Just a quick note to keep this blog 'current' - we continue to meet every week, and are growing into the new space comfortably. The most important thing for a Zen group is regularity, and I think we have now sat every week since moving into the new venue (bar one because of illness). Not all of us every week of course, but all of us that can make it!
One advantage of the new space is the ability to have regular interviews in a private room, and we've taken to scheduling interviews on the first and third weeks of the month, either to support those doing koan practice, or just to have a chance to reflect on your ongoing meditation and your life as a practitioner in general.
In fact, as we've been finding out way in the new venue, we've tried various arrangements. Currently, we're having a 'formal' week on the first and third weeks, with interviews as mentioned but also a chanting service after zazen before we have our usual tea & chat. On other weeks, we're keeping it more plain - the usual two periods of sitting, no service, just tea & talk before heading home. Seems to be working for now, we'll see how it goes.
So, if you're reading this and have thought about joining us to sit, I'd encourage you to give it a try. No time like the present!
