One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—January

This retreat adapts the traditional sesshin format to remote participation. Rather than traveling to the monastery, you sit at home while joining live webcasts of ZMM's formal schedule—you watch and practice alongside the monks and visiting practitioners in the zendo, even though you're not physically present.

The "one continuous thread" framing suggests that home practice and monastery practice are treated as continuous with each other, not separate. You set your own sitting schedule around the livestreamed monastery activities, which means you have flexibility while still anchoring to a shared rhythm. The six-day span (January 25–31) gives you sustained structure without the residential commitment.

At $10, this is accessible. The center has not yet published details about which monastery activities are livestreamed, how many sitting periods are offered daily, whether dokusan or other formal elements are available to online participants, or what prior sitting experience is expected. Contact Zen Mountain Monastery for those specifics before registering.