Workshops

Drop of Stillness - 1/2 day retreat

With Kosho Ault, Linda Chōon Frischmeyer and Onkatsu Doug Kagel

May 31, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

Touch into the still point at the center amidst our busy schedules. This silent retreat will include seated and walking meditation, chanting service, and movement practice. Join us for a half-day of simply sitting. ~ Tentative Schedule  8 - 8:50 am Zazen meditation 8:50 am Kinhin walking meditation 9:00 am Zazen 9:50 am Chanting service […]

Bystander Intervention: Training with Portland Peace Team - Awakening to the Delusion of Whiteness

June 20, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple or Online

Join us to learn techniques for stepping in safely when you see harassment or other kinds of conflict in the community. This training discusses bystander theory — how it affects us as individuals and its impacts more broadly. It teaches how to safely and efficiently intervene with cultural sensitivity. This training is open to everyone […]

Silver Dragons Monthly Gathering - Practicing Impermanence (Online)

With Kodo Conover

June 25, 2025
Online Only

Zoom Only In her Dharma Talk “Diving into Impermanence,”Chozen Roshi taught: Impermanence is not just a teaching, it is also a practice. (You can view her Dharma talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuHczgCFWaY) These monthly gatherings are offered for Silver Dragons that is, people 60 and older, to provide an opportunity to co-create an open conversation about dying, […]

Deepening Freedom through The Work: A Gentle Deconstruction of Identity

With Eduardo Kyozen Zambrano

September 4 - 7, 2025
Great Vow Zen Monastery

There is a true person of no rank who is constantly coming and going from the portals of your face. Who is that true person of no rank? ~ Rinzai Why Come: In the quiet of the monastery we will combine zazen with Byron Katie’s inquiry, The Work, to question the stories that hold the […]