Gordon Hakuun Greene Roshi will present on the Manual Labor of Zen Meditation. He says, “When you view your Zen training as physical work, it helps you focus on the profound role that breath and awareness of gravity have in experiencing a non-dualistic world.” Greene Roshi also has a course and videos on this topic online. There will be opportunities for questions and group discussion.

The webinar (7:30-8:30pm CST) will occur immediately after evening Daily Zazen (7-7:30 pm CST). After Daily Zazen, we will switch to a different Zoom link for the Webinar. To participate in the Webinar, please register here. Events through Chosei Zen are donation-based and open to all regardless of ability to pay. All donations are very much appreciated and help keep our dojos running! You can donate here.

In this webinar, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will discuss the importance of developing the hara (lower abdomen) in Zen, the martial arts, and the fine arts. He will also demonstrate a series of exercises that can be helpful in developing and deepening hara breathing. While the webinar will be geared primarily to beginning and intermediate students, advanced students may also find this review helpful. This is will be a highly experiential webinar, and participants will be asked to practice the exercises as they are introduced. So, dress accordingly and be prepared to breathe!

The webinar (7:30-8:45pm CST) will occur immediately after evening Daily Zazen (7-7:30 pm CST). After Daily Zazen, we will switch to a different Zoom link for the Webinar. To participate in the Webinar, please register here. Events through Chosei Zen are donation-based and open to all regardless of ability to pay. All donations are very much appreciated and help keep our dojos running! You can donate online here.

How much do thoughts and feelings weigh? This might seem like a silly question, since we cannot place these things on a weight scale. But we all know that some thoughts and feelings (the thought of death, the emotion of grief) are heavier than others. In this talk, Geoff Kantou Ashton Roshi will examine the relationship between suffering and weight—from the weight of our thoughts and feelings to the heaviness of the muscles that support these thoughts and feelings. The webinar will explore what we can learn from the weight of suffering in our Zen training. 

The webinar (7:30-8:45pm CDT) will occur immediately after evening Daily Zazen (7-7:30 pm CDT). After Daily Zazen, we will switch to a different Zoom link for the Webinar. To participate in the Webinar, please register here. Events through Chosei Zen are donation-based and open to all regardless of ability to pay. All donations are very much appreciated and help keep our dojos running! You can donate online here.

In this webinar, Ginny Jiko Whitelaw Roshi will explore the relationship between the physical body, universal energy and how they connect through resonance. She'll share how our training in sound and okyo (chanting) tune us to be more resonant beings. We’ll also have the privilege of helping Whitelaw Roshi celebrate the release of her new book on the same topic: Resonate: Zen and the Way of Making a Difference.  

The webinar (7:30-9pm CDT) will occur immediately after evening Daily Zazen (7-7:30 pm CDT). After Daily Zazen, we will switch to a different Zoom link for the Webinar. To participate in the Webinar, please register here. Events through Chosei Zen are donation-based and open to all regardless of ability to pay. All donations are very much appreciated and help keep our dojos running! You can donate online here.

Gordon Hakuun Greene Roshi will present: What is Zen Art? He says, “A discussion of art these days may feel like a luxury, like a distraction, from the many crises our world is facing. But when talking about Zen art, we are talking about what it means to express something deeply human. And then what happens when we encounter such an expression. Done properly, Zen art takes away fear and that is not at all a distraction. So let’s talk about what Zen art is, how it is created, and how it has the impact that it does.”

The webinar (7:30-9pm CDT) will occur immediately after Daily Zazen (7-7:30 pm CDT) using the same Zoom link. You can register for Daily Zazen here.

This webinar will address questions like “what is Zen?” and “how do we train in Zen?” Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will share the history of the Chosei Zen lineage and his 40 years of Zen training experience. There will be time for questions and answers.

The webinar (7:30-9am CDT) will occur immediately after morning Daily Zazen (7-7:30 am CDT) using the same Zoom link. You can register for Daily Zazen at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYld-6uqz4iEtQH-7BLpxNKusk_Offu4dGd