In discussion around how to apply these learnings as teachers offering practice discussion there was emphasis on keeping the meetings brief, holding in mind or even saying directly "this is only a short meeting, let's get right to what's important". That briefness is both logistically essential as we're sharing a few spaces in the building but also communicates something important to ourself as teacher and to the student. Also emphasized to simply practice trusting the meeting to be just what it needs to be without worrying about whether we say anything too brilliant. And Tim recommended the practice of really staying grounded in awareness of body and breathing as much as practical during the meeting itself.

Additional discussion around practice discussion and other teaching topics would be helpful but no specific action taken to schedule teacher meetings or anything like that. (Perhaps just managing regular quarterly Practice Committee meetings is the first step).

Tim forgot to emphasize: please see him in dokusan periodically to discuss how practice discussion is going for you as a teacher and if there is anything particularly interesting/troubling/surprising during a meeting it is very helpful if you can remember to ask the student if they mind your discussing the interview with Tim as our standard agreement is confidentiality of the meetings - to remember that we can get permission from the person to share confidentiality.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Talus mentioned he really appreciates the changes in the service dedications (eko) "these changes really express our values well", referring to changes Tim made in the morning and evening services. See the doan books (or come to service!) to learn more. Tim will post revised scripts to the website eventually.