Deepen your connection with Tassajara through the teachings of three rich traditions: the wisdom of the Esselen people, the practice of Zen Buddhism, and the insight of ecological observation. The mountains and waters surrounding Tassajara arose from the Earth’s crust millions of years ago. The Esselen People were the first humans to inhabit this land, ...
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Being At Tassajara: Esselen Teachings, Zen Wisdom, and Ecological Knowledge, ZMC 4/28–5/3 – Postponed
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A Living Zen Ceremony is a contemporary, practice-based gathering that invites participants to experience Zen not as a concept, but as a lived, embodied practice. Rooted in silence, attentiveness, and impermanence, this ceremony weaves together tea, scent, breath, and voice as gateways to presence. Rather than a performance to be observed, the experience unfolds as ... |
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Join SFZC’s Dharma Lamp Circle for a special book release celebration with Roy Remer, author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. In a time when one in five adults is a caregiver, this compassionate guide offers practical tools and spiritual insight to support those navigating the emotional realities of ... |
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The Practice of Zazen, ZMC 5/13–5/17 – Waitlist Only
This Zen Practice Retreat will be devoted to exploring the practice of zazen, which includes the formal practice of upright, warm-hearted sitting meditation, as well as the joyful, continuous practice of enacting Big Mind in everyday life. Participants will practice daily early morning zazen in the zendo with the residential community, and then join Abbot ... |
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Who says my poems are poems? My poems are not poems. When you know that my poems are not poems, Then we can speak of poetry! — Ryokan, Zen monk & poet (1758-1831) All are invited to participate in a monthly night of poetry in the City Center Bookstore. Facilitated by Kevin Starbard and Christopher ... |
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For practitioners of Soto Zen, Dogen Zenji’s understanding of zazen can be elusive, evocative, and essential. What might Dogen have meant by samadhi? Reflecting in this way, what refracts through our zazen practice? Using the jhanas of the Pali tradition as a reference point, we'll explore clues about Dogen's vision of samadhi using three key ... |
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The Practice of Zazen, ZMC 5/13–5/17 – Waitlist Only
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Bowing to the Wild: Embodied Animism & Zen in the Tassajara Wilderness, ZMC 5/19–5/24 – Waitlist Only
Just beyond Tassajara’s gate, another luminous temple vibrates with aliveness, calls out for our veneration and presence, and overflows with timeless wisdom: the Ventana wilderness. Suzuki Roshi, founder of Tassajara, regarded this landscape as a potent habitat for awakening and the beings within it as fellow practitioners: “Although we practice with people, our goal is ...
Yoga of Zen, ZMC 5/19–5/24
Beginnings invite us to pause and listen—to interrupt old patterns and meet ourselves anew. This retreat offers yoga rooted in self-exploration. Students are guided to listen to the intelligence of the body, cultivating enough quiet to truly hear it. The physical practice is approached not as something to fix or perfect, but as an experience ... |
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Bowing to the Wild: Embodied Animism & Zen in the Tassajara Wilderness, ZMC 5/19–5/24 – Waitlist Only
Yoga of Zen, ZMC 5/19–5/24
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Agency, Interdependence and Compassion: Exploring Themes to Inform Our Most Senior Years, ZMC 5/26–5/31 – Waitlist Only
This five-day retreat explores the question of agency in the context of aging through the lens of Buddhist practice. How do we stay awake, responsive, and connected as our capacities and roles change? Participants will engage in zazen, mindful discussion, experiential exercises, and contemplative inquiry to deepen awareness of interdependence and self-compassion. Aging invites us ...
Joyful Ease, Your Own True Body, ZMC 5/26–5/31 – Waitlist Only
Awaken a sense of fully embodied joy and ease through yoga asana, breath, and Zen meditation. The true Dharma teachings are conveyed and brought forth within the practices of posture, zazen meditation, and yoga, with this very body-mind. Linda's and Patricia's combined teaching, a seamless interweaving of Zen and Yoga, leads us to grow down ... |
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The Wonder of Bird Song, GGF 5/27–5/30
In this overnight retreat, we will enter the world of birds and bird sounds, with morning and evening outings led by Zac Denning in the Green Gulch Farm grounds. Our goal will be to immerse ourselves for a short time in the lives of birds, learning about how and why they sing, and about the ... |
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Radiant Awareness: Backpacking Journey to Tassajara, ZMC 5/30–6/4
The trek to Tassajara Zen Mountain Center is a beloved and time-honored journey. Rather than driving in—careening through the expansive Ventana Wilderness at a pace that inhibits meaningful contact—let us take days to walk to the monastery on foot, arriving enriched through immersion in the wild. What does this wilderness immersion open or allow? Steeped ... |
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Agency, Interdependence and Compassion: Exploring Themes to Inform Our Most Senior Years, ZMC 5/26–5/31 – Waitlist Only
Joyful Ease, Your Own True Body, ZMC 5/26–5/31 – Waitlist Only
Radiant Awareness: Backpacking Journey to Tassajara, ZMC 5/30–6/4
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In this workshop, we explore the ancient practice of EIJI HAPPO—the Eight Principles of the character for “Eternity” (永). Each stroke embodies a fundamental movement found in all of Japanese calligraphy, but also reflects a deeper rhythm within ourselves. Through brush, breath, and presence, we will slow down and enter a meditative space where writing ... |
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Small Mind, Big Mind: Meeting Yourself Where You Are, ZMC 6/2–6/4
Yoga and Zen are ancient traditions that cultivate our innate ability to embody the moment with presence, compassion, and fearlessness. In this retreat, we’ll explore the modern benefits of these timeless teachings that can invigorate and inspire us, and infuse wonder into our daily routines. Our mornings begin with vigorous asana and end with a ... |
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Who says my poems are poems? My poems are not poems. When you know that my poems are not poems, Then we can speak of poetry! — Ryokan, Zen monk & poet (1758-1831) All are invited to participate in a monthly night of poetry in the City Center Bookstore. Facilitated by Kevin Starbard and Christopher ... |
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