Brief Description of the Practice

This form of meditation belongs to a Zen practice that developed within the Western tradition associated with the San Francisco Zen Center. Unlike classical wall-facing zazen, practitioners are seated in a large circle, facing the center. This arrangement strengthens collective presence, sharpens awareness of shared silence, and emphasizes the interconnection of practitioners.

The practice includes:

• seated meditation (zazen),
• walking meditation (kinhin),
• a structured system of sound signals given by the jiki.

These sounds are not decorative elements but an integral part of the form. They mark transitions and help sustain the shared field of practice.

Climbing Mount Kazbek (5054 m) from Georgia. A self-planned journey to Georgia with an ascent of one of the highest peaks in the Caucasus.

This is a story about a self-planned climb of one of the most beautiful and highest peaks of the Caucasus — Mount Kazbek (5054 m).

For Tanya, this was her first attempt to conquer the summit, for me — the second. My first attempt in September 2011 from the North Ossetia side during the annual Kazbekiada ended in failure: three days of storms at 4200 meters and a descent to the radon springs with a friend who developed pulmonary edema. This time (spoiler alert) everything went successfully, and we want to share our climbing experience, impressions of ascending from the Georgian side, and the joy of reuniting with friends.

This route is more logical and simpler in terms of approaching the assault camp. The technical ascent from the upper plateau (4500 m) to the summit follows a single path, regardless of whether you approach from Russia or Georgia.

So, let’s get started!

How to Create and enforce Github branch protection rules for Organization. Best Practice

We are going to enforce the Git Best Practice branch's protection rules and recommendaions for GitHub Organization repositories.

Also we will automate a proces of adding and updating teams and branch protection rules to GitHub Organization repository.

There is the same way to apply branch protection and recommendaions to private (non-organization GitHub repositories but you need to modify the automation scipts). Also some options are not available for non-organization GitHub repositories.