The seven-month programme
Time in Kamakura, online dialogue and reflection between meetings. Understand the structure before discussing whether it fits your circumstances.
Explore the programme →ZENSCHOOL · KAMAKURA, JAPAN
Find the question that matters to you.
When answers are everywhere, knowing what matters to you can be harder. zenschool creates time and space to listen to your own experience, explore questions with others and bring what you discover into everyday life.
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You do not need a business idea to begin.
Perhaps your career is going well, yet you wonder what comes next. Perhaps you want to create something but cannot quite name it. The starting point is your experience and curiosity, rather than a ready-made plan.
Through reflection and dialogue, participants explore what they want to pursue. That may lead to a project, a change in how they work or a different relationship with everyday life.
A practice grounded in real life
We describe this shared space as a dojo: a place to practise, rather than simply collect knowledge. Zen informs the approach, alongside attentive dialogue and learning through experience.
Here, a question is more than something to answer quickly. It can be something you live with, revisit and understand differently over time.
Begin with the experience that fits
Zen immersion
An introduction for people overseas, with a participant’s story and practical questions about joining from outside Japan.
Explore Zen immersion →Meet the people behind the practice
Kouji Miki and Shigeru Utsunomiya founded enmono after questioning the direction of their own working lives. Their experience of manufacturing, technology and dialogue became part of the foundation for zenschool.
One participant’s experience
Cristina’s story offers a personal view of Zen immersion. Read her account and see the people and places involved.
YOUR NEXT STEP
What would you like to explore?
Start with your questions. Talk with the hosts about whether zenschool fits what you are looking for.
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