Please save the date for this important marker of change in the life of Stone Creek. In this special ceremony, Sessei Meg Levie will be stepping down as head priest and Myogen Kathryn Stark will be entering as the new head priest. Reception to follow.
1-5 pm
Led by Edmeé Danan
You are invited to join this half-day sitting suited both for beginning and experienced meditators. There will be alternating periods of zazen (seated meditation, usually thirty-minute periods) and kinhin (walking meditation, usually ten minutes).
Sliding scale donations, all are welcome regardless of resources.
If you have questions, please email info@stonecreekzen.org.
Edmée Danan was led to Zen practice after living for three years in an ashram in India in the late 70s. She has been practicing Zen since 1981. Her first teacher was Robert Aitken Roshi when she lived as a resident of the Diamond Sangha Zen Center on Maui, HI for two years. After moving to California, she continued practicing with Jakusho Kwong Roshi at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center until she met Jisho Warner Roshi in 1995, who authorized her to teach in April 2023. As a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, she is interested in determining when it is helpful to consider therapy to support Zen practice. She teaches meditation to both patients and health care professionals.
Led by Barton Stone
8:30-12:30 pm
You are invited to join this half-day sitting suited both for beginning and experienced meditators. There will be alternating periods of zazen (seated meditation, usually thirty-minute periods) and kinhin (walking meditation, usually ten minutes).
Sliding scale donations, all are welcome regardless of resources.
If you have questions, please email info@stonecreekzen.org.
Myozen Barton Stone began Zen practice in San Francisco in 1960, sitting sesshin with Sokoji with Suzuki Roshi soon after his arrival. Barton lived with his family for four years of residential practice at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, received Dharma transmission from Jisho Warner Roshi, and brings a longstanding commitment to peace and social justice to his teaching.
Join us for our deep winter sesshin held at the time of year commemorating Buddha’s enlightenment known as Rohatsu (eighth day, twelfth month). These three days of practice will be held in silence with alternating periods of zazen (seated meditation, usually 30 minute periods) kinhin (walking meditation, usually 10 minute periods), meals and a work period each afternoon. A dharma talk will be given each morning and participants will have an opportunity to speak with a teacher (dokusan).
We will be sitting from 7am to 5pm each day.
Attendance all three days is strongly encouraged but not required, though please plan on attending the entire day for days you have registered. Please do not leave in the middle of the day unless you have received permission from one of the teachers (contact info@stonecreekzen.org).
Vegetarian breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be served each day, and for meals we will be using oryoki (Japanese nesting bowls). Oryoki sets will be available to borrow if you do not have one, or are available for purchase for $44.
Oryoki instruction will be given each day for those who are new to the practice.
Each day will begin with a short orientation and opportunity for zazen instruction. Please plan on arriving by 6:45am and on being in your seat ready to start by 6:55am.
We look forward to practicing together.
This sesshin will be led by Stone Creek’s incoming Head Priest Myogen Kathryn Stark and Annette JoE’ Lille, Stone Creek Teacher.
Led by Barton Stone
You are invited to join this half-day sitting suited both for beginning and experienced meditators. The practice day will take place from 1- 5 pm, There will be alternating periods of zazen (seated meditation, usually thirty-minute periods) and kinhin (walking meditation, usually ten minutes).
Sliding scale donations, all are welcome regardless of resources.
If you have questions, please email info@stonecreekzen.org.
Myozen Barton Stone began his study of Zen Buddhism in the 1960’s while deeply engaged in peace activism. Early on he practiced with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, and he later lived and practiced at Green Gulch Farm for four years. Myozen’s unique perspective has made him a beloved teacher at Stone Creek, where he was ordained as a Zen Priest in 2010.
Ongoing Yoga Classes
Wednesday 9:30 – 11:00am
In Person and Online
Corina Stoicescu teaches classes in the Viniyoga tradition that focuses on meeting the unique condition of the individual. Using breath centric movement and pose adaptations, she helps students find integrity in all the poses. Classes are accommodating to a large variety of people and designed so students learn about their own bodies and minds and how the tools of yoga can serve them.
Every month when possible, she offers a series where students can experience the cumulative effect of going deeper in a particular subject.
Please, purchase a ticket before coming to class.
Corina Stoicescu first started teaching yoga in 2005. After a bicycle accident, she discovered Viniyoga and and used Buddhism to help heal her body and heart. She is certified as both a 300 hour Viniyoga Wellness Instructor and 500 hour Viniyoga teacher. In 2020, she completed 1000 hour Yoga Therapy training and is certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). Yoga therapy can address specific health and healing needs like preparing for surgery, post surgery care, osteoporosis, digestive issues, Parkinson’s, allergies, trauma, etc. using through the full spectrum of yoga tools. She has been practicing meditation and daily life mindfulness practice since 2002 and uses both the Buddhist and Yogic understanding to inform her perspective.
Audio recordings of past Dharma talks can be found on
Wednesday, June 17 6:30 pm
Everyone is invited to participate in this ritual of affirming our practice of the bodhisattva precepts. The ceremony is as appropriate for those of you who have not received the precepts, as it is deeply relevant for those renewing their commitment. The ceremony will follow the form of the Full Moon Ceremony including some melodic chanting.
Please bring a small amount of red cloth, other materials will be provided.
By donation (suggested donation $30, no one turned away for lack of funds)
Led by Dojin Sarah Emerson and Hoka Chris Fortin
To register please call or email: stonecreek@sonic.net, 707-829-1129
Dharma talk for May 17, 2015 by Dojin Sarah Emerson: Finding Balance
