Sesshin - with Marcel Steiner

Sesshin literally means "collecting the heart spirit". Sesshin leads from the outside to the inside, from acting to being, and from knowing to recognizing. A deeper relationship with oneself does not mean a relationship with the everyday self that we normally identify with, but with the living being that we are by nature, but which is usually obscured by our preconceptions. Marcel Steiner received his teaching license and the Dharma name Kyo-Sa from Niklaus Brantschen and Pia Gyger Roshi in 2009. This name means building bridges, and this theme is his gift and task in very different areas, such as building bridges between spirituality and everyday life (or as it used to be called: "ora et labora"), between men and women, Christian tradition and Zen Buddhism, crafts and studies, Portugal and Switzerland. www.marcel-steiner.com In the sesshin, Zen meditation (zazen) is practised for about 7 hours a day, with the individual meditation times being spread throughout the day with interruptions. It is possible to skip individual sessions (for those whose age or body makes it too much). The daily program includes a lecture (Teisho) and individual discussions.