Henry Shukman
Zen Teacher, Author, Poet
About Henry
Henry is an authorized Zen Master in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is the Spiritual Director of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to teaching meditation, Henry is an award-winning author and poet. His struggles and traumatic experiences as a youth, combined with a spontaneous awakening experience at 19, paved the way for Henry to develop a well-rounded approach to healing and awakening through meditation.
Appearances
The Tim Ferriss Show
Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway.
The Tim Ferriss Show
20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans
The Kevin Rose Show
The Mysterious/Unsolvable Zen Koans
Upcoming events
2024 Original Love 1 Year Program
Online
This year’s program is in service of coming home to who we really are – to the love and well-being, joy and positive energy intrinsic to our original nature. We need it more than ever. And this is how healing can happen, individually, communally, collectively, globally.
Sunday Sessions with Henry
Next session Sunday March 24
Online
Sunday Sessions with Henry are a chance to gather in community to investigate our true nature, and settle into the deep rest and peace that it can provide.
Writing
One Blade of Grass
One Blade of Grass tells the story of how meditation practice helped Henry Shukman to recover from the depression, anxiety, and chronic eczema he had had since childhood and to integrate a sudden spiritual awakening into his life. By turns humorous and moving, this beautifully written memoir demystifies Zen training, casting its profound insights in simple, lucid language, and takes the reader on a journey of their own, into the hidden treasures of life that contemplative practice can reveal to any of us.
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