early. Two 25-minute silent sitting periods with 5 minutes of walking meditation in between, followed by a monthly schedule:
- First Tuesday: zazen followed by tea, Zen foundations, and long chant
- Second Tuesday: zazen followed by short talk by Valerie Forstman Roshi
- Third Tuesday: zazen followed by group dharma sharing until 8pm
- Fourth Tuesday: zazen followed by Q & A with Valerie
- Months with a Fifth Tuesday: Dharma Sharing
Sunday, November 7: 9:00AM-3:30PM
ZAZENKAI (Day of Zen)
Day of Zen meditation, teisho (dharma talk), and dokusan (personal interviews) with our guiding teacher Valerie Forstman Roshi. Open to all traditions. By donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GainesvilleRetreatEmail gainesvilleretreat@gmail.com to register, go to this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpduuprz4rHtVWdp-F89XmLZo3bCYEcvBU
Schedule is as follows:
- Time EST
8:30 - 9:00 Join Zoom, yoga/stretches
9:00-9:10 Morning chants
9:10-9:35 Zazen (sitting meditation)
9:35-9:40 Kinhin (walking meditation)
9:40-10:05 Zazen
10:05-10:10 Kinhin
10:10-10:35 Zazen
10:35-10:55 Break
10:55-11:00 Boundless Compassion
11:00-11:30 Teisho
11:30-11:35 Boundless Compassion
11:35-11:40 Kinhin
11:40-12:05 Zazen
12:05-1:05 Lunch
1:05-1:30 Tea and Words by Valerie
1:30-1:35 Kinhin
1:35-2:00 Zazen/Dokusan
2:00-2:05 Kinhin
2:05-2:30 Zazen/Dokusan
2:30-2:35 Kinhin
2:35-3:00 Zazen/Dokusan (may be extended depending on dokusan)
3:00-3:15 Closing Chants
How to Register
To register for any of these offerings, please click on the registration link.
The community events are donation-based. If you are able to make a donation, it is gratefully accepted here:
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GainesvilleRetreat. Your receipt will read "Santa Fe Land Trust," which is the non-profit 501c3 that manages the GRC and surrounding wildlife refuge.
Alternatively, checks can be made to the Gainesville Retreat Center and mailed to: GRC, 1551 SE 51st Street, Gainesvile FL 32641.