“We are learning to love, tend and cherish our experience, whatever it may be. This is a beautiful thing to be developing.”
– Henry Shukman
“We are learning to love, tend and cherish our experience, whatever it may be. This is a beautiful thing to be developing.”
– Henry Shukman
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Original Love is a new approach to the ancient path of meditation. It is a broad meditation training based primarily on traditional teachings of Zen and Early Buddhism.
Through finding the intrinsic lovingness, energy, peace and joy that are always already within us, even if they sometimes feels hidden, we can grow as more clear-sighted and open-hearted beings. Gradually, and sometimes suddenly, through shared practice, we start to catch glimpses of the “original love” that is always here.
While this program can serve for many as a complete training in itself, it can also serve as an on-ramp for Zen koan training.
We warmly invite you to watch Henry’s 4-part video series on the four essential “zones” of meditation.
Courses & Retreats
What’s New for 2022:
- Four 6-week courses, one on each zone of practice
- Four weekend retreats
- Facilitated small groups for meditation practice sharing and Q&A
- 12 guided meditations from Henry in each 6-week course, creating a library of 48 meditations over the year
- Online forum for sharing and finding meditation practice buddies
- Visiting guest teachers including Rick Hanson Ph.D., and Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D.
Join Henry for our upcoming 6-week course
and weekend retreat.
Late Winter Course: Mindfulness, Self-Love and Awakening
Starts February 13, 2022
Original Love: One Year Program
Study Henry’s Original Love program
in-depth.
One Year Program
Starts February 2022
About Henry
Henry is an authorized Zen Master in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and spiritual director of the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
His struggles as a youth, a spontaneous awakening experience at 19, followed by years of rigorous Zen training and his own deep healing process, all paved the way for Henry to develop Original Love, a well-rounded approach to spirituality and meditation.
Henry is the author of One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, A Zen Memoir.