Kathy Whilden

I have been sitting zazen for three decades.  My primary interest besides zazen is community development, sangha building.  I lead two morning sittings a week and a Friday noontime sitting called Brown Bag Zen.

At Brown Bag Zen we meet for an hour from 12:15 to 1:15, Informal zen meditation for 20 minutes, have tea and cookie and then a ten- minute talk and conversation.  I invite people to talk about what is going on in their life now.  What are they thinking about?  This is not a traditional dharma talk.  We enjoy hearing about people’s actual lives.  We agree to not make suggestions or give advice.  We only talk about our own experiences.  We appreciate intimacy and vulnerability.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..