2025 Big Summer Sit
From Jan 5 to Feb 16
|Summer Dojo
This is a sangha-led initiative to maintain and deepen our practice through the summer holiday period We pledge to sit for at least 10-15m each day from January 5 - February 16, supported by four online sessions on Sundays 4 - 5pm. Please read note below regarding online access to this event.
time & place
From Jan 5 to Feb 16
Summer Dojo
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Join us for a summer of zazen, dharma talks and online discussion from Jan 5 – Feb 16.
The Big Summer Sit flows on naturally from our regular Quiet Sits, then back into them for the remainder of 2025.
The Big Summer Sit traditionally opens in early January, soon after New Year. This annual offer of community practice falls right in that hazy time of summer that’s also infused by a fresh draft of new year energy. Perhaps a timely resolution to refresh your meditation practice and to deepen it?
To sign on to the Big Summer Sit is to make a firm and public undertaking to sit at least 10-15 minutes of Zen meditation (zazen) every day, come what may, for six weeks of Summer. First or second thing in the morning is an excellent time, but if the whole day mysteriously vanishes under your sandy feet, then it is…