Welcome to "Intro to Zen Online," a podcast that distributes audio recordings of the Williamstown Zen Group's weekly sittings. For more info about the Williamstown Zen Group (including how to attend these sittings online or in person) visit: https://williamstownzengroup.org/about
Episodes
Ep. 259: Sitting on 10-21-25 (breath counting)
Oct 22, 2025
Duration: 01:01:54
Ep. 258: Sitting on 11-14-25
Oct 15, 2025
Duration: 01:02:49
Ep. 257: Sitting on 10-7-25
Oct 08, 2025
Duration: 01:04:54
Ep. 256: Sitting on 9-30-25 (Back-to-basics [4 of 4]: shikantaza + working with discomfort)
Oct 01, 2025
Duration: 01:02:03
Ep. 255: Sitting on 9-23-25 (Back-to-basics [3 of 4]: Experiencing the Body)
Sep 24, 2025
Duration: 01:03:17
Ep. 254: Sitting on 9-16-25 (Back to basics [2 of 4]: practicing with thoughts)
Sep 17, 2025
Duration: 00:55:42
Ep. 253: Sitting on 9-9-25 (Back to basics [1 of 4]: Concentration)
Sep 10, 2025
Duration: 00:57:24
Ep. 252: Sitting on 9-2-25
Sep 03, 2025
Duration: 01:02:11
Ep. 251: Sitting on 8-26-25
Aug 27, 2025
Duration: 01:01:46
Ep. 250: Sitting on 8-19-25
Aug 20, 2025
Duration: 01:04:37
Ep. 249: Sitting on 8-12-25 (Q&A)
Aug 13, 2025
Duration: 01:02:59
Ep. 248: Sitting on 7-29-25 (how to practice with thoughts)
Jul 30, 2025
Duration: 01:10:12
Ep. 247: Sitting on 7-22-25 (no-self / emptiness of the self)
Jul 23, 2025
Duration: 01:08:33
Ep. 246: Sitting on 7-15-25 (Gokaku's Three Shames)
Jul 16, 2025
Duration: 01:02:50
Ep. 245: Sitting on 7-8-25 (on rituals and forms)
Jul 09, 2025
Duration: 01:06:33
Ep. 244: Sitting on 7-1-25
Jul 02, 2025
Duration: 01:04:54
Ep. 243: Sitting on 6-17-25
Jun 18, 2025
Duration: 01:07:52
Ep. 242: Sitting on 6-10-25 (more on practice off the cushion)
Jun 11, 2025
Duration: 01:03:42
Ep. 241: Sitting on 6-3-25 (practice off the cushion)
Jun 04, 2025
Duration: 01:03:54
Ep. 240: Sitting on 5-27-25 (Zen and goal-orientedness)
May 28, 2025
Duration: 01:04:13
Ep. 239: Body Scan Open Awareness Meditation (Recorded 5/20/25)
May 21, 2025
Duration: 00:28:44
Ep. 238: Sitting on 5-20-25 (working with our fear-based conditioning)
May 21, 2025
Duration: 01:00:38
Ep. 237: Sitting on 5-14-25
May 14, 2025
Duration: 01:06:44
Ep. 236: Sitting on 5-6-25 (picking and choosing)
May 07, 2025
Duration: 01:00:27
Ep. 235: Sitting on 4-29-25 (Q&A)
Apr 30, 2025
Duration: 01:00:43
Ep. 234: Sitting on 4-15-25 ("not knowing is most intimate")
Apr 16, 2025
Duration: 01:02:05
Ep. 233: Sitting on 4-8-25 (on goallessness)
Apr 09, 2025
Duration: 00:58:33
Ep. 232: Sitting on 4-1-25
Apr 02, 2025
Duration: 01:05:27
Ep. 231: Sitting on 3-25-25 (practicing with pain)
Mar 26, 2025
Duration: 01:04:39
Ep. 230: Sitting on 3-18-25 (breath counting)
