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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200104T090000
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CREATED:20191212T033144Z
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SUMMARY:Half-Day Sitting led by So-On Jim Hare
DESCRIPTION:Zazen practice eases anxiety and fear\, and brings forth our courageous spirit\, strengthening our capacity to meet what comes with a calm mind. Please join us for a morning of sitting and walking meditation and a Dharma talk. \n\nPlease bring a bag lunch if you would like to join us for a social lunch after the formal program.\nIf this is your first time practicing with us or your first half-day sitting\, please call Jim at 916-456-7752 so you can learn more about the day.  $15\n\nRegister on Eventbrite.com – or sign up on a Monday evening.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-led-by-so-on-jim-hare-6/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191102T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191102T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20180906T020656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180906T020656Z
UID:9851-1572685200-1572699600@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting\, led by So On Jim Hare
DESCRIPTION:A half-day schedule of sitting and walking meditation\, offered along with a Dharma talk by So-On Jim Hare. \n\nPlease bring a bag lunch if you would like to join us for a social lunch after the formal program.\nIf this is your first time practicing with us or your first half-day sitting\, please call Jim at 916-456-7752 so you can learn more about the day.  $20\n\nRegistration TBA – or sign up on a Monday evening.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-led-jim-hare-2019-11-02-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T123000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20190608T181038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190608T181038Z
UID:10053-1567845000-1567859400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Zazenkai Half-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:Zazenkai means “to come together for meditation.”  As such\, it is a short retreat\, with the periods marked by the usual bells and interspersed with walking meditation\, but with no Dharma talk or instruction.  It is a time to come together and enjoy sitting and walking with one’s Dharma friends.  It is a time for uninterrupted practice. Everyone is welcome . \n\nPlease bring a bag lunch if you would like to join us for a social lunch after the formal program.\nIf this is your first time practicing with us or your first half-day sitting\, please call Jim at 916-456-7752 so you can learn more about the day.  $20 or scholarship.\n\nRegister on Eventbrite.com – or sign up on a Monday evening.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/zazenkai-half-day-sitting-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181006T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181006T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20180906T020656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180906T020656Z
UID:9848-1538816400-1538830800@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting\, led by So On Jim Hare
DESCRIPTION:Sitting with Calm and Insight:  a half-day schedule of sitting and walking meditation\, offered along with a Dharma talk by So On Jim Hare on the teachings of Shamata and Vipassana (Calming and Insight) from the Samdhinirmochana Sutra.  This will be a continuation of a Dharma talk that was given on September 10th\, but it will stand on its own for people who did not attend that talk. \n\nPlease bring a bag lunch if you would like to join us for a social lunch after the formal program.\nIf this is your first time practicing with us or your first half-day sitting\, please call Jim at 916-456-7752 so you can learn more about the day.  $20\n\nRegister on Eventbrite – or sign up on a Monday evening.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-led-jim-hare-4/2018-10-06/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180804T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180804T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20180717T051247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180717T051247Z
UID:9844-1533373200-1533384000@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-Day Sangha Work Practice\, led by Linda Dekker
DESCRIPTION:“Work as meditation” illustrates how work is just as important a time for mindfulness practice as sitting zazen or walking meditation. In work as meditation\, there isn’t too much need for thinking\, planning or conceptualizing. While effort is made to do what we are doing efficiently and beautifully\, we needn’t hurry or worry about how much is getting done. In not rushing to get the dishes washed or the carpets vacuumed\, we have an opportunity to just appreciate the work for what it is—a thoroughgoing engagement with our life in the moment. \nWe will begin the day with a period of zazen; then pick up our tools with silent intention. Please join us\, and bring a bag lunch to stay for social time in our freshly cleaned center! \nTo register\, email zendekker@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sangha-work-practice-led-linda-dekker-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Community Service,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180707T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180707T123000
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CREATED:20180529T212958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T212958Z
UID:9835-1530952200-1530966600@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting\, led by Rev. So On Jim Hare
DESCRIPTION:Like a Snake in a Bamboo Tube – a half-day Zen sitting and Dharma talk\n\n“Putting a snake in a bamboo tube” is an old simile for zazen.  Just as the snake naturally wants to wiggle and not be confined\, so we often have a problem holding ourselves still.  Even when we stop the body\, the mind continues to move.  So over and over again\, we practice patience with our wiggly nature.  Sitting and walking\, sitting and walking is an excellent method for realizing stillness.  We hope you will join us. \nREGISTER AT EVENTBRITE.COM \n\n\nPhotographs will be taken after the sitting.\nPlease bring a bag lunch if you would like to stay for informal lunch after the sitting.\n\n*Our one-day and half-day sittings are generally held on the first Saturday of every month.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-10-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180303T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180303T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20171015T234320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171015T234320Z
UID:9788-1520065800-1520078400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting - "Throughout the body\, hands and eyes."
