1-day Meditation Retreat: Compassion for body, mind, and world

Spend the day treating your body and mind right. We will begin with some relaxation meditations, but as the day goes on, you will learn a variety of compassion meditations, beginning with more self-compassion and release, gradually working with group compassion meditations for the world.

Proceeds from retreat will help maintain the primary venue, Gosha Shrine (smaller temples and shrines need support to survive, as they don’t receive the donations that bigger more popular places do) As both a beautiful, sacred place to host the retreat, and a place that needs more visitors, IJJ aims to support mutual beneficial connections like this. [For an optional extra 5,000 yen, we can also add a waterfall meditation on site at the end of the retreat].

Special Organic Buddhist Vegetarian lunch included! Tea, coffee and snacks through the day also included.

Learning several compassion based meditations through the course of the day, and working through them with a small group, you will come out of the day feeling refreshed and revitalized, ready to start anew in 2025. A perfect treat for your body and mind in the new year 😉

Retreat leader: Jishin is ordained in the Shingon Buddhist tradition, but previously also trained at temples in Thailand, Taiwan, and Korea. Jishin has taught meditation for more than 20 years and also eared his PhD, researching meditation applied to healthy care and compassion.

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Minimum participation age: 15
Discounts available for students, groups of 3 or more, and Kyoto locals: please inquire

NOTE: Venue will be at Gosha Shrine, but we will meet just outside Tofukuji Station and head there together.