Henry Shukman
Zen Teacher, Author, Poet
Original Love
A manifesto, a map, and a manual, this essential guide for spirituality in the twenty-first century replaces the concept of original sin with original love as the true foundation of our life.
“Henry Shukman shows us how to come home again. He’s been a teacher for me, opening doors of insight and inner freedom.”
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Buddha’s Brain
Practice daily with Henry as your guide.
The Way meditation app is Henry’s single, long-term path of deep meditation training. Be guided by a Zen master on a journey of awakening.
Meet Henry Shukman
About Henry
Henry is an authorized Zen Master in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is spiritual director emeritus of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to teaching meditation, Henry is an award-winning poet and author, whose memoir One Blade of Grass recounts his own journey through meditation practice. His struggles and traumatic experiences as a youth, combined with a spontaneous awakening experience at 19, and many years of training under several teachers, paved the way for his developing a well-rounded approach to healing and awakening through meditation.
Notes from Henry
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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
Unordinary: Shaping an extraordinary everyday life
Saturday, September 28th, 2024
Join David Whyte and Henry Shukman for a morning looking through the lens of poetry, contemplation and art, at the way a fiercely attentive heart and mind can shape our unordinary daily lives in extraordinary and transformative ways.
Going Deeper: A 3 Day Retreat in Washington DC
Friday October 4, 2024
Saturday October 5, 2024
Sunday October 6, 2024
This 3-day retreat is a rare opportunity for people who have been meditating with The Way and in the Original Love programs, and any others who are drawn to Henry’s approach, to gather together for three days of deep practice and renewal.
Coming Home: A 3-day retreat in Santa Fe
Friday October 18, 2024
Saturday October 19, 2024
Sunday October 20, 2024
This 3-day retreat will be a chance for students of The Way meditation path, and of the Original Love meditation program, to gather together in order to go deeper in our practice than we normally do in the course of our daily and weekly schedule. Here, in the group setting of shared practice, we can drop in much deeper, and discover new levels of awareness and freedom in our sitting. We can come home to our life in new and deeper ways.
Reset: A day of practice with Henry Shukman and Kelly Boys
Saturday October 26, 2024
For followers of The Way app, of Henry’s Original Love program, and of Kelly’s meditation teaching, we’re offering a special opportunity to reset and deepen your practice, with live, in-person guidance from two renowned teachers.
