Retreats
Multi-day retreats are an unparalleled way to deepen your understanding of Zen, and connect more fully with yourself, the teachers, and the community. Everyone is encouraged to come to retreats. If you’ve never attended one, you might want to start with a day-long retreat before moving up to a multi-day retreat.
In 2018 there are two multi-day retreats: a Forest Retreat from Tuesday, July 24 through Monday, July 30 and a Bay Retreat from Thursday, October 25 through Sunday, October 28.
Bay Retreat
The Bay Retreat, a silent Zen sesshin, will begin on Thursday, October 25 at 7:00 pm and continue through Sunday, October 28 at noon. The Bay Retreat is being held at at West Quoddy Light Station in Lubec, Maine, a former Coast Guard lighthouse station on the Bay of Fundy, which has multiple bedrooms, a full kitchen and plenty of space for a zendo. We will share the cost of staying at the Light Station and the food. The per person cost will depend on the number attending.
Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald, Sensei, the resident teacher for Zen DownEast will be joined by Kate Kagan Hartland, Sensei, the resident teacher for Bright Sea Zen Sangha to lead the retreat.
Openings are still available for the 2018 Bay Retreat. If you are interested in attending, please email dianeshoshin@gmail.com. Further details about the retreat will be emailed to those registered in late August.
Forest Retreat
Here are some photos from this year's Forest Retreat at Cobscook Bay State Park in Edmunds Twp, Maine, which included a Jukai ceremony the first evening of the retreat:
In 2018 there are two multi-day retreats: a Forest Retreat from Tuesday, July 24 through Monday, July 30 and a Bay Retreat from Thursday, October 25 through Sunday, October 28.
Bay Retreat
The Bay Retreat, a silent Zen sesshin, will begin on Thursday, October 25 at 7:00 pm and continue through Sunday, October 28 at noon. The Bay Retreat is being held at at West Quoddy Light Station in Lubec, Maine, a former Coast Guard lighthouse station on the Bay of Fundy, which has multiple bedrooms, a full kitchen and plenty of space for a zendo. We will share the cost of staying at the Light Station and the food. The per person cost will depend on the number attending.
Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald, Sensei, the resident teacher for Zen DownEast will be joined by Kate Kagan Hartland, Sensei, the resident teacher for Bright Sea Zen Sangha to lead the retreat.
Openings are still available for the 2018 Bay Retreat. If you are interested in attending, please email dianeshoshin@gmail.com. Further details about the retreat will be emailed to those registered in late August.
Forest Retreat
Here are some photos from this year's Forest Retreat at Cobscook Bay State Park in Edmunds Twp, Maine, which included a Jukai ceremony the first evening of the retreat:
