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Summary
Saturday Retreat Schedule 
4:30 
Retreatants are woken (students commuting should arrive by 5:30)
5:00
Samu meeting in the Shuryo
5:35
Free period (10 minutes)
5:45
Go to the practice room to begin kinhin
7:30
Sitting ends
7:40
Breakfast is served on a tray at the door, signalled with a bell
7:55
Kitchen cleanup, free period 
8:45 
Daruma-kata aiki in the first floor Zendo
9:15
Go to the Hatto to begin kinhin before the general sitting begins
11:45
General sitting ends. Remain in Hatto after everyone else leaves.
12:00 
Lunch is served on a tray at the rear door, signalled with a bell.
12:30
Kitchen cleanup, free period (shower opportunity)
1:30
Go to Dining Hall for Samu Chant and assignment
2:40 
Free period
2:55
Prepare the Hatto for the afternoon sitting, set up tape player
3:00 
Resume zazen
6:00
Supper is served on a tray at the rear door of the Hatto, signalled with a bell.
6:30
Wash dishes, free period 
7:25
Prepare the Hatto for the evening sitting (no tape player)
7:30
Resume zazen
9:10
End of sitting
10:15
Closing Chant and lights out