Mar 19, 2025
Duration: 01:02:21
Ep. 229: Sitting on 3-11-25
Mar 12, 2025
Duration: 01:01:04
Ep. 228: Sitting on 3-4-25 (a bit about equanimity)
Mar 05, 2025
Duration: 01:01:40
Ep. 227: Sitting on 2-25-25 (Ten Oxherding Pictures)
Feb 26, 2025
Duration: 01:04:36
Ep. 226: Sitting on 2-18-25
Feb 19, 2025
Duration: 01:02:30
Ep. 225: Sitting on 2-11-25
Feb 12, 2025
Duration: 01:02:02
Ep. 224: Sitting on 2-4-25 (on grief)
Feb 05, 2025
Duration: 01:01:05
Ep. 223: Sitting on 1-28-25
Jan 29, 2025
Duration: 01:00:42
Ep. 222: Sitting on 1-21-25
Jan 22, 2025
Duration: 00:58:23
Ep. 221: Sitting on 1-14-25 (experiencing the body)
Jan 15, 2025
Duration: 01:05:03
Ep. 220: Sitting on 1-7-25
Jan 08, 2025
Duration: 01:06:48
Ep. 220: Sitting on 12-17-24
Dec 18, 2024
Duration: 01:08:16
Ep. 219: Letting Be Guided Meditation (recorded 12-10-24)
Dec 11, 2024
Duration: 00:29:12
Ep. 218: Sitting on 12-10-24 (mindfulness & awakening)
Dec 11, 2024
Duration: 01:03:38
Ep. 217: Sitting on 12-3-24 (concentration)
Dec 04, 2024
Duration: 01:00:07
Ep. 216: Sitting on 11-26-24 (breath-following meditation)
Nov 27, 2024
Duration: 01:02:37
Ep. 215: Sitting on 11-29-24 (working with thoughts)
Nov 20, 2024
Duration: 00:58:10
Ep. 214: Sitting on 11-12-24 (block-build-be)
Nov 13, 2024
Duration: 01:05:55
Ep. 213: Sitting on 11-5-24 (election night)
Nov 06, 2024
Duration: 01:01:02
Ep. 212: Sitting on 10-29-24 (loving-kindness)
Oct 30, 2024
Duration: 01:07:19
Ep. 211: Sitting on 10-22-24 (Toni Packer on "expectations")
Oct 23, 2024
Duration: 01:03:21
Ep. 210: Sitting on 10-15-24
Oct 16, 2024
Duration: 01:01:34
Ep. 209: BBSSBB (guided meditation only; recorded 10-8-24)
Oct 09, 2024
Duration: 00:26:15
Ep. 208: Sitting on 10-8-24 (BBSSBB meditation -- cultivating open awareness)
Oct 09, 2024
Duration: 01:06:35
Ep. 207: Sitting on 10-2-24
Oct 02, 2024
Duration: 01:03:42
Ep. 206: Sitting on 9-24-24 (on not picking and choosing / body scan)
Sep 25, 2024
Duration: 01:03:48
Ep. 205: Sitting on 9-17-24
Sep 18, 2024
Duration: 01:01:12
Ep. 204: Sitting on 9-10-24
Sep 11, 2024
Duration: 01:02:21
Ep. 203: Sitting on 9-3-24
Sep 04, 2024
Duration: 01:00:50
Ep. 202: Sitting on 8-27-24
Aug 28, 2024
Duration: 01:04:13
Ep. 201: Sitting on 8-12-24
Aug 13, 2024
Duration: 01:03:24
Ep. 200: Sitting on 8-6-24
Aug 07, 2024
Duration: 01:01:07
Ep. 199: Sitting on 7-29-24
Jul 30, 2024
Duration: 01:03:34
Ep. 198: Sitting on 7-16-24 (meditation and sensory awareness)
Jul 17, 2024
Duration: 01:01:13
Ep. 197: Sitting on 7-8-24 (more on breath counting)
Jul 09, 2024
Duration: 01:02:54
Ep. 196: Sitting on 7-2-24 (Counting the Breath)
Jul 03, 2024
Duration: 01:02:54
Ep. 195: Sitting on 6-25-24
