Workshops & Retreats (2025)
The following workshops and retreats will be led by Dr. Lucy Xiao.
Day-long Workshop: Spring Awakening
Sunday May 18, 2025,10am-4pm PDT
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
This day-long workshop invites you to nurture vitality, creativity, and presence. Enriched by the timeless wisdom of Zen, Daoism, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, we will explore practices that attune us to the natural rhythms of renewal and growth, awakening fresh energy and inspiration in our lives.
Summer Retreat: Harmony Within and Beyond
June 24 - 29 (Tuesday - Sunday), 2025
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Join us in this 5-day retreat where we will explore the art of harmonious living within the embrace of the beautiful Tassajara valley. Together, we will delve into an array of practices that enable us to attune to our body, mind, and Qi - the essential life energy, and discover connection with both ourselves and the surrounding nature. Guided by Lucy Laoshi, this retreat draws inspiration from the timeless teachings of Zen and Daoist traditions, illuminating our inner wisdom and the profound interconnectedness that we all share. It will invite you to an immersive experience of meditation, gentle qigong and restorative yoga, while nurturing a deep sense of well-being and wholeness.
Sangha Week: Returning to Now
July 1- 6 (Tuesday - Sunday), 2025
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
This 5-day work-study retreat offers a balanced rhythm of morning and evening meditation, collaborative work practice, group study sessions, and personal time to soak in the beauty of the mountains, creek, and hot springs in Tassajara. This retreat is open to those with an established meditation practice who wish to enrich their experience in a supportive environment.
Please contact us if you’re interested in joining or learning more about the Sangha Week.
Fall Workshop: Embracing the Cycles of Life
Sunday October 26, 2025,10am-4pm PDT
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
As nature slows down in the fall and leaves return to the earth, we are invited to turn inward and reconnect with our roots. This day-long workshop explores the timeless wisdom of Zen and Daoist teachings on meditation, awareness, and the art of embracing life's natural cycles.
The Dao abides in non-doing but there is nothing it does not do.
- "Dao De Jing", Chapter 37
道常無為而無不為
- 《道德经》
