Master Zen teacher Ryushin Marchaj describes meditation as “an exhaustive and wholehearted act of inquiry, intimacy and loving-kindness that is relevant to everyone at every stage of life.”

This new 10-session workshop series, created especially for the cancer community, revolves around the relationship between meditation and intimacy. We focuson what intimacy is and how to access it when we are ill, in pain and afraid, when we are challenged to find ease within our bodies and minds, while we are hurting and assaulted by impermanence.

Participants explore meditative approaches emerging from ancient spiritual tradition—calm abiding, lovingkindness, and open awareness.  Each workshop includes basic instructions, a period of practice and Q+A.