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Integral Zen 7 Day Zen Healing Retreat, Vajra Vidya Retreat Center, Crestone, CO, March 31-April 6, 2025
Mar 31, 4:00 pm - Apr 6, 10:00 am MDT
Mar 31, 6:00 pm - Apr 6, 12:00 pm EDT
Vajra Vidya Retreat Center, Crestone, Colorado
Led by: Doshin Nelson
Description
An Integral Zen Healing Retreat
– Where Silence and Healing Converge
6 night, 7 day Zen Healing workshop, Doshin Roshi and Shikyo Jiryu.
Vegetarian meals, location is high altitude, about a four hour drive from Denver and one hour from Alamosa airport. Single room occupancy with shared bathrooms, workshop size limited. A combination of silent meditation and interactive study and exploration of Integral Zen Healing.
Retreat Pricing:
On site, 14 spaces available. Single occupancy, shared bathrooms, meals and lodging included $950.00
Deposit: $500
Final payment $450
4 spaces available for commuters (lodging separate up to participants) 3 meals provided, total cost $550 (300 deposit, 250 balance)
ONLINE OPTION: $150
Online includes morning Nejang Tibetan Yoga Practice, Morning Teaching by Shikyo, Afternoon Teisho by Doshin, Early evening teaching by Doshin, some online sitting (not all sitting will be online). Access to recordings at least for one year.
We are planning to offer live online streaming for Nejang Tibetan Yoga, and teachings by Shikyo and Doshin (and if we have a guest talk), but only teachings will be recorded and available after. We will start with the morning service and sit, then Nejang yoga, this daily portion will not be recorded.
TENTATIVE ONLINE SCHEDULE US TIME
Morning service, sit and then Tibetan yoga is at 6 -7:30am MT, (5am PT, 9am ET)
Shikyo teaches 10:10 -11:45 MT, (9:10 am PT, 12:10pm ET)
Doshin teaches 3:50-5:30 pm MT (2:50pt, 5:50 ET)
and 7pm MT (6pm PT, 9pm ET)
EUROPEAN time, March 30th is the change in Europe, so I may be wrong and you might check your local time, but here's what it likely
Morning service and Tibetan Yoga 6am MT, 11am UK, 12pm CET
Shikyo teaching 10:10 am MT, 3:10 UK, 4:10 CET
Doshin teaching 3:50 pm MT, 8:50 pm UK, 9:50pm CET
later teaching by Doshin 7 pm MT, 12am UK, 1am CET
US folks please check your local times
Also, we may adjust this schedule and add an additional sit. To be announced soon, because PLEASE consider this is new for us so please be patient as we get things going.
No Refunds
Payments are non-refundable. Full payment is due by March 3rd, 2025
Registration
There is no registration for this event at this time.
If you are registered, you can access the course link, info, videos, and materials in the my profile section of the website.
Sessions
Past Sessions
- April 5th, Final Check-in - Apr 5, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm MDT
Final Check-in
We are interested in hearing two specific things from you:
- What healing have you experienced on this retreat?
- What Insights have you experienced on this retreat?
April 5th Doshin Final Day 05 Talk - Apr 5, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm MDT
Doshin Day 05 Dharma Talk
April 5th Shikyo Teaching - Apr 5, 10:15 am - 11:45 am MDT
April 5 - Day 05
· Magic Dance
· Sache Tibetan Geomancy
· Chinese Year of the Snake
· What have we learned
· Where do we need work
April 5th Morning service, Zazen, Nejang Yoga - Apr 5, 6:00 am - Apr 6, 7:30 am MDT
Day 05 - Morning service and Nejang
(Apologies for the poor audio quality on Zoom)
· We recommend following the Morning service with a 30 to 60 minute Zazen
· The Nejang Tibetan Yoga begins 18:00 minutes in and continues till the end of the video.
