SMS During Practice Peroid
Rather than add special scheduled events during practice period, we focus on deepening and strengthening practice, both individually and as a community.
5:15 Monday discussions at Shove Chapel during this time will focus on various facets of our practice lives, with brief readings brought in to help launch discussion.
Topics may include, for example:
- Meeting Obstacles in meditation practice
- What does continuous practice look like, and how do I support it?
- Working with Koans
- How does practice help me keep my heart open in difficult times?
- What about devotional practice? Does it have a place in Zen?
- What are the practices that encourage embodied awareness?
and feel free to propose topics of interest to you!
SMS Steering Committee members are happy to serve as resources, so please don’t hesitate to contact them.
The members of the Steering Committee are:
Steve Milligan
Robert King
Brandy Lancaster
Liz Cramer
Kelly McFarland
Clay Taylor
This can also be a good time to renew or make contact with one of our teachers, for individual conversation:
Contact Sarah Bender, Roshi at: sembender@gmail.com
Contact Andrew Palmer, Sensei at: alpsensei@gmail.com
The Practice Period Booklet, including Koans for Practice Period can be downloaded from this link