Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings Establishing the Path of Practice, Part One With Ryushin Paul Haller and other teachersSaturday, January 25–Thursday, March 20, Online and Onsite (City 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 McCordSunday, 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 HillyardSix mondays, February 3–March 17, 7:15–8:45 pm, City Center Beginners' Tea Series With Meiya Wender and other senior studentsSundays, February 9–April 27, 1–3 pm, Green Gulch Farm Teahouse Green Gulch Farm Spring Practice Period: The Jewel Mirror Samadhi Led by Kokyo HenkelFebruary 26–April 8, 2025, Green Gulch Farm Featured Online Offerings Liberate Your Creativity: The 30-Day Art & Meditation Challenge Led by Suiko Betsy McCallFour 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 SpaethSaturday, February 1, 2–5 pm PT, Online Cultivating the Body and Mind of Tranquility Led by Shokuchi Deirdre CarriganEight Sundays, January 26–March 16, 10–11:30 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 Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Harmony Within and Beyond: Cultivating Wellbeing and Wholeness, ZMC 6/24–6/29 Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Embodied Joy and Ease: A Zen And Yoga Retreat, ZMC 5/13–5/18 – Sold out Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Easy as Breathing: Wild Heart Writing for Women, ZMC 8/12–8/17 04:00 PM Tassajara The Path to Wholeness, ZMC 8/12–8/17 Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Genzo-e Retreat on Dogen's "Beyond Buddha", ZMC 7/22–7/27 Tuesday, Aug 26, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Step Into Your Life: A Zen Inspired Retreat, ZMC 8/26–8/31 Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara The Practice of Liberation and Awakening, ZMC 6/10–6/15 Thursday, May 29, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Zen and Modern Leadership, ZMC 5/29–6/1 Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Being At Tassajara: Esselen Teachings, Zen Wisdom, and Ecological Knowledge, ZMC 4/30–5/4 – Sold out 04:00 PM Tassajara Swimming Dragon Daoist Walking Qigong, ZMC 4/30–5/4 Thursday, Sep 4, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Satori and Salutations: Opening to the Heart of Zen and Yoga, ZMC 9/4–9/7 Tuesday, Aug 5, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Becoming Yourself: Practicing Suzuki Roshi’s Teaching, ZMC 8/5–8/10 Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara True Body, True Self: Radical Presence Through Zen and Yoga, ZMC 5/7–5/11 – Sold out Tuesday, Jul 1, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara The Heart of Yoga and Zen, ZMC 7/1–7/6 – Sold out 04:00 PM Tassajara Easeful Body, Peaceful Mind: A 5-day Yoga and Zen Retreat ZMC, 7/1–7/6 Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Words Under the Words, ZMC 5/20–5/25 – Sold out Tuesday, Jul 8, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Tassajara Summer Family Program, ZMC 7/8–7/13 Tuesday, Jun 3, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara The Humor, Surprise and Sublime Wisdom of the Pang Family, ZMC 6/3–6/8 04:00 PM Tassajara Maintaining Lightness of Being in Heavy Times: A Zen and Yoga Retreat, ZMC 6/3–6/8 Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Cultivating Bodhisattva Virtues: The Perfections as a Path to Living Fully, ZMC 7/29–8/3 Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Leaning into the Liminal: Cultivating Resilience Through Buddhist Practice, ZMC 7/15–7/20 Saturday, Mar 15, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 3/15 Saturday, Feb 1, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 01:00 PM City Center Japanese Calligraphy Workshop, CC 2/1–2/2 Saturday, Feb 22, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, 2/22 Saturday, Jul 5, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, 7/5 Thursday, May 22, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, CC 5/22 Saturday, Jan 25, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: Ryushin Paul Haller, Online/Onsite 1/25 Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 05:40 AM City Center Three-Day Sesshin, CC 3/27–3/29 Tuesday, Mar 18, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 3/18 Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 Start Time Location Sort descending Event 05:40 AM City Center Saturday One-Day Sitting, CC 3/29 More Events
