Portugal: Easter Zen Retreat with Amy Hollowell Sensei
Serra da Lousã (Góis) – Portugal | 3 to 10 April 2009
Amy Hollowell Sensei conducts a Zen retreat in Góis – Serra da Lousã, Portugal.
The retreat includes sessions of sitting and walking meditation, lectures, questions and answers, the possibility of personal interviews and participation in activities such as preparing meals.
Amy Hollowell is the founder of Wild Flower Zen Sangha and dharma successor of the Catherine Genna Pagès Roshi in the Soto Zen lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi, founder of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. She is also the founder of Wild Flower Zen Sangha in Portugal.
PROGRAM
The retreat includes sessions of sitting and walking meditation, lectures, questions and answers; the possibility of personal interviews; participation in activities such as preparing meals. The retreat is open to beginners and people with more experience.
Retreat conditions:
- Meals will be vegetarian.
- Accommodation will be in shared rooms, if you whish to stay in a single room please let us know; no need to bring towels or sheets.
- For those who have a meditation cushion (zafu) and / or mat, please bring that to your use on the retreat. Otherwise please tell us so we can provide one.
Date and Time: April 3, 18h – April 10, 11h – 2009
Location: Residence of Students Góis, Rua Comandante Baeta Neves, 13, Góis
(Góis sits near Coimbra in Serra da Lousã – Portugal).
Registration: please contact wildflower.pt@gmail.com
Contribution: Suggested donation is 250 euros (or 45 euros per day, if you can’t stay the whole time).
The reservation is guaranteed upon payment of €45 to be held upon registration (after the completion of bank transfer please confirm to us through the same email).
Sesshin places are limited; please register by Friday 23 March!
From March 27 on there will be no refund of the amount already paid for registration.
If, by any reason, you can’t afford to pay this fee, it shouldn’t stop you from coming; in that case you should talk directly to Amy Sensei, by email.
Contacts: wildflower.pt@gmail.com
How To Reach The Venue:
Access by car: from Coimbra follow the road to Vila Nova de Poiares until a roundabout with the direction Góis; follow this road a few kilometers until you reach Góis. Then follow the signs for School Residence or Fireman’s headquarters, the residence is in front of the Fireman’s headquarters (it is an old building, restored, painted in pink).
– From Coimbra the way is done by road, although we have a good pavement caution since there are many curves.
– If you need transport we can try to organize rides with people who have car.
More information: sanghazenpt.wordpress.com/retiros
For more information on Amy Sensei Hollowell please visit: zenscribe.ovh.org
