workshops & retreats
Workshops & retreats designed to deepen awakening in a shared space
We live in a world where it’s becoming increasingly hard to ignore our interconnectedness – with each other and nature. Our actions impact one another. While much of our psychological healing and spiritual practice focuses on the individual journey of awakening and refinement, the interpersonal dimension is often overlooked.
In my experience, engaging in healing and awakening within a group brings greater clarity and compassion. We begin to discover that even the most personal experiences are not separate – they resonate with us all. By opening to the interpersonal dimension, we come to see that we are not isolated bubbles moving through life. Rather, we are expressions of one collective being, manifesting in unique ways. This insight in itself can be deeply healing.
Opening to others and exploring our edges and shadows can be challenging, especially as many of our wounds arise in relationship. This process can bring up insecurity and fear. However, it is precisely within these relationships that healing can take place, as we discover the sameness and Oneness in our different ways of expressing ourselves.
This is the ground of the work we do together.
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CoreWork Zen offers silent retreats, meditation workshops, and small-group Zen practice near Waldport and Newport on the Oregon Coast.
These gatherings include one-day retreats, Five Poisons workshops, meditation practice days, and inquiry-based practice rooted in silence, awareness, and direct experience.
Both beginners and experienced practitioners are welcome.
The Five Poisons in Buddhism – Transforming Reactivity into Wisdom
The Five Poisons: Transforming Reactivity into Wisdom. Join Jigen Sensei for a workshop of guided inquiry into the Five poisons: greed, anger, ignorance and pride and jealousy. In these on-line classes, we’ll turn toward our human struggles with honesty and compassion - learning to meet life exactly as it is, and to uncover the wisdom hidden within our reactivity.
“We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and bravery are available – not only to us, but to all human beings.”
– Chogyam Trungpa