2023-02-18 | Class 1 | Zen - Practice of the Awakened Life | Ellen Hippard

00:00:25 - Class 1 - Zen - Practice of the Awakened Life
00:02:05 - Ellen Reviews the Online Forms
00:03:11 - Experimenting with Bowing: Bowing Quickly, Followed by Mindfully
00:04:59 - Reflections and comments
00:09:06 - "Forms are Good Manners" - Shōhaku Okumura in SOTO ZEN, AND, Everyone Makes Mistakes
00:16:40 - Ellen Invites Thoughts and Questions
00:28:00 - Ellens Talks About Zazen Posture as Integral to the Enlightened Activity of Sitting Zazen
00:30:30 - Ellen Invites Everyone to Experiment with Sitting Posture/Finding Your Balance Point
00:40:06 - Ellen Talks About 'The Grounded Part of the Posture' and Relaxation as 'The Crown jewel of Posture
00:42:28 - Ellen Invites Questions and Comments about Posture
00:43:27 - Ellen Introduces the Meditaion 'G.A.P' Grounded-Aware-Prescence
00:44:52 - Ellen Offers a 10 Minute ‘G.A.P’ Mediation, Gently Guiding Participants
00:55:39 - End of Class 1 - Ellen Takes Us Through 'What's Next': Class 2 - Shikantaza (Just Sitting) - Class 3 - Women's Place In Buddhism Historical
00:56:52 - Ellen Bows Us Out