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A Free 16‒Day Journey to Bring Zen Practice Into Daily Life – Just 10‒20 Minutes a Day
Each day, receive a short video with a gentle teaching, reflection, or simple practice – guided by Nicole Baden Roshi, Abbot of the Crestone Mountain Zen Center.
Whether you’re new to meditation or already experienced – begin where you are.
YOU WILL LEARN...
How to start
from scratch:
Setting up a space for meditation, learning how to sit, and understanding what to pay attention to as you start your practice.
How to enter the
'World of Zen':
Explore the basic assumptions of Zen, enter each experientially, and learn how to enact them in daily life.
How to inhabit body and
mind in meditation:
Learn how to create body and mind as 'spaces to inhabit'. Sounds funny? Well, let's look into it.
ENTER THE COURSE...
...FROM WHERE YOU ARE
The lessons are structured to guide you from 'Getting Started' (from scratch) through the subtle dynamics of how to inhabit body and mind in meditation practice. We are providing three starting points, depending on your interests and where you are at in practice.
- Getting Started - If you are new to meditation and Zen practice, this is for you: A simple, but thorough guide for how to set up your practice space and choosing the right cushion.
- Enter the World of Zen - If you have been meditating, but would like to understand the background and the basic assumptions of the Zen world better, this is for you.
- Body & Mind of Meditation - This is for beginners as well as experienced practitioners: Explore the body and mind of meditation with practical instructions.
Body & Mind of Meditation
Topics covered:
The Body of Meditation
Inhabiting Bodily Space
How the Mind Affects the Body
Introducing the Principles of Meditation Posture
Establishing Your Meditation Posture and Imaginal Inner Posture
The Mind of Meditation
Basic Attitudes: Enjoy!
Three Instructions:
1. Don’t Move
2. Don’t Scratch
3. Don’t Invite Your Thoughts to Tea
How the Journey Works
Simple, flexible and made for real life.
Step 1 – Sign Up Once
Enter your email and choose where to begin. That’s it.
Step 2 – Daily Email for 16 Days
Each morning, you’ll receive a short video teaching (10-20 minutes) with a simple practice to carry into your day.
Step 3 – Practice at Your Own Rhythm
No pressure. Take one step at a time. You can pause or revisit any day.
Step 4 – Keep Going
After the 16 days, you’ll have tools to keep practicing – or explore more with Nicole, if you’d like.
At the heart of Dharma Academy lies the cultivation of stillness: a practice that transforms our experience. We can grow stillness by practicing meditation and embodied mindfulness. As we become more adept, we discover what Zen Buddhists mean by “Original mind,” a mind relatively free from categories. It is an unstructured mind: wild and deeply grounded in the immediacy of sensorial aliveness.
Tatsudo Nicole Baden Roshi
ABOUT
TATSUDO NICOLE
BADEN ROSHI (*1981)
Nicole is the Abbess of Dharma Sangha, guiding practice at Crestone Mountain Zen Center in Colorado and the Zen Center in the Black Forest, Germany. A Dharma Successor of Zentatsu Baker Roshi, she has lived and practiced in Zen Centers for over 20 years.
With a background in psychology and training in body-based awareness, Nicole brings together academic insight and embodied experience. Her teaching focuses on making ancient Zen wisdom relevant and applicable in everyday life.
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