Sesshin and One Day Sittings
PMZC has a mix of online, in-person, and hybrid (both online and in-person) events.
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Sunday through Wednesday morning events and Thursday evenings are both online and in the Longmont Zendo. ​These events are open for in-person attendance to people who have attended an orientation to the Longmont Zendo.
Sesshin/Retreat
Sesshin is a multiple day zazen event and it is a wonderful opportunity to soak in silence and plumb the depths of practice. This enables practioners to sit more zazen than they normally would, with the support of others;
If you are unable to attend the full sesshin, you may design your schedule (as little or as much) as works for you. You may join the practice 5 minutes before any zazen time listed in the schedule.
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You may attend at the Longmont Zendo or on Zoom. In-person attendance requires previous zendo orientation.
Next Scheduled Sesshin
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Tuesday evening, January 27, 2026; 7 pm through Sunday afternoon, February 1st, 2026; 5 pm.
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Registration for your practice plan should be submitted to Cliff at info@prairiemountain.org by Saturday, January 24th. If you have questions, email to same.
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This is a non-residential event; we do not have overnight facilities.
If you are able to attend the whole sesshin, or one or more full days, this
Schedule
Tuesday evening
7 to 8 pm Opening Tea and Zazen
Wednesday through Saturday
5:40 am Zazen/kinhin
6:30 Zazen
7:05 Service, Breakfast and Break
9:30 am Zazen/Kinhin
10:20 Zazen/Kinhin
11:10 Zazen
11:45 Service, Lunch and Break
3:00 pm Zazen/Kinhin
3:50 Zazen/Kinhin
4:40 Zazen
5:15 Service, Supper and Break
7:00 Zazen/Kinhin
7:35 Zazen
8:00 End of Day
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Sunday Schedule
5:40 am Zazen/kinhin
6:30 Zazen
6:50 Service, Breakfast and Break
8:30 am Zazen/Kinhin
9:00 Zazen/Break
9:30 Dharma Talk
10:30 Kinhin
10:45 Zazen/Kinhin
11:35 Zazen
12:10 pm Service, Lunch and Break
3:00 Zazen/Kinhin
3:50 Zazen/Kinhin
4:40 Closing Tea
One Day Sittings
​Every other month (usually the second Saturday), we host one day sittings at Plymouth Congregational Church in Ft. Collins. The day includes an oryoki practice lunch and a chance for private interviews with Rev. Clusin
The schedule is:
9 am opening tea; then three 35 minute zazen periods with kinhin between.
At noon, we chant the Heart Sutra before lunch and there is a quiet rest period from one to two pm, when we have two more periods of zazen and kinhin, followed by a closing tea, ending the day of practice at 4 pm.
The event is available in person and on Zoom. Partial attendance is ok. Registration is required through email to info@pmzc.org. Cost is by donation.
