Events
In-person
Holy Week Street Retreat New York City – April 2022
Join Joshin Byrnes on the streets of New York City during the Holy Week Street Retreat April 13 - 17, 2022 Start Wednesday April 13, 3pm on the streets of New York City End Sunday April 17, 10am *This street plunge will proceed barring unforeseen spikes in Covid among vaccinated people. You must be fully […]
Clean-Up Day – April 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Street Retreat Nashville – July 2022
Bearing Witness to Life on the Streets Nashville Tennessee, July 20-24, 2022 Nashville is sometimes called the Las Vegas of the South. It is a lively city famous for its country music scene and The Grand Opry, where nearly every now famous country western singer has gotten their start. It is a crossroads city of the South, with […]
DC Street Retreat – October 2022
Bearing Witness to Life on the Streets Bearing witness to life on the streets is a way to plunge into the unknown, which is crucial to our practice of healing the gap of separation between others and ourselves. We become more observant of ourselves and our surroundings. From this increased awareness, healing takes place. We […]
Street Retreat Washington D.C. – October 2022
October 13 - October 16 Join us on the streets of Washington, D.C., for our October Street Retreat Led by Joshin Byrnes, Guiding Teacher, Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community and Bob Ertman, Guiding Teacher, Silver Spring Zendo/One Heart Sangha *This street plunge will proceed barring unforeseen spikes in Covid among vaccinated people. You must be […]
Vowed Way Orientation January 7, 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesVowed Way Orientation January 28, 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Los Angeles Street Retreat, Passover and Holy Week, April 5-9, 2023
"When we go...to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves." Practicing in the spirit of these words from Bernie Glassman on a Street Retreat is a unique opportunity to experience the energy of the oneness of life. We go to the streets to let […]
Connecting Faith and Money Small Group Gathering
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Hanging Out with Sheila Liming
“Hanging Out.” A conversation with author Sheila Liming about her new book, the epidemic of loneliness, and what we’re doing at Gather. Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 1:00pm Gather: 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury Sheila Liming, professor at Champlain College in Burlington and the author of “Hanging Out,” argues that the simple act of getting together […]
Mountains and Rivers Zen Retreat
Mountains and Rivers Zen Retreat July 13 – 16, Yadkin County, North Carolina (near Winston Salem) Mountains belong to those who love them – Dōgen Joshin Byrnes and Jissan Nicolle will facilitate an outdoor-focused Zen retreat to explore our oneness with mountains and rivers in the spirit of the Mountains and Rivers Sutra by Eihei Dōgen. […]
