Our annual four-day zazenkai meditation retreat will take place at the Puget Sound Zen Center on Vashon Island from October 14-18, 2026. Beginning Wednesday evening, we will follow a schedule of Zen practice, including daily zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), chanting, dharma talks, and teacher interviews, plus qi-gong and samu (work practice).
THIS RETREAT IS NON-RESIDENTIAL. All will go home to sleep. If you are coming from off-Island, please contact the registrar@pszc.org, who can help you find a place to stay. Camping on the PSZC grounds is available.
A simple vegetarian breakfast and supper, plus drinks and snacks, will be served daily, but please be prepared to bring a bag lunch. Attendance is limited to full-time or half-time (Th and Fri) or Sat and Sun).
Please contact the registrar@pszc.org with any questions or concerns, or if you have not previously sat at least a day-sit.
Also, two half-fee scholarships are available for those in need; please contact the registrar.
The daily schedules are as follows:
Wednesday, October 14 from 7-8:45 PM
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, October 15-17 from 6:30 AM to 8:45 PM
6:30 am: Tea and zazen
7:30 am: Breakfast and Break
8:30 am: Zazen, Kinhin
9:45 am: Dharma Talk
10:30 am: Zazen with Dokusan
12:00 pm: Lunch and Break
1:00 pm: Samu (Work Practice)
2:00 pm: Qigong
2:30 pm: Tea and Chanting
3:15 pm: Zazen with Dokusan, Long Sit
5:30 pm: Dinner and Break
6:30 pm: Gyodo, Zazen
8:45 pm: Closing
Sunday 18 Oct, closing is at 5 pm, followed by a social hour
Notes:
- 22 in-person places available
- Unlimited places on Zoom offered
- Member price live: $250 full, $125 half
- Member price Zoom: $100 full, $50 half
- Non-member price: $300 full, $150 half
- Non-member price Zoom: $130 full, $65 half
