Commitment and Connection: A New Year's Retreat
With Hogen Bays, Roshi and Myoyu Haley Voekel
January 3 - 5, 2025
What does it mean to be entering a New Year? One the one hand, as humans, we are simply pinning a tail on vast space and calling it ‘time’. On the other hand, a New Year can have very significant implications in our lives and the lives of those we love.
How do we live both truths? This is a practice of staying connected to our fundamental nature, which is expansive and unconditioned. It is a practice of cultivating trust through commitment to practice and connection with Sangha and teachers.
What will the New Year bring? Together let’s rest in open possibility and a ‘don’t know’ mind. This is not the ‘don’t know’ that is dark and confused, but the Don’t Know that is flexible and awake, alert to our moment to moment direct experience.
This is both a workshop and a meditation retreat.
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About the Leaders
Hogen Bays, Roshi
Hogen Bays, Roshi began practicing in 1968 with Philip Kapleau, Roshi and was part of the residential staff at Zen Center of Rochester in Rochester, New York until 1975. He lived and trained at Zen Center of Los Angeles under the direction of Taizan Maezumi, Roshi from 1980-1984. In 1990 he took priest’s ordination […]
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Myoyu Haley Voekel
Myoyu attended her first meditation retreat in 2006. Following that, she took a dive into Zen practice and also yoga training. She began practicing with ZCO in 2013. She ordained in 2019 as a novice priest, following her vow to serve ZCO and to deepen her own practice. She is currently the Training Director at […]
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