April 4th Doshin Lineage Chant - Apr 4, 7:00 pm - Apr 5, 8:00 pm MDT
Doshin Evening Teaching Day 04
Crestone, Colorado at Vajra Vidya
The Integral Zen Rinzai Zen Lineage Chant
Continue Reading from:
Faith in Mind - “Hsin Hsin Ming”
the Third Patriarch Seng Can, 6th Century
Translated by Chan Master Shen-yen
Questions with Answers from the Roshi
April 4th Touching the True Face - Apr 4, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm MDT
Apr 04 - Day 04 Touching the True Face
Apprentice Adam (Kaku) works with two people to practice Doshin's Koan method, Touching the True Face
· Demonstration by Adam the Apprentice
· Coaching by Doshin
April 4th Shikyo Teaching - Apr 4, 10:15 am - 11:45 am MDT
April 4th Morning service, Zazen, Nejang Yoga - Apr 4, 6:00 am - 7:30 am MDT
Day 04 - Morning service
(Apologies for the poor audio quality on Zoom)
· We recommend following the Morning service with a 30 to 60 minute Zazen
· The Nejang Tibetan Yoga begins 19:00 minutes in and continues till the end of the video.
April 3rd Choan Teaching Evening - Apr 3, 7:00 pm - Apr 4, 8:00 pm MDT
Rev. Choan Evening Teaching Day 03
Crestone, Colorado at Vajra Vidya
Story of a Buddhist’s call to serve the Dharma
Reading from:
The JunPo Roku by Rev Da Ju
April 3rd Ani la Guest teaching Bodhichitta, Impermanence, Purification - Apr 3, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm MDT
Apr 03 - Day 03
Guest teaching - AniLa
Bodhichitta, Impermanence, Purification
April 3rd Shikyo Teaching - Apr 3, 10:15 am - 11:45 am MDT
April 3 Day Three
• Magic Dance
• Five Buddha Families Thrangu Rinpoche
• Chinese elements starting looking at that, short look at overview and approach to health
• Five poisons, antidotes, Five Buddha Families Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
• Health connections
April 3rd Morning Service, Zazen, Nejang Yoga - Apr 3, 6:00 am - 7:30 am MDT
Day 03 - Morning service and Nejang
(Apologies for the poor audio quality on Zoom)
· We recommend following the Morning service with a 30 to 60 minute Zazen
· The Nejang Tibetan Yoga begins 17:00 minutes in and continues till the end of the video.
April 2nd Doshin Evening Teaching - Apr 2, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm MDT
Doshin Evening Teaching Day 02
Crestone, Colorado at Vajra Vidya
Story of a Buddhist’s call to serve the Dharma
Continue Reading from:
Faith in Mind - “Hsin Hsin Ming”
the Third Patriarch Seng Can, 6th Century
Translated by Chan Master Shen-yen
April 2nd, Shikyo teaching, Context and Introduction - Apr 2, 10:15 am - 11:45 am MDT
Magic Dance,
Five elements Sowa Rigpa more in depth look how they impact our health.
Bon book.
Magic Dance.
Three to five poisons. Start to lay out patterning family and social history for five poisons and five antidotes.
Which are our poisons and our strengths and powers.
Group
exploration
April 2nd Morning service, Zazen, Nejang Yoga - Apr 2, 6:00 am - 7:30 am MDT
Day 02 - Morning service and Nejang
· We recommend following the Morning service with a 30 to 60 minute Zazen
· The Nejang Tibetan Yoga begins 12:30 minutes in and continues till the end of the video.
April 1st Doshin Evening Teaching Day 01 - Apr 1, 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm MDT
Doshin Evening Teaching Day 01
Crestone, Colorado at Vajra Vidya
Reading from:
Faith in Mind - “Hsin Hsin Ming”
the Third Patriarch Seng Can, 6th Century
Translated by Chan Master Shen-yen
April 1st Doshin Teaching Afternoon - Apr 1, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm MDT
Doshin Evening Teaching Day 01
Crestone, Colorado at Vajra Vidya
Reading from:
Faith in Mind - “Hsin Hsin Ming”
the Third Patriarch Seng Can, 6th Century
Translated by Chan Master Shen-yen
April 1st Shikyo Teaching - Apr 1, 10:00 am - 11:45 am MDT
Magic Dance
Review of chakras, what we are doing in IZ this way and working with people,
Typology
charts, What are our primary poisons?
April 1st, Morning service, Zazen, Nejang Yoga - Apr 1, 6:00 am - 7:30 am MDT
Day 01 - Morning service, Zazen, Nejang Yoga