Special Events

Self Liberation Workshop

This workshop will inquire into the nature of who we are. It will explore various voices you have within yourself. By bringing more awareness to your own experience in this way, you can gain insight into how you contribute to your effectiveness as a human being, and how, in some cases, you contribute to your own suffering and problems. Our teacher, Robert Joshin Althouse uses the Big Mind process in this workshop. Big Mind was developed by Joshin Roshi's dharma brother, Dennis Genpo Marzel Roshi. Genpo Roshi has given Joshin Roshi permission to use the Big Mind process in his Zen teachings.

This workshop will help you

• Explore and discover new aspects of your self.
• Clarify your life.
• Access profound wisdom in a short period of time.
• Integrate self and "no self".
• Open to a rich, deep and larger view of your self.
• Open to a more compassionate and effective way of living.

For specific schedules and times, please click here

Cost: $35 for nonmembers. $25 for members.

For more information please call 708.445.1651 or email info@zlmc.org.

Empathic Listening Circles

Active listening is a skill we can all improve on. It's practice can make an extraordinary difference in our lives. It can improve the quality of almost any of our relationships. It can also serve us well, when things don't go well and conflicts arise with others.

Empathic listening circles use a very simple form of feedback that is used in Focusing and Non-violent Communication. We will teach you this and then help you practice and apply it through various kinds of role plays and experiential exercises in the Empathic Listening Circles.

Very few people actually practice this kind of deep listening, so we hope you will consider joining us for this powerful, yet simple step you can take to make your life more functional and effective.

For current schedules and dates, please click here.

Cost: $15/nonmember. Free to ZLMC members.

For more information, please call 708.445.1651 or email us at info@zlmc.org

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Fridays With Roshi

Once a month, our teacher, Robert Joshin Althouse Roshi gathers with friends and students to facilitate a public exploration of how to live a Zen-inspired life. He sometimes uses Zen stories, and sometimes uses whatever seems to be the live questions in the group. Joshin Roshi draws from Focusing, Nonviolent Communication and Big Mind process to facilitate a lively discussion during the evening event.

Two sides of our human experience are examined in this evening event. These two sides are the horizontal and the vertical, self and no-self, absolute and relative. These two sides of ourselves need to be well integrated in order to live a Zen-inspired life of openness, empathy and clarity. Joshin Roshi draws heavily on the Big Mind process which is uniquely designed to explore these two sides of our experience. 

Roshi will facilitate this exploration in a way that allows you to have your own experience of the teaching. So the evening is completely experiential, which makes it an extremely powerful tool for further personal integration. 

We think you'll be delightfully surprised at how inspiring Zen can be. So please join us and bring a friend.

Cost: $15/nonmembers. Free for ZLMC members. For specific times and registration, please click here.

If you have questions, please call us at 708.445.1651 or email us at info@zlmc.org