First time

[Arcadia]

in a zen dojo. I dialogued with my escoliosis and felt my ankles dislocated, but I still can walk so I guess nothing is broke...

[jimboloco]

the experience of repetition
buena suerte sentando zazen

you might want to re-title the subject as "first time in a zen center"

it could spark some interest that way.

What is the name of the Zen center? Is it in Rosario? How is it set up? Is there a formal teacher there?

I visited a Zen dojo in New Orleans several times, when I was living in Shreveport, Louisiana, a smaller city about 250 miles northwest. They had a coffee shop and cafe eventually. They do have affiliate centers in Mississippi and also in Alabama.

The experience of deep concentration is an essentially healing one.

Send me news.

[jimboloco]

http://www.zen-azi.org/dojos/country_e. ... %20AMERICA

two zen centers related to the new orleans zen center that got blown away, the diaspora of practitioners make find their way into your quaint country.

[Arcadia]

thanks, jimbo! I like my title... and I don´t spect all-time-direct-communication here.
The name of the Zen Center:it´s the only Zen Center in Rosario so it is called only "Dojo Zen", it´s seven blocks from my house.
The master-master is Kosen Thibaut, I guess he´s in France. I heard him ten years ago in a book presentation in Rosario.
A link: www.zen-deshimaru.com.ar

[Doreen Peri]

Don't feel badly, Arcadia.

I've never been in one myself, to my knowledge.

If I were in a dojo some time in my life, I certainly didn't know it.

This is my first time, too.

Trying to figure out what it is.

[Doreen Peri]

I thought I had a bad case of escoliosis once but found out it was only a cold.

[jimboloco]

OK you've got your style, abbreviated and minimalist, like a zendo
"first time" with the void, yes, feels good.

the zendo in your town does, i believe the same style of meditation sitting that the new orkleans zen center did

both with the same primary teachers,

I like their sitting style a lot,
it is shikantaza, just-sitting, strong on the posture and the outbreath, right?

Doreen it is like taking a cigarrette break without the cigarrette.