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Sunday Program with Chuck Hutchcraft & Amanda Graham

  • Jikoji Zen Center 12100 Skyline Boulevard Los Gatos, CA, 95033 United States (map)

Zazen - Service - Dharma talk • LuNCH

• At Jikoji ZEN Center & ONLINE (ZOOM) •

Chuck Hutchcraft is a Soto Zen priest, licensed clinical social worker, and psychotherapist. His teaching and therapy practice are informed by Buddhist and Western psychologies and somatic awareness. Chuck began Zen practice in 1991 and was ordained in the Katigiri Roshi lineage in 2005 by Sojun Diane Martin, guiding teacher of the Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL. He received dharma transmission in the Kobun Chino lineage from Sensei Dean Williams in 2019. Chuck is guiding teacher of grassroots Zen and mindfulness communities in northern and central Illinois. He is certified as a mindfulness teacher by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.

Blending meditation and somatic practices, Amanda Graham has been a practitioner of zen and yoga for ten years. Certified Yoga & Somatic Movement Teacher through Prajna Yoga, she colorfully weaves traditional asanas with Feldenkrais and Hanna Somatics. Many of these practices are floor based to allow the body to sense and feel into its present moment experience. She teaches virtually online, offering both private & group classes. More information can be found on her website: heartfeltsomatics.com

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MEDITATION INSTRUCTION is available at 9.30 a.m.*

*Late arrivals may be prohibited from entry once the introductory session has begun.

SUNDAY PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ADDITIONAL DETAILS

phones & bottles are NOT allowed inside the Zendo



ONLINE ETIQUETTE

To help maintain the intimacy and integrity of an in-person gathering; we ask online attendees to observe the following practices;

  1. Sign in using your real name. Anonymous participation online will not be permitted.

  2. Keep the microphone muted unless speaking during discussion periods.

  3. Maintain zendo silence during meditation while waiting for the discussion period.

  4. Keep the camera on and maintain facial visibility during the discussion period.