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Retreat Leaders

Ryushin Paul Haller

Co-Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center, Founder of Outreach and Establishing the Path of Practice (EPP) programs at San Francisco Zen Center.




Myogen Steve Stücky

Co-Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and founder of Dharma Eye Zen Center in Marin County.

Victoria Austin

Zen teacher, Iyengar Yoga instructor, and founder of Yoga for Sitters.

Sherri Baptiste

Yoga teacher, Author, founder of Baptiste Power of Yoga and expert in the field of health, fitness, and wellness.

Letitia Bartlett

Mime, Clown and Yoga instructor.

Kainei Edward Brown

Zen teacher, Chef and author of The Tassajara Bread Book.




Laura Burges

Zen teacher and co-leader of the Sangha in Recovery program at San Francisco Zen Center.




Eugene Bush, D.D.

Zen Priest and bilingual high school teacher.




Shokuchi Deirdre Carrigan

Zen priest and Yoga teacher.




Surei Darlene Cohen, M.A.
Zen teacher and Author specializing in living with pain. Leader of the Russian River Zendo in Guerneville.

Russell Comstock, M.A.

Yoga teacher, Co-Director of Metta Earth Institute, and Author.




Peter Cunningham

Professional photographer and Zen practitioner.




Eijun Linda Cutts

Senior Dharma Teacher and former Abbess of San Francisco Zen Center.




Deborah Donohue

Integrative Yoga Therapist, Author and Somatic writer.




Kathy Egan

Zen practitioner and Chef.




Zenshin Greg Fain

Zen Priest and head of practice at Tassajara.




Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Senior Dharma teacher, former Abbot of Zen Center, Poet, and Author. Founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation and co-founded of Makor Or, a Jewish Meditation Center.


Bruce Fortin, MFT

Zen teacher, Psychotherapist specializing in couples counseling and leader of the Occidental Laguna Sangha in Sebastopol.




Chris Englehorn Fortin, MFT

Zen priest, psychotherapist and leader of the women’s Lotus Sangha in Sebastopol.




Kodo Linda Galijan, Ph.D.

Zen priest, Psychologist, Yoga practitioner and Director of Programs at San Francisco Zen Center.




Eric Gower

Chef, founder of Breakaway Cooking, Author, and Zen practitioner.




Steven Harper, M.A.

Wilderness guide, Author, and Zen practitioner.




Marie Howe

Poet and teacher at Sarah Lawrence and Columbia University in New York City.




Leslie James

Resident Zen teacher at Tassajara.




Wendy Johnson

Zen teacher, organic horticulture expert and Author.




Jeremy Levie

Zen priest and Director of Green Gulch Farm.




Lee Lipp, Ph.D.

Psychology teacher for Graduate programs specializing in transforming depression and anxiety. Zen and Vipassana practitioner




Darcy Lyon

Anusara Yoga instructor and a Marriage and Family Therapist intern.



Dale Kent

Chef, Author, Gardener and Zen practitioner.




Melissa Gilbert Kent

Chef, Author, Gardener and Zen practitioner.




Gloria Lee

Zen teacher and Gardener.




Christina Lehnherr

Zen teacher, Psychologist, and leader of the Mountain Source Sangha in San Rafael and a sitting group in Tiburon, California.




Lee Klinger Lesser

Bi-lingual Sensory Awareness expert and Zen practitioner.




Marc Lesser

Author, Zen priest, CEO of ZBA (Zen of Buissness Administration) Associates LLC, and founder of Brush Dance Publishing.




Jackie McGrath, M.A.

Executive coach and speaker specializing in personal creativity and innovative leadership.




Mary Mocine

Zen teacher, Lawyer and leader of Dharma group for Lawyers.




Donald Moyer

Author, Yoga instructor, and Founder of The Yoga Room in Berkeley.




Naomi Shihab Nye

Award winning Poet and Author.




Samantha Ostergaard

Yoga teacher and zen practitioner who specializes in yoga therapy for back care in private sessions.




Nanette Overley, M.A.

Bilingual educator and zen practitioner.




Korin Charlie Pokorny, M.A.

Zen priest and Director of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association.




Bobbi Poncé-Barger

Yoga teacher in the lineage of Sri Swami Sivananda and Sri T. Krishnamacharya. Director of Bagheera Yoga in Washington D.C..




Yvonne Rand

Zen teacher with influences from Theravada and Vajrayana, and western psycho-therapeutic traditions.




Judith Randall

Zen priest and head of the meditation hall at Tassajara.

Diane Renshaw

Professional consulting ecologist and Zen practitioner.




Allan Rohlfs

Psychotherapist, mediator, and a certified trainer of Nonviolent Compassionate Communication.

Jeffrey Schneider

Zen priest and founder of the Buddhism and Recovery program at San Francisco Zen Center. Member of the California Association of Alcohol/Drug Educators.




Furyu Nancy Schroeder

Zen teacher specializing in diverse communities.


Alan Senauke

Zen teacher and Vice-abbot of Berkeley Zen Center. Musician, Photographer and founder of the Clear View Project, engaged Buddhist action for social change and relief.




Annie Somerville

Author and Executive Chef of Greens Restaurant in San Francisco.




Brother David Steindl-Rast

Benedictine monk received the 1975 Martin Buber Award for his achievements in building bridges between religious traditions.




Mark Stephens

Author and Yoga teacher. Received Yoga Journal's Karma Yoga Award for his service in creating Yoga Inside Foundation, bringing yoga into prisons, treatment centers and schools across the U.S.




Bill Sterling

Buddhist practitioner and Rhodes Scholar.




Patricia Sullivan

Sculptor and Yoga teacher specializing in alignment, anatomy, and kinesiology to promote healing and aesthetic awareness.




Kazuaki Tanahashi

Calligrapher, Painter, Zen scholar, and Writer. Founding director of A World Without Armies.




Shisan Robert Thomas

Zen teacher, Yoga practitioner and President of San Francisco Zen Center.




Jisan Anna Thorn

Zen priest, Taichi practitioner and Director of San Francisco Zen Center.




Felicia Tomasko, RN

Yoga instructor, Writer, Registered Nurse and Editor-in-chief of LA YOGA Ayurveda and Health magazine.




Dana Velden

Zen priest, chef, and San Francisco Zen Center staff member.




Mako Voelkel

Zen Priest and Director of Tassajara.




Sojun Mel Weitsman

Senior Dharma Teacher, Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center, and former Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center.




Dairyu Michael Wenger

Zen teacher, Author, Artist and Dharma group support Director at San Francisco Zen Center.




Bruce Wilson

Chartered accountant, Financial Adviser and CEO of an employee-owned investment and financial planning company.




Larry Yang

Psychotherapist, Meditation teacher specializing in diverse communities and leader of the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland.




Polly Young-Eisendrath Ph.D.

Psychologist and Jungian Analyst, Author, Vipassana teacher and Zen practitioner.




Jito Yumibe

Yoga instructor in the Iyengar lineage.




Liping Julia Zhu

Certified Qigong instructor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, licensed acupuncturist, and currently Head Student at San Francisco Zen Center.





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