Deep Streams Zen Institute Information

Deep Streams Zen Institute has offered programs that emphasize lay Zen practice and its relevance to everyday living since 1988. Beginners as well as seasoned meditators are welcome and practice opportunities include public meditation meetings, classes, retreats and intensive study with Joseph Bobrow Roshi. Deep Streams is a socially engaged organization with roots in the extended community. (Zen practitioners are not required to participate in social programs). To this end, we have developed our Institute, focusing on interdisciplinary education that brings together contemporary psychotherapy with Buddhist principles and practice. Integrative workshops and seminars explore the interplay of mindfulness, psychotherapy and Buddhism in transforming trauma. Community programs allow us to distill the best from Buddhism and Western psychology to help people and build peace in the world. Deep Streams has served incarcerated youth and it's non-denominational community service, the Coming Home Projecthas brought together the best from east and west to provide nationally acclaimed, evidence-based healing programs for returning veterans and their families and caregivers. Our intention from the beginning has been to build cultures of peace as we apply the fruits of psychotherapeutic and Buddhist practice for the benefit of the wider community: for personal and social change, and professional development. Deep Streams is a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization governed by a Board of Directors. We welcome your contributions and donations are tax deductible. We also invite you to volunteer as we can use assistance in a number of different areas and projects.