We will sit regularly once a week on Saturday morning in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and every other week (Thursday night) at Columbia University campus. We will sit on the grass. Yoga blocks will be provided for you to sit on. We sit for about 20-30 mins, then we will have a short discussion or study some traditional sutra together. The whole session will be within one and a half hour. For beginners, instruction will be given at the beginning of the session. From time to time, we will have some sessions more geared towards beginners.

For this group, its focus is Zen meditation. Due to limit of resource, we cannot provide the full formality of Zen practice, probably far from it. But our sitting posture, as a group, will be Zen way of sitting. And we will explain and practice Koan sometimes.

I am not saying that Zen fits everyone. Just as a group, to make it easy for people to know about us and come to practice with us, it is better for us to focus on one style. Feel free to explore all other kinds of groups in the city, as I am doing myself.

If you want to sit more regularly with a group, here are some groups I would recommend:
Chan Center: http://chan1.org/...
Village Zendo: http://www.villagezen...
the Interdependence Project: http://theidproject.c...
Dean Sluyter in New Jersey:http://www.deansluyte...