If you are not vaccinated or simply feel more comfortable participating from home, we invite you to join us via Zoom. You may also be interested in our Intro to Zen audio series. Non-members are welcome to join us as guests for in-person events provided a) you are fully vaccinated, and b) you have attended either a beginners’ night or our introductory seminar by way of getting situated with the practice and our community. Along with daily zazen (seated meditation), the ZCD offers a full range of opportunities for Zen training, including dokusan (private instruction with a teacher), samu (work practice), zazenkai (all-day sittings), and sesshin (week-long retreats). Join us and learn how you can transform the challenges of daily life into opportunities for both contemplative practice and social action.Welcome to the online home of the Zen Center of Denver! We are a Buddhist sangha (community) offering authentic Zen practice and training since our founding in 1974. Our retreat environment is an ideal setting in which to get started or to deepen your meditation practice. Each program includes meditation instruction, Shambhala teachings, group discussions, and individual interviews. The training path begins with a series of Heart of Warriorship weekends that help to establish a personal meditation practice. Shambhala Training is a meditation discipline that helps us to develop fearlessness, confidence, openness, and gentleness. Our Retreat and Renewal programs include an introduction to meditation.

For those new to meditation and other contemplative disciplines, we offer Learn to Meditate and Shambhala Training Weekends. Our contemplative workshops are suited for both beginning and experienced meditators.

The best means of tapping into this inner capacity is through the use of meditation – a simple practice of coming back to the present moment via the breath, the body and the senses. In today’s high-paced, high-stress world, each of us has the natural capacity to find peace, clarity, well-being, and compassion within ourselves.

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