Meditation and mindfulness practices grounded in a two-and-a-half thousand year tradition fostering well-being, vitality, and insight. Please wear a mask and remember to stay home if you do not feel well or have been in recent contact with someone not feeling well. Our email is bluecliffzen@gmail.com.
We will also continue to hold all of our weekly meditation sessions and events on-line via Zoom. It's free and easy to use. If you'd like to join in please send an email to bluecliffzen@gmail.com and we'll send you the link. Our weekly meditation times are below!. Blue Cliff Zen Center is a non-profit organization started by a community of meditators in Eugene, Oregon.
We will also continue to hold all of our weekly meditation sessions and events on-line via Zoom. It's free and easy to use. If you'd like to join in please send an email to bluecliffzen@gmail.com and we'll send you the link. Our weekly meditation times are below!. Blue Cliff Zen Center is a non-profit organization started by a community of meditators in Eugene, Oregon.
Services
Blue Cliff Zen Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered with the state of Oregon. We offer a weekly Zen meditation group, yoga, mindfulness courses, and teacher trainings. We also do 3-Day Breakthrough to Zen Retreats, community service projects, and Zen ceremonies. Our lineage is the Zenways branch (Zendo Kyodan) of the Japanese Rinzai Zen tradition of Zen master Shinzan Miyamae.
Each week Blue Cliff Zen Center offers meditation practice sessions for the community. In keeping with the tradition of Dana* there is no charge for this service, we rely solely on freely given contributions. The offerings received in our donation box, while greatly appreciated and needed, only cover a small portion of the Center's operating costs.
Our Zen meditation group meets at Everyday People Yoga. Beginners and seasoned meditators are warmly invited to attend. If you are new please try to come 10-15 minutes early. Zen is strongly associated with group practice. Having the opportunity to practice with others on the same path is tremendously beneficial.
Register: send an email to bluecliffzen@gmail.com to reserve your space (please enter the subject "Zen Jin Shin Workshop"). Many energy lines run through your body and each supplies its area with the necessary energy and vitality. These meridians connect to your organs too and facilitate the transfer of energy between them.
200-hour yoga teacher trainings run by Blue Cliff Zen Center in collaboration with Zenways. For more information please visit the Yoga Teacher Training Page. This article was compiled and written by Julian Daizan Skinner, founder of Zenways Sangha in London - our sister sangha. We recognize, of course, that there are different takes on what Zen yoga practice is.
Reviews (9)
Carolyn G.
Dec 31, 2021
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Blue Cliff is a wonderful place to both start and nurture a meditation and mindfulness practice. The center is welcoming. There's enough structure to create a sense of consistency without feeling intimidating to first time Zen practitioners. In addition to regularly scheduled meditation times, the center offers a variety of retreats, Zen Yoga classes and courses on meditation and mindfulness.
Amanda Gray
Dec 27, 2021
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I discovered the Blue Cliff Zen Centre at the beginning of the Covid 19 lockdown in March of 2020. I met Shinkai, the Roshi, in another online Zoom group and, since my usual meditation centre was not extending an online meeting option, I quickly enquired about joining the Zoom meditation at Blue Cliff. Everyone at the centre was super helpful in setting up and maintaining the Zoom connection, including a lot of trial and error experimentation, so that I, and many others in lockdown, and since, in partial lockdowns, could fully participate. Early on, I attended a Precept ceremony that let me have
Andrew Zielinski
Feb 25, 2021
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Aloha Heart
Feb 01, 2020
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Dominik Wolf
Jan 20, 2020
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This is warm, welcoming community in the Rinzai zen tradition. Shinkai Roshi is an amazing teacher and hands-down one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. He teaches grounding meditation techniques that are sorely needed in the frenetic, stressful pace of modern life. I live almost 1000 miles away from Eugene, but still came up for a 3-day intensive meditation retreat that was an incredible experience. Wish I could practice here regularly... If you're in the area, I highly recommend checking it out!
Thomas Walker
Dec 27, 2019
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Jeri Anne Hampton
Dec 09, 2019
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Danni Frans
Oct 09, 2019
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I can't say enough about this center and it's teacher, Shinkai Roshi. The offering is warm, relevant, and accessible. There's a variety of ways to practice including weekly meditation sessions, workshops, classes, retreats, and Zen yoga. I've enjoyed and benefited from every minute spent with this group. Highly recommend!
James Dickerson
Jul 25, 2017
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I love Blue Cliff Zen Center and Shinkai (the guiding teacher). The sangha is welcoming and there are many ways you can practice and be involved with Blue Cliff. Blue Cliff had got me started strongly on the path of meditation and I am forever grateful. I would absolutely suggest it (and have) to anyone in Eugene or stopping through Eugene. There is magic happening here.