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February 23, 2019 – April 6, 2019

Description:

7-week On-Line Training Seminar

Zen and Focusing both teach a way of being, the Practice of Presence to what is.
Enlightenment is not something we attain, but something we do that brings us into intimate connection with life itself.

Focusing brings to Zen a meditative way of finding, being with, reintegrating and healing wounded and split-off parts of ourselves that most spiritual practices do not address, but bypass! We are all stuck in certain views, patterns and vulnerabilities that cause us and those around us suffering. The practice of Focusing allows us to be aware of and listen to the deepest personal aspects of ourselves where the threads of emotion, memory, thought and behavior intertwine. Focusing brings gentle, compassionate, special attention to these tangles and allows for new ways of being to emerge.

You may be interested in Focusing for your own personal exploration and development. You may be interested in Focusing to improve your relationship to yourself and your partner. You may be interested in its relation to Zen and other spiritual practice. You may be interested in it as a therapeutic skill to help your clients more directly work experientially in session

Zen Focusing Training includes:
• Lecture with handouts
• Discussion
• Private Focusing practice with an experienced mentor during each class and in between classes
• Online Zoom Video chat platform

7 Saturday mornings -$108

February 23; March 2, 9,8-10AM MST, 10AM-12PM EST
March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 7-9AM AZT, 10AM -12PM EST

Blessing and Healing Chant

Just as the soft rain fills the streams,
Pours into the rivers and joins the ocean,
May the power of every moment
of your being flow forth
In a healing current of awakening,
For those here now, those gone before
and those yet to come.  

By your power in every moment
May you transform any obstacle
into wisdom and compassion.
May all dangers be averted and all disease gone.
Manifesting the great mystery within you,
through you and emanating everywhere, 
May your heart’s wishes and your visions be fulfilled.
Shining as the bright full moon,
Visible or hidden, know your moon
never leaves the sky.

For you whose heart dwells in respect,
Who follows the Way,
I give you these blessings:
May your life prosper with
Beauty, Endurance, Faith and Great age,
May you always be really intimate with yourself.

For Kanno-Doko Joshin

At Tokudo on February 14th, 2015
Roshi Genmitsu Seiryo

Zen Focusing Online Seminar-Series of 7 Classes

Blessing for a new priest