Orientation to Zen Course
If you are interested in learning how to meditate, this is the course for you. For people that are seeking to reduce stress, clarify a busy mind, improve focus and awareness, boost immune function, improve sleeping patterns, or gain insight into the mental, physical, and emotional habits that are preventing you from living life fully, this course offers a gradual combination of study and practice, individual and group interaction, and personal guidance that will provide a strong foundation to experience the profound change that Zen meditation practice offers.
The Orientation to Zen Buddhist Practice Course is the primary gateway to Formal Zen Training at the Victoria Zen Centre. The course runs 2.5 hours each week for four consecutive weeks (10hrs).
Course information and Registration
You can download the following form to see the course details. The document also includes a registration form that can be filled out in Adobe Acrobat, saved and sent back to us electronically (ie. via email) for your convenience.
Download Course Outline and Registration Form
Next Course Dates:
Saturday mornings 9:00am - 11:30am
March 3, 10, 17, 24 2012
Pay Online:
Participants are expected to purchase a black martial arts-style uniform before the first session. In Victoria, we recommend:
- Professional Self Defence, 1420 Quadra Street, (250) 384-0033
- Kata Trading, 670 Herald Street, (250) 382-5282
In order to maintain the quality of instruction, course enrollment is limited to 8 participants each session.
Fees for this four-week course: $395 ($295 for Associates)
A deposit of $50 is required to ensure a space upon registration. The balance is payable one week before the first day of the course.
This includes:
- Four Saturday or Monday sessions for a total of 10 hours of class time
- Meditation cushion
- Peer Support
- Course manual and materials
- Chanting practice CD and Chant Book
- The opportunity to continue practice as a member of the Victoria Zen Centre.
