Zen practice morning
Highlights
- Level: Pour tous
- Category: Wellness Atelier
- Price for: 1 person
- Duration: 210 minutes
- Payments: Individual or group payment
During the Edo period (1600–1868), the Zen master Hakuin Ekaku, regarded as the founder of the Bouddhist school Rinzai, wrote Yasen Kanna (Quiet Conversations on a Night Boat). There, he describes the “method of inner contemplation” and the “nansō method,” literally the “soft cake method,” which consists of visualizing a warm, gentle substance slowly flowing from the top of the head through the entire body, dissolving tension, fatigue, and mental agitation.
Zen breathing is a modern systematization of these health practices, also designed to overcome serious illness. By practicing gentle breathing and correct posture—while deepening your understanding of respiratory mechanisms and the skeletal and muscular structure—you can release accumulated fatigue as well as physical and mental strain. You may also experience relaxation through Zen in a lying position (gyogazen), which involves breathing while precisely visualizing the body’s internal structure, following the soft sutra method.
Online reservations are available until the day before the event.
After that time, please contact us at:
reservation@ogata.com
Instructor: Yuki SHIINA, Founder of Zen Kokyu
Website: https://www.zenkokyu.com/en/yuki-shiina/
Course outline:
• What is ZEN breathing?
• Basic understanding of posture and breathing (bone and muscle structure)
• Body relaxation (using the “Zen Egg”)
• Posture creation (seated and standing)
• Breathing practice (lying down, gentle sutra method)
• Nansō method (a Zen relaxation and visualization technique)
After the session, you will be guided to SABO where the meal will be served.
Address: 16 Rue Debelleyme, 75003, Paris, France
Sessions
There is no session planned at the moment
Booking conditions
Price: €115 (includes the workshop and the Asazen meal service)
Dates: Wednesday, February 18 and Sunday, February 22 (2 workshops)
Number of participants: 10 people max.
As places are limited, advance reservation is required.
Dress code:
Comfortable clothing: as full-body stretching will be required, skirts are not permitted, and lace and silk fabrics should be avoided.
Please remove your shoes during the practical session.
Note: Kindly avoid using strong perfumes or heavily scented fabric softeners.
What to bring:
Water
Two towels
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Zen practice morning
OGATA invites you to experience the practice of ZEN during an exceptional event.
9:30AM-11AM
Deep breathing Atelier with Yuki Shiina, Founder of Zen Kokyu
In OGATA’s grand hall, bathed in natural light, this workshop will encourage inner contemplation, relaxation, and physical restoration.
11AM-12:30PM
A meal inspired by Buddhist monks’ cuisine
You will then be welcomed to the SABO — the tea space located beneath the stone vaults of OGATA’s basement — to enjoy an Asazen, OGATA's reinterpretation of brunch inspired by shōjin cuisine traditionally served in Japanese Zen temples.
*The workshop will be conducted in Japanese, with consecutive interpretation into French.
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