What if your everyday life could become your most important spiritual practice?

Many spiritual paths say you must
leave your life in order to truly practice.

What happens when you isolate yourself in a spiritual bubble?
How does your practice grow when you only surround yourself
with like-minded people who have the same spiritual goals?

Embracing the reality of your everyday life
is when practice really begins.

Rushing out the door late for school, spilling your coffee, paying bills,
laughing, feeling the warm sun on your skin, embracing a loved one.
All of this is no less spiritual than ringing a bell and meditating.

Life as it is, is practice.

There is a way to fully embrace your relationships and responsibilities
as the fertile ground of your spirituality.

This is what I call Embodied Zen

Practice is the foundation of my life.

Gendai Sensei Zen Teacher

“I was raised in a Catholic household in the midwest. And as I grew up I started to explore my own spirituality outside of a religious structure. Then when I found Zen, I discovered a practice that wasn’t about gaining, but rather letting go.

Challenging me to let go of my beliefs, ideas, and concepts about myself and the world in order to awaken and see reality directly. Being able to practice in life has been the root of my spiritual path for over a decade.

My family and responsibilities have allowed me to integrate the deep wisdom of this practice with my daily life. I am forever grateful to all those who came before me for maintaining and sharing in this wonderful practice.”

- Adam Gendai Wilder

OFFERINGS

Zen Meditation Training

  • If you are new to meditation, or have some experience but need the motivation and support to actually get on the cushion, these one-on-one sessions will help you develop and maintain a meditation practice in your daily life.

    My training and experience with many forms of meditation, including sitting and movement based meditation, forms of breath work and guided meditation, allow me to work with all types of people and goals regardless of experience or spiritual orientation.

    30 min session. Price is a sliding scale. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

Zen Meditation Koan Study Practice

  • This is for those who are called to explore integrating a Zen practice
    within their daily lives.

    This path offers teachings in the traditional Soto meditation style Shikantaza and Rinzai Koan practice.

    Koans were once described to me as “illuminating the vast room of reality by lighting one candle at a time.”

    This practice has you sit with a question that cannot be answered with the mind or intellect and it requires a direct experience to pass. This has traditionally been used to help students deepen their experience of seeing reality directly.

    30 min session. Price is a sliding scale. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

Zen End of Life Support Hospice Care

  • I believe that the transition between life and death can be a profound and transformative spiritual experience.

    This is a volunteer offering for those who are looking to leave this world in a spiritual and conscious way.

    These sessions offer one-on-one weekly counseling support for those facing death or preparing for death. In the sessions we create a container to hold all that comes up naturally and ground into the present moment as we work towards acceptance.

    This is available to all people regardless of spiritual paths or beliefs.

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Contact

Please reach out with any questions or to schedule an introduction call.

Moongatezen@gmail.com