Zendo Forms

Bowing is done standing or sitting, with hands in gassho or shashu.

Full prostration is done from a standing position, lowering to one’s knees, bringing the forehead down to the floor, and…

Shashu is a gesture of mindfulness, with your hands held in front of your chest, with your left fist wrapped…

Gassho is a gesture of respect, with hands together palm to palm, fingers pointing up, with fingertips one fists distance…

Please “chant with your ears,” listening for the pitch and pace set by the chant leader, and then continuing to…

Kinhin is slow walking meditation which is done between periods of zazen. Turn and form a clockwise circle with the…

Zazen is sitting meditation, wholeheartedly engaging this moment, dropping off thoughts and views and returning to the present moment here…

Leave shoes, jackets, hats, and other extraneous personal items in the foyer or on a hook next to the restroom…