One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—January

This retreat bridges formal sesshin practice and home life. Instead of traveling to the monastery for a residential sit, you stay home and tune into Zen Mountain Monastery's live webcast of their sesshin schedule. It's useful if you want the structure and support of a group intensive without stepping away from family, work, or other responsibilities for a full week.

A home practice intensive trades some things — the momentum of silence in a room full of sitters, the pressure of commitment that comes from being on-site — for flexibility. You'll need to set your own boundaries: turning off notifications, carving out time for zazen periods (sitting meditation), honoring the schedule as much as your life allows. This works best if you have a quiet space and the ability to show up consistently across the six days.

At $10, this is a dana-based (by-donation) offering, making the cost itself negligible. The real commitment is attention.