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Online Zendo - Meditation, Dharma Talks, and Ceremonies
Zazen (Meditation) Instruction: Recorded Sessions
Thursday Online Drop-in Practice Sessions with SFZC Practice Leaders
Sunday Online Drop-in Practice Sessions with Abbess Fu Schroeder
Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings
Establishing the Path of Practice, Part One

With Ryushin Paul Haller and other teachers
Saturday, January 25–Thursday, March 20, Online and Onsite (City Center)
Snake Dreams-A Butoh Performance

With Xiao Zhang, Ember Luna and Carolyn Fok
Saturday, February 1, 7:30–9 pm, City Center Conference Center
Japanese Calligraphy Workshop

Led by Himiko (Tomoko Ide)
Saturday, February 1–Sunday, February 2, 1–3 pm, City Center Conference Center
Beginners' Half-Day Sitting

Led by Sozan Michael McCord
Sunday, February 2, 9 am–1 pm, Conference Center at 308 Page St.

Please register by Friday, January 31.
 
New Voices of San Francisco Zen Center: Conversations on Difference and Equality

With Sozan Michael McCord, Dōshin Dan Gudgel, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, Hiro Ikushima and Roger Hillyard
Six mondays, February 3–March 17, 7:15–8:45 pm, City Center
Beginners' Tea Series

With Meiya Wender and other senior students
Sundays, February 9–April 27, 1–3 pm, Green Gulch Farm Teahouse
Featured Online Offerings
Liberate Your Creativity: The 30-Day Art & Meditation Challenge

Led by Suiko Betsy McCall
Four Saturdays and One Sunday, January 25–February, 23, 10 am–12 pm PT, Online
Poetic Explorations: Cultivating Awareness in the Garden of the Senses

With Tess Taylor and Chikudo Catherine Spaeth
Saturday, February 1, 2–5 pm PT, Online
Cultivating the Body and Mind of Tranquility

Led by Shokuchi Deirdre Carrigan
Eight Sundays, January 26–March 16, 10–11:30 am PT, Online

Calendar

 

Monday, Jan 20, 2025
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 1/20
Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025
Start Time Location Event
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 1/21
Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Livestream Dharma Talk: Sozan Michael McCord, Online/Onsite 1/22
Thursday, Jan 23, 2025
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 1/23
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, CC 1/23
Friday, Jan 24, 2025
Start Time Location Event
06:40 AM City Center Dogen's Birthday Ceremony, CC 1/24
Saturday, Jan 25, 2025
Start Time Location Event
08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, 1/25
10:00 AM Online Liberate Your Creativity: The 30-Day Art & Meditation Challenge, Online 1/25–2/23
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: Ryushin Paul Haller, Online/Onsite 1/25
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: Ryushin Paul Haller, Online/Onsite 1/25
02:00 PM Online Establishing the Path of Practice, Part One, Onsite/Online 1/25–3/20
02:00 PM City Center Establishing the Path of Practice, Part One, Onsite/Online 1/25–3/20
Sunday, Jan 26, 2025
Start Time Location Event
10:00 AM Online Cultivating the Body and Mind of Tranquility, Online 1/26–3/16
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am: No Dharma Talk, 1/26
Monday, Jan 27, 2025
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online 1/27
Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025
Start Time Location Event
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 1/28
Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025
Start Time Location Event
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am: No Dharma Talk – Residents Meeting 1/29
Thursday, Jan 30, 2025
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 1/30
Friday, Jan 31, 2025
Start Time Location Event
09:30 AM City Center Zazenkai with Ryushin Paul Haller, CC 1/31
09:30 AM City Center Zazenkai Series with Ryushin Paul Haller, CC 1/31–3/14
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025
Start Time Location Event
08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 2/1
08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, not meeting 2/1
09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen, GGF 2/1 – Sold out
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: TBD, Online/Onsite 2/1
11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 2/1
01:00 PM City Center Japanese Calligraphy Workshop, CC 2/1–2/2
02:00 PM Online Poetic Explorations: Cultivating Awareness in the Garden of the Senses, Online 2/1
07:30 PM City Center Snake Dreams-A Butoh Performance, CC 2/1
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025
Start Time Location Event
09:00 AM City Center Beginners' Half-Day Sitting, CC 2/2
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Youth & Family Program, GGF 2/2 – Sold out