Tassajara

Guest Season & Reservations
Tassajara is closed for the Summer 2023 Guest Season.
Tassajara is a natural hot springs located in a remote valley in the heart of the Ventana Wilderness in California. It was founded in 1967 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi as Zenshinji (Zen Heart-Mind Temple). Tassajara is a Zen training temple that offers intensive practice periods in the fall and winter.
Tassajara will be open in the following ways for Zen practice in 2023:
For residential and apprenticeship programs at all three SFZC locations, see our Live the Temple Life page.
The Summer Guest Season of past years will be closed in 2023 and Tassajara will not be operating as a guest and retreat center for this summer.