Saturday, February 6–20, 9:00–10:30 am PT Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a practical framework for understanding the body as a dynamic system of relationships. In this three-part lecture series, Dr. Liping Zhu will introduce foundational concepts from Chinese medicine and offer accessible ways to observe patterns of balance and disharmony in daily life. Across the ...
Monthly, Saturdays, December 19–May 15, 11:00–12:30 pm PT - If you have previously participated in any of the “Dancing in the Dark Fields” series, we invite you to consider this ongoing monthly practice group, which will expand on those teachings and community. Zenshin Florence Caplow, who will be teaching the class, has "danced" with auto-immune ...
Saturday, February 20, 2:00–4:00 pm PT Most of us have a natural capacity for empathy, the ability to understand and share others' emotions, allowing us to see things from their perspective and connect with their feelings. While this crucial skill has many benefits, including enhancing our relationships with others and the world, it can also ...
Alternate Tuesdays, February 23–May 4, 5:30–7:30 pm PT - In SFZC’s Transforming Depression and Anxiety offerings, kindness, mindfulness, and tools from contemporary psychology are engaged to shift our relationship with ...
Four Tuesdays, February 9–March 2, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Fukanzazengi, Dogen’s instructions for zazen, presents intriguing questions that this class will explore and attempt to answer. What does it mean ...
Four Thursdays, February 4–25, 3:30–5:00 pm PT How can reading and writing poetry support us as we age? How can poetry help us be more aware of changes in our ...
Thursday, February 25, 6:00–8:00 pm PT - Ben Connelly will present stories and lessons from a wide variety of Buddhist and Interfaith work as part of the nonviolent response to ...
Four Saturdays, February 6–27, 8:30–10:00 am PT When Tassajara was purchased at the end of 1966, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi began creating what would become the first Zen training monastery outside ...
Four Tuesdays, February 9–March 2, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Fukanzazengi, Dogen’s instructions for zazen, presents intriguing questions that this class will explore and attempt to answer. What does it mean ...
Three Saturdays, March 6–20, 9:00–11:00 am PT Time can feel fleeting, relentless, or surprisingly spacious. Our conventional sense that nothing lasts shapes our relationship with time, sometimes bringing a sense ...
Alternate Tuesdays, February 23–May 4, 5:30–7:30 pm PT - In SFZC’s Transforming Depression and Anxiety offerings, kindness, mindfulness, and tools from contemporary psychology are engaged to shift our relationship with ...
Four Thursdays, March 11–April 1, 4:00–5:30 pm PT / 7:00–8:30 pm ET - How does the translation we read shape our understanding of Dogen? The growing worldwide interest in Dogen's ...
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