Workshops and Individual Work
We offer the following
sessions as both group workshops and individual sessions. Contact us
for an appointment or more information. The requested donation is $75
for OMZC members and $95 for non-members.
Beginning
Orientation
If
you are interested in learning more about Open Mind Zen, we suggest
that you first attend a Sunday 10 am meditation and Dharma Talk. Here
you will have a chance to meet many group members, and get a sense of
our teaching style. Talks are
given by Zen Teacher Al Rapaport or Assistant Teachers.
If you would
like to go further, please speak with us about attending a Beginning
Orientation session. You will be offered basic
meditation instruction as well as information about the history of Zen
and of Open Mind Zen Center. During this session we will also cover the
various ways you can participate at Open Mind Zen. A $25 donation is
requested for this session.
ZENERGY Healing
ZENERGY
is an outgrowth of four traditional and modern modalities of practice:
Zen Meditation, Kundalini Energy Work, Breathwork and Zen Dialogue. The
result of this experimentation is designed to evoke authentic presence
through a profound connection between practitioner and participant. It
is both meditative and therapeutic as it helps a client to quickly
access their own inner wisdom in a safe manner.
ZENERGY
Healing sessions last about 90 minutes. Results are both immediate and
cumulative in the days and weeks following the work.
Zen Dialogue
This
innovative process is based on the fact that the most straightforward
and reliable way to deal with the quest for enlightenment is to enlist
the help of the controlling ego rather than attempting to exhaust it or
force it to change as many other techniques do.
By
the end of the process participants will awaken to the role of Big Mind
in their life, and will learn to recognize the different results that
stem from using Big Mind as opposed to ego mind. This workshop is
required for all beginning students of Open Mind Zen, but is also
available to members or anyone who wishes to awaken to their true
self.
The
first level of Zen Dialogue consists of two sessions that range from
about 90 minutes to 2 hours in length.
Zen
Breathwork
Zen
Breathwork is a facilitated deep breathing exercise done with sound healing
music. It has a powerful ability to energetically harmonize body, mind
and spirit. On a physical level, it helps regulate and calm the breath
and increase lung capacity. On an emotional level, it brings hidden or
suppressed information to the surface, helping us to release it. On a
spiritual level it can propel us to new vistas that we may not have
experienced before. These
sessions last 90 minutes with instruction.
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