Jun 26, 2024
Duration: 01:04:49
Ep. 194: Sitting on 6-18-24
Jun 19, 2024
Duration: 01:03:35
Ep. 193: Sitting on 6-11-24
Jun 12, 2024
Duration: 00:58:05
Ep. 192: Sitting on 6-4-24 (Emptiness, Compassion, Loving-kindness)
Jun 05, 2024
Duration: 01:01:24
Ep. 191: Sitting on 5-28-24 (body scan & practicing with unpleasant sensations)
May 29, 2024
Duration: 01:00:17
Ep. 190: Sitting on 5-20-24 (on lay practice and attachments)
May 21, 2024
Duration: 01:03:31
Ep. 189: Sitting on 5-13-24 (meditation and politics)
May 14, 2024
Duration: 01:02:14
Ep. 188: Class on 5-7-24
May 08, 2024
Duration: 00:56:32
Ep. 187: Class on 4-30-24
May 01, 2024
Duration: 00:58:56
Ep. 186: Class on 4-23-24 (noting/labeling thoughts)
Apr 24, 2024
Duration: 00:57:53
Ep. 185: Zoom class on 4-16-24
Apr 17, 2024
Duration: 01:03:14
Ep. 184: Zoom class on 4-2-24
Apr 03, 2024
Duration: 01:01:25
Ep. 183: Zoom class on 3-26-24 ("non-thinking")
Mar 27, 2024
Duration: 01:00:36
Ep. 182: Zoom class on 3-19-24 (recording ends after opening meditation)
Mar 20, 2024
Duration: 00:32:27
Ep. 182: Zoom class on 3-19-24
Mar 20, 2024
Duration: 01:02:26
Ep. 181: Zoom class on 3-12-24 (on concepts and reification)
Mar 13, 2024
Duration: 01:03:47
Ep. 180: Zoom class on 3-5-24
Mar 06, 2024
Duration: 01:03:43
Ep. 179: Zoom Class on 2-27-24 (BBSSBB Practice)
Feb 28, 2024
Duration: 00:58:50
Ep. 178: Zoom class on 2-13-24 (practicing with bodily tension)
Feb 14, 2024
Duration: 00:58:17
Ep. 177: Zoom class on 2-6-24
Feb 07, 2024
Duration: 01:00:32
Ep. 176: Zoom class on 1-16-24 (two aspects of Buddhist meditation: samatha and vipassana)
Jan 17, 2024
Duration: 01:00:20
Ep. 175: Zoom class on 1-2-24 (dual awareness practice: breath + sounds)
Jan 03, 2024
Duration: 00:58:12
Ep. 174: Zoom class on 12-19-23 (body scan)
Dec 20, 2023
Duration: 00:59:29
Ep. 173: Zoom Class on 12-5-23
Dec 06, 2023
Duration: 00:57:28
Ep. 172: Zoom Class on 11-21-23
Nov 22, 2023
Duration: 01:00:37
Ep. 171: Zoom Class on 11-7-23
Nov 08, 2023
Duration: 00:58:53
Ep. 170: Mindfulness Meditation (from Zoom class on 10-17-23)
Oct 18, 2023
Duration: 00:25:58
Ep. 169: Zoom Class on 10-3-23 (loving-kindness practice)
Oct 04, 2023
Duration: 00:58:21
Ep. 168: Zoom Class on 9-19-23
Sep 20, 2023
Duration: 00:57:24
Ep. 167: Zoom class on 9-5-23
Sep 06, 2023
Duration: 00:56:22
Ep. 166: Final "Intro to Zen" Class (breath-counting + goodbyes)
Mar 29, 2023
Duration: 00:54:24
Ep. 165: Zoom Class on 3-14-23 (dual awareness practice)
Mar 15, 2023
Duration: 01:00:16
Ep. 164: BBSSBB Meditation (recording during Zoom class on 3-7-23)
Mar 08, 2023
Duration: 00:35:29
Ep. 163: Zoom Class on 2-21-23 (soft gaze/soft hearing + BBSSBB meditation)
