The Way of Council

The Way of Council is a core practice with the Zen Peacemakers, along with meditation, the Three Tenets, and social action. It is a staple practice in our Bearing Witness retreats. The Circle invites individuals to come together in a dedicated and sacred space, to tune into one’s personal and collective truth, and to the land and nature taking part in the circle.

Yoga Mat as Large as the World: Swiss Yogis’ Guerrilla Tactics Support Zen Peacemakers and Global Charities  

BERN, SWITZERLAND. In recent years Guerrilla Yoga Bern has formed a connection with Peacemaker Gemeinschaft Schweiz, raising money for Zen Peacemakers efforts with the Lakota in the United States, refugees in Switzerland, Rohingya Muslims in Burma and the annual Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat. ZPI Staff Anthony Saracino conducted the following interview with Barbara Salaam Wegmüller and Roland Yakushi Wegmüller of Zen Peacemakers International, and Elisa Malinverni of Guerrilla Yoga Bern, on their friendship and partnership.

This Food of Seventy Two Labors, an Invitation to a Bearing Witness Retreat to Food, Land and Racism in the USA

PETERSBURG, NEW YORK STATE, USA. Rev. Ariel Pliskin​, ZPO Minister and founder of Unity Tables​ and community-based Stone Soup Café Greenfield MA​ has participated in several Bearing Witness Retreats on the streets, at Auschwitz, and the Black Hills. He now brings this rich experience to examine the interplay of food, land and race in the USA, in a new retreat he is organizing together with Sensei Francisco Lugovina​ from Hudson River Peacemaker Center-House of One People​, and Leah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm​. Read what led Ariel to co-develop this retreat, and join him in September 2017 on Soul Fire Farm.