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Shuso Reizan Bob Penny offers a class on practicing with grief in Zen practice and life.

The class "On Grief" will be an opportunity for sangha members to share and reflect, in a supportive environment, their own processes of grief in their lives and how practice can play a role in the grieving process. Everyone has had periods of time when grief over the loss of a loved one has been profoundly felt. Grief can also manifest around many other types of loss and change. Buddhist teaching shows that all things are passing away and that nothing is beyond this truth. How can our practice help in times of grief? What can we learn about the grieving process and how we, and others in support roles in our lives, often relate to it? Participants are encouraged to share any resources they have come across in their lives that may be of aid to others in the class.

Books: "The Five Ways We Grieve" by Susan Berger, and "Healing Through the Dark Emotions" by Miriam Greenspan, (both Shambala Press) are optional texts. Recommended but not required. 15 copies of each of these two books will be available for purchase in the Dharma Library about a week before the class starts.

Thursday session: Thursdays 7pm - 8:30pm. Feb 4, Feb 11, Feb 18, Feb 25

Saturday session: Saturdays 9am - 10:30am. Jan 30, Feb 6, Feb 20, Feb 27 Saturday notes: (1) Feb 6th location TBA, (2) no class Feb 13 because of one-day sesshin.

Registration:

To register online for this event please complete our online registration form.
For additional information please contact the Registrar at 360-312-7088 or registrar@redcedarzen.org.