Come and simply sit…

I am an ordained monk in the Sōtō Zen tradition of Buddhism and carry out weekly zazen sittings at my home on Sunday mornings. I am no teacher but simply a dedicated and passionate student of zen who is more than happy to share in the core of the practice with like minded people.

I will provide zafu's, tea and an hour of meditation broken up into 25 minutes of zazen (seated meditation), 5 minutes of kinhin (walking meditation) and another 25 minutes of zazen. There is no charge for these sessions just let me know anytime if you are interesting in coming along and I can add you into the WhatApp group and have a zafu here waiting for you!

The core of Sōtō Zen practice is zazen. During zazen we do not make attempt to control the mind. We do not engage in visualizations, counting breaths, solving questions or other contemplation, but simply sit facing a blank wall in the Buddha’s posture. Letting go of all concepts, and thoughts without striving we taste the vitality of what it means to be truly all here fully present - it is a practice of nothing special.

My master is called Simone Jiko Wolf and she has her own temple called Kōsetsu-ji based in Switzerland which is a direct branch of Soji-ji Temple in Japan - one of the two main temples alongside Eihei-ji. Her teacher was Taisen Deshimaru who founded the Association Zen Internationale and La Gendronnière Temple - the headquarters of European Zen in France.

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