{"id":4989,"date":"2019-02-26T13:02:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uutuscaloosa.org\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2019-02-26T13:02:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:02:24","slug":"zen-meditation-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uutuscaloosa.org\/wp-prod\/zen-meditation-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Zen Meditation Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RETREAT DATE\/TIME: <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Friday evening and Saturday 3\/22: 6:45pm &#8211; 9pm and 3\/23: 7:30am &#8211; 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>GENERAL INFORMATION:  <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         An evening and day of practice in the Soto Zen tradition, led by a dharma-entrusted lay teacher. Activities include sitting and walking meditation, chanting, lunch, dharma talks. This meditation retreat is designed for individuals with previous experience in silent sitting meditation.  Previous experience in the Soto Zen tradition is not necessary &#038; guidance in the Soto Zen forms will be provided throughout retreat. Practitioners of any form of silent meditation who wish to learn more about the Zen traditions are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>REGISTRATION COST: <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         $20 and a contribution to the potluck lunch. Please bring your payment to the retreat. Email the organizers (below) in case of financial hardship \u2013 no one will be turned away for lack of funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Dana (donations) for the teacher will also be accepted at the retreat. <\/p>\n<p>RSVP and REGISTRATION: <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Please RSVP as soon as possible \u2013 this allows us to begin to plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         We understand that schedules are busy and can change; we allow for final registration up to 8pm Wednesday March 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         To RSVP\/register, please send email to: TuscaloosaZen@tuscaloosazen.com, use the subject line RETREAT REGISTRATION (or RETREAT RSVP) with the following information:  1) Name, phone, email 2) brief description of meditation experience &#038; tradition\/type.<\/p>\n<p>FOR MORE INFORMATION:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Please see the Tuscaloosa Zen Meditation Circle facebook page (you do not need to be a facebook member to view this page): https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tuscaloosa-Zen-Meditation-Circle-265127256832169\/<\/p>\n<p>QUESTIONS: contact tuscaloosazen@tuscaloosazen.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RETREAT DATE\/TIME: <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         Friday evening and Saturday 3\/22: 6:45pm &#8211; 9pm and 3\/23: 7:30am &#8211; 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>GENERAL INFORMATION:  <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         An evening and day of practice in the Soto <a href=\"https:\/\/uutuscaloosa.org\/wp-prod\/zen-meditation-retreat\/\"><strong>&#8230; read more<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zen Meditation Retreat - UUTuscaloosa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uutuscaloosa.org\/wp-prod\/zen-meditation-retreat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zen Meditation Retreat - UUTuscaloosa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RETREAT DATE\/TIME: \u00b7     Friday evening and Saturday 3\/22: 6:45pm &#8211; 9pm and 3\/23: 7:30am &#8211; 3:30 pm. 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