Practice at Pepperwood Preserve

September 4 - 6, 2026
Registration opens July 2 for residential on-site participation
Please Register by July 12, spaces are limited

Pepperwood Preserve Sesshin

Dear sangha and extended circle of dharma friends, 

Pepperwood has invited us to bring our practice to the sacred land of the preserve. We are honored to be able to enter and align our bodies and breath with the vast quiet and wild nature of the preserve and the Mayacamas Mountains.  

Our practice relationship with Pepperwood began with a One-Day Sitting in May which was well attended and appreciated by all.

We are now making plans to bring an overnight residential retreat to the land to deepen our relationship with the earth, all beings, and to enter 'the entire universe as the true human body, the entire universe as the gate of liberation' (Eihei Dogen).

Accommodations are rustic. Participants are invited to bring their own tents or camping vans; there is a cabin with 4+ bunk beds at Bechtel House. 

Erika Wild, tenzo extraordinaire, will provide delicious meals for us at the Scholar Center. 

We will begin offering registration to those who are interested in full-time residential sesshin practice on the land from Friday through Sunday. This is the intimate center of the retreat and we encourage you to consider this opportunity. 

We are asking people to register for this retreat by July 12 for planning purposes. Then registration will be opened to nonresidential participation.

The residential fee will be $200-$250 depending on the number enrolling. This will cover all meals and a share of facility rental. The fee will be due by August 10. There will be an opportunity to offer dana (a donation) to guiding teacher Chris at the retreat. 

For residential participants, it’s important to register by July 12 (even though payment is not due until August 10.)

times may need to be adjusted for transport for meals

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - ARRIVAL DAY 
4:00pm Arrival, Zendo and room/tent set up 
6:00pm Buffet Dinner
7:00pm Orientation in Zendo
7:30pm Zazen 
8:00pm Kinhin 
8:10pm Zazen
8:40pm Refuges
9:00pm End of Day

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
6:00am Zazen
6:40am Kinhin
6:50am Zazen
7:20am Kinhin
7:30am Morning Service
8:00am Breakfast/break
9:30am Zazen
10:00am Kinhin
10:10am Zazen
10:40am Dharma Talk
11:40am Outdoor Walking
12:10pm Noon Service
12:30pm Lunch/break
1:30pm  Solo retreat time on the land
4:10pm Zazen
4:40pm Tea
5:00pm Kinhin
5:15pm Zazen
5:45pm Evening Service
6:00pm Dinner/break
7:15pm Zazen
7:45pm Kinhin
7:55pm Zazen
8:25pm Kinhin
8:35pm Zazen
9:00pm Refuges & end of day

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
6:00am Zazen
6:40am Kinhin
6:50am Zazen
7:20am Kinhin
7:30am Morning Service
8:00am Breakfast
packing and arranging zendo for arrival of one day retreatants
10am Zazen
10:30am Kinhin
10:40am Zazen
11:00am Dharma Talk
11:40am Outside Walking
12:10pm Service
12:30pm Lunch
set up for Jukai 

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION FORM
Contact Susan Husari at susari58@gmail.com for assistance.