Four Tuesdays, January 12–February 2, 5:30–7:30 pm PT “To be you is enough, you know…” —Suzuki Roshi - Weaving together mindfulness and contemporary psychology, this course explores how to best take care of ourselves by relating to depression and anxiety with compassion and understanding. Our purpose is for participants to learn and practice how to ...
YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. For the latest information, visit the Young Urban Zen site. Tuesday evenings, 7:15 – ...
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 bodies and minds, deal with transitions, and strengthen connectedness and community? We will learn from poets who have written about their own aging, including Jane ...
Every Thursday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. Join San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session, offering opportunities to connect in real time. Each session includes: 20 ...
Trans Sangha is a meditation group by and for transgender people; beginners and newcomers are always welcome. Trans Sangha meets weekly in the zendo at 300 Page Street, with different offerings depending on the week: Sangha Night is on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month: a community building focused evening open to all ...
Meditation in Recovery will be meeting by Zoom. Friday Nights at 7:30 - Join Online Meeting - Meeting ID: 886 966 3311 - Passcode: Meditate23 - Please join us at the usual time; log in five minutes before the meeting opens. Fridays, 7:30 – 9 pm - This drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist ...
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 Asia. The idea had been forming for years: early issues of Wind Bell record members of SFZC searching for a monastery site as early as ...
Saturday, 8:40 – 9:25 am, in the Buddha Hall at City Center - Please arrive by 8:30 am. Zazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before participation in a one-day sitting. Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered at 11:40 am and complements Meditation Instruction.
Weekly meeting: Saturdays, 8:50 am – 1:00 pm. Saturday Sangha is for anyone who joins the zazen schedule during the weekdays and/or on Saturday. Within the container of traditional forms, members of this group participate in doanryo training, temple care and kitchen practice, and study. During the week, participation includes zazen with the invitation to ...
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 ...
Saturday, 11:20 am – 12:15 pm - Please arrive by 11:10 am and enter by the side door on Laguna Street. Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before participation in a one-day sitting. Zazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered at 8:40 am and should be attended before Forms Instruction.
Six Saturdays, January 9–February 13, 1:00–2:30 pm PT - This is an online introductory class for people who are working with the fierce teachers of chronic illness or chronic pain. ...
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