This section covers sitting meditation, also called zazen.  It contains videos and articles showing how to bow, how to chant and how to set up an altar at home as well as the most helpful postures for zazen or sitting meditation on a cushion or chair.

    Benefits of Chanting

    The benefits of chanting are many! Find out how to get started in this introduction to a key component of Buddhist practice.

    Mind Body Connection

    The foundation of good meditation practice 

    How do we create the mind body connection? This week we have some exercises to help experience why ‘the form’ is so important in Zen training.

    Walking Meditation

    Through Kinhin we can learn to cultivate ‘stillness in motion’. We examine how to use the body effectively and how to incorporate the Hara into this practice.

    Medicine Buddha Meditations

    First Aid Meditations for Troubled Times

    The Medicine Buddha Meditations are a series of short meditations that can be informally used to help centre ourselves in times of upset, anxiety or disturbance

    Meditate at home

    The physical and mental components of sitting meditation. How to establish a meditation practice at home.
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