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Please join Floating Zendo in our annual sesshin/Zen retreat, from August 20-27, 2010, at Jikoji, in the Santa Cruz mountains (Bay Area of California). You are welcome to participate for the week, staying at Jikoji, or through day-only opportunities as you are able. Join us from near or far… The retreat page has sign-up details. Please see that page for more information, as we near this year’s retreat.

As is traditional, Floating Zendo is holding an Ango (longer practice period) leading up to sesshin, to deepen practice. Details on this year’s Ango as likewise on the retreat page.

[Practice period for 2009 is now over. We leave this posting available for your use, as it refers to useful documents relevant for ongoing practice.]
In preparation for Floating Zendo’s sesshin in August 2009, we began a practice period in early July, that will end with the start of sesshin. “Ango” is often a time of more intense (zazen) practice, a greater role in the zendo, studying a sutra/Buddhist material, etc. To guide the greater sanga in joining in practice period, please see document 1 and document 2 for some background and suggestions for this practice opportunity.