Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings Saturday One-Day Sitting With Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 and Gengyoko Tim WicksSaturday, May 2, 6:30 am–6 pm, City CenterPlease register by Wednesday, April 29. A Living Zen Ceremony: Tea, Scent, Breath, and Voice as Practice With Dambi Kim and Yogetsu AkasakaSunday, May 3, 2–4 pm, City Center ZEN CAREGIVING: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others With Roy RemerThursday, May 7, 7 pm–9 pm, City Center 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 Featured Online Offerings 2026 Spring Practice Period: Nothing Lacking, Continuous Practice With Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 and Gengyoko Tim WicksMonday, April 27–Saturday, May 30, OnlinePlease register by Sunday, May 3. Saturday One-Day Sitting With Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 and Gengyoko Tim WicksSaturday, May 2, 6:30 am–6 pm PT, OnlinePlease register by Friday, May 1. How to Cook Your Life: Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo with Ed Brown With Edward Espe BrownFour Saturdays, May 2–30, 10:30 am–12:30 pm PT, OnlineClass does not meet on Saturday, May 9 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, Apr 30, 2026 Start Time Location Event 05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 4/30 07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 4/30 Friday, May 1, 2026 Start Time Location Event 06:40 AM City Center Full Moon Ceremony, CC 5/1 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 5/1 Saturday, May 2, 2026 Start Time Location Event 06:30 AM City Center Saturday One-Day Sitting, CC 5/2 06:30 AM Online Saturday One-Day Sitting, Online 5/2 09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen, GGF 5/2 – Waitlist Only 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Gengyoku Tim Wicks, Livestream/Onsite 5/2 10:30 AM Online How to Cook Your Life: Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo with Ed Brown, Online 5/2–5/30 Sunday, May 3, 2026 Start Time Location Event 09:00 AM City Center Beginners' Half-Day Sitting, CC 5/3 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Livestream/Onsite 5/3 02:00 PM City Center A Living Zen Ceremony: Tea, Scent, Breath, and Voice as Practice, CC 5/3 Monday, May 4, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 5/4 Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 5/5 Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Start Time Location Event 03:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Introductory Four-Day Sesshin, GGF 5/6–5/10 05:30 PM Online Introduction to Buddhism: A Global History of Buddhist Traditions, Beliefs, and Practices, Online 5/6–6/3 07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Kogen Kim Hart, Livestream/Onsite 5/6 Thursday, May 7, 2026 Start Time Location Event 05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 5/7 07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 5/7 07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Buddha Night (Silent Meditation), CC 5/7 07:00 PM City Center Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others, CC 5/7 Friday, May 8, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 5/8 Saturday, May 9, 2026 Start Time Location Event 08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 5/9 08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 5/9 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Rinso Ed Sattizahn, Livestream/Onsite 5/9 11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 5/9 01:00 PM Online Queer Dharma Group (topic/speaker: Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman), Online 5/9 Sunday, May 10, 2026 Start Time Location Event 09:30 AM Online The Practice of Balanced Living in Zen and Yoga: Part I, Online 5/10–5/31 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, Livestream/Onsite 5/10 Monday, May 11, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 5/11 More Events