Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings Introductory Half-Day Sitting Saturday, May 16, 9 am–12 pm, Green Gulch FarmPlease register by Thursday, May 14, by 4 pm PT. NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SF Zen Center With Christopher Gallagher and Kevin StarbardFriday May 15, 7:30–9 pm, City Center Zen-a-thon 2026 Open House Saturday, May 16, 8 am–2 pm, City Center From Golden Gate to Greens: A Peace Walk for Zen-a-thon 2026 Sunday, May 17, 1–4:30pm, Green Gulch Farm Family Sangha Daylong Retreat at Green Gulch Farm With Meikyo Chelsea True, Junsen Shelly Hughes, Kanjin Yael Raff Peskin, Kanki Elis Herman, and Samara AlimaSunday, May 24, 10 am–2 pm, Green Gulch Farm The Wonder of Bird Song Led by Zac Denning and Jokai Carolyn CavanaghWednesday, May 27–Saturday, May 30, Green Gulch Farm Featured Online Offerings Dogen's Samadhis: Exploring Zazen Through the Shobogenzo With Kodo ConlinSaturday, May 16, 1:30–3 pm PT, Online Three-Day Sesshin Led by Lucy Xiao and Gengyoku Tim WicksThursday, May 28–Saturday, May 30, 5:40 am–6 pm PT, Online The Practice of Balanced Living in Zen and Yoga: Part II With Shokuchi Deirdre CarriganFour Sundays, June 7–28, 9:30–11 am PT, Online Calendar Event Type - Any -CeremoniesClasses & Extended CoursesDharma TalksFamily & Children's EventsGreen Gulch Farm, Garden & WatershedPractice GroupsPractice PeriodsSitting Meditation & SesshinsSpecial Events & ExhibitsTea EventsWorkshops and Retreats Practice Center - Any -City CenterGreen Gulch FarmOnlineTassajara Thursday, Jun 18, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, BIPOC Night, CC 6/18 Friday, Jun 19, 2026 Start Time Location Event 05:00 AM City Center Juneteenth Holiday, CC 6/19 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 6/19 Saturday, Jun 20, 2026 Start Time Location Event 05:40 AM City Center Saturday One-Day Sitting, CC 6/20 07:10 AM City Center Summer Solstice Ceremony, CC 6/20 09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Saturday One-Day Sitting, GGF 6/20 11:00 AM Online Dancing with Chronic Illness and Pain: Ongoing Group, Online 6/20–11/21 Sunday, Jun 21, 2026 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM City Center Living Into the Appropriate Response: A Meditation & Recovery One-Day Retreat, CC 6/21 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Guo Gu, Livestream/Onsite 6/21 Monday, Jun 22, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 6/22 Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM City Center Words Under the Words, CC 6/23–6/24 04:00 PM Tassajara Opening the Heart of Poetry: Writing as a Practice of Transformation & Discovery, ZMC 6/23–6/28 – Waitlist Only 04:00 PM Tassajara Cultivating a Mind of Radical Trust-Sangha Week, ZMC 6/23–6/28 – Waitlist Only 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 6/23 Wednesday, Jun 24, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:00 PM City Center Baika-ryu Eisanka: A Presentation on Japanese Buddhist Hymn Chanting, CC 6/24 Thursday, Jun 25, 2026 Start Time Location Event 05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 6/25 07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 6/25 07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Sangha (Community) Night, CC 6/25 Friday, Jun 26, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:00 AM City Center Monthly BIPOC Affinity Group, CC 6/26 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 6/26 Saturday, Jun 27, 2026 Start Time Location Event 08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 6/27 08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 6/27 11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 6/27 Sunday, Jun 28, 2026 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Heather Shōren Iarusso, Livestream/Onsite 6/28 Monday, Jun 29, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 6/29 Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 Start Time Location Event 06:40 AM City Center Full Moon Ceremony, CC 6/30 04:00 PM Tassajara Rooted in Awareness: Iyengar Yoga and Zen to Embody Your Life, ZMC 6/30–7/5 – Waitlist Only 04:00 PM Tassajara Whole Heart, Boundless Heart: A retreat on the four Brahmaviharas, ZMC 6/30–7/5 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 6/30 Wednesday, Jul 1, 2026 Start Time Location Event 04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm SFZC Family Sangha Totoro Sleepover Retreat at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, GGF 7/1–7/3 More Events