Agency, Interdependence and Compassion: Exploring Themes to Inform Our Most Senior Years

This retreat addresses a topic rarely centered in meditation retreats: how to practice with intention and presence as your capacities shift with age. Rather than treating aging as a decline to endure, the retreat frames it as an occasion to examine agency—what it means to act and choose when the terms of your life are changing—and interdependence, the reality that we are never self-sufficient and never were.

The format mixes zazen (seated meditation) with mindful discussion and experiential exercises, suggesting a retreat less austere than a traditional silent sesshin. The center has not yet published the daily schedule, the lead teacher, or details about lodging and meals. Contact San Francisco Zen Center or Tassajara directly for those specifics.