Henry Shukman is a poet, author and Zen master in the Sanbo Zen lineage. He is founder of the Original Love meditation program, spiritual director emeritus at Mountain Cloud Zen Center and co-founder of the single-path meditation app The Way. His most recent books are Original Love: The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening (HarperOne) and the Zen memoir One Blade of Grass. He has taught at Google and Harvard Business School, the Institute of American Indian Arts and Oxford Brookes University, and is the author of several award-winning books of poetry and fiction. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Guardian, Sunday Times and Financial Times. Henry has an M.A. from Cambridge and an MLitt from St Andrews.
Events with Henry Shukman
Unfolding the Great Heart: A Journey to Radical Love and ConnectionJune 9 - 14, 2025
Open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. Registration for this retreat closes on May 26, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Immerse yourself in a journey to the heart, a sacred space of courage, grounding, and radical trust that calls us into profound self-discovery and connection. This event invites us into the ‘Great Heart’—a place of expansive love, awareness, and unity—where our inherent, untamed essence shines. Over these days together, we’ll engage in heart-centered practices, including Metta meditation, chanting, mindful breathwork, and gentle movement. These practices support us in opening to a state of loving awareness, where wisdom and deep self-discovery…