Calendar

Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings

With Kokyo Henkel
Wednesday, August 26—Sunday, August 30, Green Gulch Farm

Please register by August 19.

Deep Rest In Zen And Yoga: Learning To Let Go And Be Upright

With Shokuchi Deirdre Carrigan
Thursday, August 20—Sunday, August 23, City Center

Sunday, August 23, 9 am–1 pm, City Center

Saturday, August 29, 3—6 pm, City Center

With Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Oct 14, 2026 / 3:00pm –Dec 15, 2026 / 2:30pm

Please register by Thursday, September 3.

With Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman
Wednesday, September 30–Satuday, December 5, 7:30–6 pm, City Center

Please register by Friday, September 4.

Featured Online Offerings

With Sozan Michael McCord
Thursday, August 20—Thursday, September 10, 6–7:30 pm, PT, Online

With Zenshin Florence Caplow
Six Saturdays, August 22—October 3, 1–2:30 pm PT
Class does not meet on September 12

With Lea Seigen Shinraku
Four Tuesdays, September 8–29, 10–11:30 am PT, Online

Friday, Sep 18, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	Online	Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 9/18

Saturday, Sep 19, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
08:40 AM	City Center	Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 9/19
08:50 AM	City Center	Saturday Sangha, 9/19
09:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen, GGF 9/19
09:00 AM	City Center	Monthly BIPOC Affinity Group, CC 9/19
11:20 AM	City Center	Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 9/19

Sunday, Sep 20, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
09:00 AM	City Center	Living Into the Appropriate Response: Transforming Fear and Anger, CC 9/20 – Canceled
09:00 AM	City Center	Beginners' Half-Day Sitting, CC 9/20
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Family Sangha Daylong Retreat at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 9/20
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Gengyoku Tim Wicks, Livestream/Onsite 9/20
11:30 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Member Gathering & Malas, GGF 9/20
05:00 PM	Online	Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 9/20

Monday, Sep 21, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 9/21

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
06:40 AM	City Center	Autumn Equinox Ceremony, CC 9/22
07:15 PM	City Center	Young Urban Zen, 9/22

Wednesday, Sep 23, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
12:00 PM	Tassajara	2026 Tassajara Fall Practice Period, ZMC 9/23–12/19

Thursday, Sep 24, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
05:30 PM	Online	Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 9/24
07:00 PM	City Center	Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 9/24
07:00 PM	City Center	Trans Sangha, Sangha (Community) Night, CC 9/24

Friday, Sep 25, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:10 AM	City Center	Eihei Dogen & Keizan Jokin Memorial, CC 9/25
07:30 PM	Online	Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 9/25
07:30 PM	City Center	NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SFZC Featuring Colleen Morton Busch, CC 9/25

Saturday, Sep 26, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
08:50 AM	City Center	Saturday Sangha, 9/26
09:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Saturday One-Day Sitting, GGF 9/26
01:00 PM	Online	Queer Dharma Group (topic/speaker: Cynthia Kear), Online 9/26
03:00 PM	City Center	Seasonal Alchemy to Attune Autumn, CC 9/26

Sunday, Sep 27, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Kokyo Henkel, Livestream/Onsite 9/27
05:00 PM	Online	Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 9/27

Monday, Sep 28, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 9/28

Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:15 PM	City Center	Young Urban Zen, 9/29