Zen Art retreat -Spring in Kodoji!

At Kodoji 26 -28 October 2012

Haiku, Walking, Clay, Silk Dyeing.

Teachers
I will take people for a haiku walk (ginko) in the valley and teach them to write a haiku.
Janet Selby will be offering a Clay and Meditation workshop.
Gail McCall will show us how to dye a Shibori silk scarf with gum leaves, onion skins.

Schedule
Zazen and kinhin (sitting and walking meditation) morning and evening, making art most of the day, eating vegetarian meals, resting. Beginners to Zen practice and interested children are most welcome. Breakfasts and morning and afternoon teas will be provided, participants bring food to be shared.

Venue
Kodoji, or Ancient Ground Temple, is the Sydney Zen Centre’s retreat centre in the Upper Macdonald Valley, about two hours north-west of Sydney, via Wisemans Ferry and St Albans. Kodoji Temple sits in a beautiful valley called Gorricks Run, surrounded by high sandstone cliffs and deep wilderness. There is only limited indoor accommodation and it is generally expected that participants will pitch their own tents.


Cost $80 members of Sydney Zen Centre, $100 non-members, $55 children