About the Event:
This event is intended for people under the age of 34 and will take place via Zoom. You are welcome to join for part of the event. All times in EST.
Affirm the freedom of your authentic self. Recognize your interconnection with all that lives. During this half-day meditation retreat we will explore meditation techniques of breath, body awareness and loving kindness to help connect us to our inherent stability, confidence, clarity and compassion. Meditation is essential as it opens the mind and heart to meet the challenges of our personal lives, community and global society from a broader more loving perspective. Connect with fellow practitioners as we awaken together through guided and silent meditation, dharma teachings, and Q&A.
About Kisei:
Kisei Costenbader, Sensei is an ordained Zen priestess, monastic and Zen teacher in the Zen Community of Oregon. She currently lives at Great Vow Zen Monastery where she is the Director of Training. Kisei has the heart of a mystic and poet. She is deeply committed to the monastic path and the role of monasteries as seedbeds of collective awakening within a culture and society. Kisei is part of the Engaged Buddhism Committee and is the President of the Board of the Zen Community of Oregon. She is interested in the intersection of waking up and justice making. Her teaching is inspired by the poetry and writings of the Women Buddhist Ancestors and the Zen koan tradition. She is an embodied teacher with a passion for the truth