{"id":17952,"date":"2018-01-04T11:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T19:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=17952"},"modified":"2018-01-04T11:58:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T19:58:21","slug":"february-intensive-zen-meditation-retreat-james-ishmael-ford-gesshin-greenwood-jan-seymour-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2018\/01\/february-intensive-zen-meditation-retreat-james-ishmael-ford-gesshin-greenwood-jan-seymour-ford.html","title":{"rendered":"February Intensive Zen Meditation Retreat With James Ishmael Ford, Gesshin Greenwood, & Jan Seymour-Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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SESSHIN<\/strong><\/em>
\nTo Touch the HeartMind<\/em><\/p>\n

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An Intensive Zen Meditation Retreat<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Thursday Evening the 1st of February, 2018
\nThrough Eleven a.m. Sunday, the 4th<\/p>\n

At Harwood Lodge<\/a>
\nMt Baldy Road, Mt Baldy, CA 91759<\/p>\n

This retreat will be led by
\nGesshin Greenwood,<\/strong> Sensei & James Myoun Ford<\/strong>, Roshi
\nAssisted by Jan Seiryu Seymour-Ford<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Greenwood-Gesshin\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gesshin Greenwood<\/em> is a Soto Zen Buddhist<\/a> priest. She trained at Toshoji and the Aichi Senmon Nisodo, in Japan and at Green Gulch, and the San Francisco Zen Center. She blogs as That\u2019s So Zen<\/a>. Gesshin\u2019s first book, Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Ordination, Love, and Monastic Zen in Japan<\/em><\/a>, will be published im May.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/a><\/p>\n

James Myoun Ford<\/em> was ordained a Soto Zen Buddhist priest in 1969. He is also authorized as a koan teacher in the Soto Reformed koan curriculum developed by Daiun Sogaku Harada and others. Myoun blogs as Monkey Mind<\/a>, and is the author of five books, including the forthcoming Introduction to the Zen Koan: Learning the Language of Dragons<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Jan<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jan Seiryu Seymour-Ford<\/em> has practiced Zen for more than twenty-five years, studying with several teachers. She is a lay practitioner authorized to give spiritual direction by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi.<\/p>\n

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This retreat will feature zazen (Zen meditation), talks, zazen, dokusan (spiritual direction interviews), zazen, liturgy, zazen, oryoki, and some more zazen.<\/p>\n

Registration is Limited.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For full details go here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The deadline to apply is January 25th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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