One-day Retreat

Sat. June 20, 2026 – 9am to 4pm

$35 to $50 donation, plus dana for the teacher.

No one is turned away for lack of funds. Lunch is provided.

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Dokusan with Eidō Roshi is available after lunch.

 

Questions: director@olympiazencenter.org

Please register before noon on Friday, June 19.

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Our monthly retreat includes each part of traditional Sōtō Zen practice: Zazen, Kinhin (walking meditation), Ceremony, lunch in the Sōtō Zen form, Dokusan (private meeting with the teacher) and work practice to care for the temple grounds.

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Full Moon Sesshin
Artistry in Bookmaking
Guest Teacher: Kitty Carlsen

Wed. July 15 – 7:00 PM to
Sun. July 19 – 1:00 PM

$200 donation requested, plus dana for the teacher.
Scholarships are available. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

Meals, art supplies and facility costs are included.

 

We are not able to offer a Zoom option for this sesshin.

You are invited to bring a tent, or sleep under the stars on the temple grounds. Or you may sleep inside. Please bring a sleeping bag.

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Artistry in bookmaking has a long history in Japan and is used in America to create keepsakes of our creative expressions. Teacher and artist Kitty Carlsen (kittycarlsen.com) will guide us in how to make a Japanese style book which we can then use for our poetry, painting, journal, or whatever expression we wish to use to fill the pages. The ability to make the book itself is a skill that will enrich you for a lifetime. 

The schedule will include our usual practices of Zazen and Ceremony, meals, and time to create with our books. The final day will include show and tell, where we can share our experience with this creative adventure.

Please make every effort to attend from the very beginning of the sesshin on Wednesday July 15. If you cannot attend the first full day (Thursday the 16th), you will have the opportunity to purchase an already made book, but there will be no instruction given for the creation of the book after the first full day.