DESCRIPTION:Sitting zazen is extending an invitation to great compassion.  Not doing anything\, yet compassion arises spontaneously\, “like reaching back for a pillow at night\,” according to one Zen story.  On Saturday March 3rd\, we’ll send invitations all morning\, still and silent on our cushions\, and moving in walking meditation. Our morning will include a short Dharma talk by Rev. So On Jim Hare\, practice leader. If this is your first extended sitting with Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, please call Jim at 916-456-7752 prior to registering. Our morning will be followed by a social bag lunch.  Please bring your lunch and join us. \nRegister for the sitting.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-8-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180106T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180106T123000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20171015T233944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171015T233944Z
UID:9787-1515229200-1515241800@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Deep Listening as a Spiritual Practice\, by Doralee Grindler Katonah
DESCRIPTION:Suzuki Roshi said practice is about “listening to ourselves.” This is not always so easy. Being truly understood by another helps us to listen within. In ordinary conversation\, it is rare that we really listen to each other. When we feel heard\, we comprehend something about ourselves that has been a mystery. In this workshop\, Doralee Grindler Katonah will guide us through simple exercises to help us listen to each other with our whole bodies. \nSign up at a meeting or email Doralee at dgk@livingforwardwhole.com
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/deep-listening-by-doralee-grindler-katonah-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171104T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171104T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20170308T010013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170308T010013Z
UID:9750-1509786000-1509800400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:Our November 4th half-day sitting will be followed by a modified Oryoki (3-bowl) lunch at noon. This will help orient us to the meal practice that we will use for our mini-Rohatsu sesshin that’s coming up December 1-3. So\, if you are planning to attend November 4th\, you don’t need to bring a lunch; it will be provided. Everyone is welcome.\nIf this is your first sitting with Valley Streams Zen\, please call Jim at 916-456-7752 before registering.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-7-2017-11-04-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170902T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170902T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20170606T225130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170606T225130Z
UID:9780-1504342800-1504357200@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:CLOSED - NO SATURDAY SITTING
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy Labor Day weekend with family and friends.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/no-saturday-sitting-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170701T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170701T123000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20170308T010013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170308T010013Z
UID:9736-1498897800-1498912200@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our bi-monthly half-day sitting. At the conclusion of the sitting\, we will enjoy a social lunch together\, so please bring a bag lunch.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-7-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170204T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170204T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20161210T230005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161210T230005Z
UID:9701-1486198800-1486213200@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:This gentle half-day sitting will include informal tea\, discussion and a short work period. Everyone is welcome.\n*NOTE – our one-day and half-day sittings are held on the first Saturday every month.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-6-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161001T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161001T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20160919T180521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T180521Z
UID:9698-1475312400-1475326800@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-Day Sitting with Work Period
DESCRIPTION:Sitting together\, working together\, eating together we create sangha. (Bring a bag lunch and work clothes.)
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-work-period-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160710T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160710T170000
DTSTAMP:20260603T103824
CREATED:20160607T221459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160607T221459Z
UID:9659-1468155600-1468170000@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:Zen meditation retreat led by Practice Leader\, Jim Hare. This is a great opportunity to sit quietly for the afternoon. A short dharma talk will be offered.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-5-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,Retreat
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