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Lost Coin Zen fosters deep self-awareness through Zen practice and Zazen meditation, helping individuals cultivate intimacy with their own lives and emotions. Their retreats provide a space for personal exploration and connection to one's true self.

Lost Coin 20th Anniversary Retreat&nbsp; &nbsp;Coming together to honor two decades of shared Zen practice. Over the days of this Retreat, we will become Zazen, water, Dogen, and community- learning how to live deeply and with joyful connection. Please use this form to register. &nbsp;Support for your own practice and know that your presence also supports our community of fellow travelers-of-the-Way. &nbsp; 🙏

Lost Coin 20th Anniversary Retreat:  Living Dogen

🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at Lost Coin Zen&#39;s&nbsp;CAMPING RETREAT. It&#39;s an event like no other, and we want you to be there! 🎉 Lots of sitting meditation in the great outdoors, dharma talks, one-on-one interview with Sensei, Samu (work practice), campfires, and Late-Night Zazen. The best Zen experience of the year! &nbsp;Camp or stay nearby at Solitude or Brighton. &nbsp;Schedule and details will be emailed to you as the event draws near. Feel free to email <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:ryuen@lostcoinzen.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">ryuen@lostcoinzen.com</a>&nbsp;if you have questions

Cold Mountain Poem: Camping Retreat

Welcome, fellow-travelers-of-the-Way. This informal portion of our 🌲 Camping Retreat is that getaway that you've been craving. &nbsp;Silence in the morning, sitting meditation by the stream, taking a walk or hike, spending time reading, journaling, or doing your arts/body practice. &nbsp;Then coming together for a meal and bonfire, sharing community. The informal portion of the retreat is "open donation"- please help us cover the costs of the camping sites, firewood, and some shared snacks.&nbsp; Please register. &nbsp;Your registration guides logistics and allows us to improve your experience so we can all settle, practice, and rest with ease under the open sky. ⛺️ There is space for 24 attendees overnight. &nbsp;You can come and go as you please, staying some nights, all nights, or just popping up for the day! &nbsp;Please let us know what nights you plan on sleeping at the campground so that we can account for who will be present at the site for overnights.&nbsp; Details and a recommended packlist will be provided after registration!

Cold Mountain Poem: Camping Retreat- Informal Portion

Capping Phrases (Jakugo) are poetic short phrases selected by a Zen student from a collection of such verses to poetically and precisely show that the student has distilled the koan to its essence, fully seeing through the koan, mind-to-mind with the Zen Master who transcribed it over 1000 years ago. &nbsp;Jakugo practice is challenging, beautiful, and illuminating. Together we will study a collection of Capping Phrases (provided by Sensei for the retreat) and the students will match these Jakugo to Koans, both traditional ones and Koans in the students&#39; own lives.&nbsp; This will be a lively and participation-driven workshop that also includes a healthy dose of Zazen. &nbsp;This is really something new- don&#39;t miss out on the opportunity!

Distilled Elixir:  Capping Phrase Workshop

All day, every day, you are in your life. &nbsp;It is only yours. &nbsp;No one will ever know your life but you. This Buddha&#39;s life is your life exactly as it is. &nbsp;It is magical. &nbsp;It is ungraspable.<div fr-original-style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> </div>We talk about intimacy with others, but do we actually know ourselves deeply? &nbsp;How much are our emotions and thoughts automatic and based on fear or negative emotions? &nbsp;To deeply know ourselves is a gift given to us through Zazen and Zen Practice. &nbsp;We can be more intimate with our own lives and with who we are. &nbsp;Let&#39;s sink in.<div fr-original-style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> </div>We offer this retreat as a three-day retreat with longer hours for $410.00 for Lost Coin Members. Please register by emailing Denise. &nbsp;Thank you

Intimate with Life Retreat

Hello Lost Coin fellow-travelers-of-the-Way, Thank you so much for your membership payments to and support of Lost Coin Zen. &nbsp;I strongly believe that Lost Coin is life-changing and I hope you feel the same. We use Zeffy because Zeffy is FREE to both LOST COIN AND DONORS. &nbsp;Zeffy also will automatically provide tax evidence to you at the end of the year. If you ever have questions about membership, please just email me at ryuen@lostcoinzen.com Rebecca Ryuen Long Okura, Sensei

Hello Lost Coin fellow-travelers-of-the-Way,Thank you so much for your membership payments to and support of Lost Coin Zen. I strongly believe that Lost Coin is life-changing and I hope you feel the same.We use Zeffy because Zeffy is FREE to both LOST COIN AND DONORS. Zeffy also will automatically provide tax evidence to you at the end of the year.If you ever have questions about membership, please just email me at ryuen@lostcoinzen.comRebecca Ryuen Long Okura, Sensei

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Pencil, Pulse, and Prajna. &nbsp;Creativity, Movement, and Zazen are all methods for studying the self.&nbsp; Dogen tells us to Study the Way is to Study the Self. &nbsp;When we are in the midst of creating or using our bodies, we come across obstacles that interrupt progression toward skill-mastery or self-mastery. This important moment opens a door for noticing how automatic behavior and negative thinking moves into the space and stops us from what we want. Together we will look at art and body exercises to see our habits more clearly and meet them without judgment. &nbsp; Even if you do not think you &quot;have an art or body practice,&quot; you can use any creative moment or moment of physiological demand, physical skill, or mental stress to examine &quot;how you really operate.&quot; When we see how we ARE without judgment, our &quot;being&quot; shifts. &nbsp;Mediation practice works in perfect tandem with this. &nbsp;This workshop will bring it all together. Doen Roshi and Ryuen Sensei join forces to bring a very different teaching.&nbsp; This workshop will be unlike anything we&#39;ve done before. &nbsp;Further information will be provided upon registration. &nbsp;Zoom attendance is available.

Pencil, Pulse, and Prajna:  Study the Self through Art & Body Practice

Zazenkai is a day dedicated to silent meditation. &nbsp;The time will be divided into periods of sitting, slow walking meditation, and breaks. &nbsp;I will give a brief opening introduction and some closing comments but the day is really about sitting silently so dress comfortably, bring a water bottle, and plan on just going deep.Zoom link available for those who cannot attend live:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9525993595?omn=86115815150

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