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It’s week 38 / 2025
This week, we invite you to delve deep into Zazen, as we turn our focus to meditation for the new season. Simple yet profound, with nothing to achieve and no goal to reach – just sitting, observing, being – Zazen offers a way to return to presence, and to yourself. To deepen our understanding of this ancient practice, we travelled to Kyoto to sit with Zen monk Tosei Shinabe at the city’s oldest temples. Tosei’s path has been layered and unexpected: born in Tokyo, he had a rebellious youth before studying law, travelling widely and working with Kyoto’s craftsmen. It wasn’t until the age of 30 that he realised all roads led to Zen. Today, he devotes his days to teaching Zazen and creating spiritual ‘za kekkai’ stones. Explore our magazine for the full stories.
