Workshops and Retreats

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				1 event 1 1 event, 1 2026-10-01 True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4 True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4 October 1 @ 4:00 pm - October 4 @ 11:00 am True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4 Cultivating complete and compassionate presence of body and mind through Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Zen practice, we actualize our true body and true self. This three-night retreat is devoted to integrating the vital yet calming practices of Vinyasa and Yin Yoga with the wisdom and compassion of Zen meditation and insight. Together, by cultivating ... Read more	1 event 2 1 event, 2 2026-10-01 True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4	1 event 3 1 event, 3 2026-10-01 True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4
1 event 4 1 event, 4 2026-10-01 True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4 True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4	0 events 5 0 events, 5	0 events 6 0 events, 6	0 events 7 0 events, 7	0 events 8 0 events, 8	1 event 9 1 event, 9 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Friday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10 October 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Friday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10 one by one - everyone has left... autumn wind. —Issa Kobayashi - The Autumn Butoh offering this year brings together two Butoh dancers that have danced on our stage many ... Read more	2 events 10 2 events, 10 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop, CC 10/10–10/11 October 10 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop, CC 10/10–10/11 Japanese Calligraphy Master Tomoko Ide (Himiko) returns to San Francisco Zen Center for a weekend of calligraphy practice in her series of workshops. Day 1 (October 10, 1:00–3:00 pm) Learn ... Read more, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Saturday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10 October 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Saturday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10 one by one - everyone has left... autumn wind. —Issa Kobayashi - The Autumn Butoh offering this year brings together two Butoh dancers that have danced on our stage many ... Read more
1 event 11 1 event, 11 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop, CC 10/10–10/11 October 11 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop, CC 10/10–10/11 Japanese Calligraphy Master Tomoko Ide (Himiko) returns to San Francisco Zen Center for a weekend of calligraphy practice in her series of workshops. Day 1 (October 10, 1:00–3:00 pm) Learn ... Read more	0 events 12 0 events, 12	0 events 13 0 events, 13	0 events 14 0 events, 14	0 events 15 0 events, 15	1 event 16 1 event, 16 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Book Reading of Return to Our Senses: A Path to Stability in an Unstable World, CC 10/16 October 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Book Reading of Return to Our Senses: A Path to Stability in an Unstable World, CC 10/16 Return to Our Senses offers a life-changing invitation to come home to what is most reliable and intimate: our direct, embodied experience. In a time marked by turbulence, speed, and ... Read more	1 event 17 1 event, 17 10:00 am - 12:30 pm One Breath, One Brushstroke: An Introduction to Intuitive Painting Practice, Center for Creative Exploration 10/17 – Waitlist Only October 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm One Breath, One Brushstroke: An Introduction to Intuitive Painting Practice, Center for Creative Exploration 10/17 – Waitlist Only Saturday, October 17, 10 am–12:30 pm - The invitation is to be mindful as you paint. There is a simple structure of paint, paper and a brush. You are encouraged to paint for the experience and not for the end product. When we spontaneously create we come back to the source at every moment. There ... Read more
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October 1

October 1 @ 4:00 pm - October 4 @ 11:00 am

True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4

October 1

October 1 @ 4:00 pm - October 4 @ 11:00 am

True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4

October 1

October 1 @ 4:00 pm - October 4 @ 11:00 am

True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4

October 1

October 1 @ 4:00 pm - October 4 @ 11:00 am

True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/1–10/4

There are no events on this day.

October 9

October 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Friday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10

October 10

October 10 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop, CC 10/10–10/11

October 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Saturday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10

October 11

October 11 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop, CC 10/10–10/11

There are no events on this day.

October 16

October 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Book Reading of Return to Our Senses: A Path to Stability in an Unstable World, CC 10/16

October 17

October 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

One Breath, One Brushstroke: An Introduction to Intuitive Painting Practice, Center for Creative Exploration 10/17 – Waitlist Only

There are no events on this day.

October 23

October 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SFZC Featuring Andrey Aleshintsev, CC 10/23

October 24

October 24 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Outreach: Hygiene Kit Packing, CC 10/24

There are no events on this day.

October 31

October 31 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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