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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
Saturday One-Day Sitting

With Gengyoku Tim Wicks
Saturday, August 15, 5:40 am–6 pm, City Center
Caregivers' Sitting

 With Ellen Simpson
Sunday, August 16, 9 am–1 pm, City Center
 
Four Day Sesshin

With Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Wednesday, August 26—Sunday, August 30, Green Gulch Farm

 Please register by August 19.
Deep Rest In Zen And Yoga: Learning To Let Go And Be Upright

With Shokuchi Deirdre Carrigan
Thursday, August 20—Sunday, August 23, City Center 
 
Lotus reflection
Beginners' Half-Day Sitting

Sunday, August 23, 9 am–1 pm, City Center
Zen Sin Fronteras Bodhisattva Initiation Ceremony

Saturday, August 29, 3—6 pm, City Center
 
Featured Online Offerings
Being Human in the Age of AI

With Sozan Michael McCord
Thursday, August 20—Thursday, September 10, 6–7:30 pm, PT, Online
 
Dancing in the Dark Fields of Illness & Pain

With Zenshin Florence Caplow
Six Saturdays, August 22—October 3, 1–2:30 pm PT
Class does not meet on September 12

 
Awaken Self-Compassion Through Art Journaling

With Lea Seigen Shinraku
Four Tuesdays, September 8–29, 10–11:30 am PT, Online
 

Calendar

 

Thursday, Aug 13, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 8/13
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 8/13
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Sangha (Community) Night, CC 8/13
Friday, Aug 14, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 8/14
Saturday, Aug 15, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:40 AM City Center Saturday One-Day Sitting, CC 8/15
09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Saturday One-Day Sitting, GGF 8/15 – Waitlist Only
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Gengyoku Tim Wicks, Livestream/Onsite 8/15
07:30 PM Other 100 Light Years of Solitude, Butoh Performance, at Yugen Theatre, 8/15 – Waitlist Only
Sunday, Aug 16, 2026
Start Time Location Event
09:00 AM City Center Caregivers' Sitting, CC 8/16
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Sessei Meg McNeil (Levie), Livestream/Onsite 8/16
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 8/16
Monday, Aug 17, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 8/17
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 8/18
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara True Body, True Self: Zen and Yoga, ZMC 8/19–8/23
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Ellen Simpson, Livestream/Onsite 8/19
Thursday, Aug 20, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM City Center Deep Rest In Zen And Yoga: Learning To Let Go And Be Upright, CC 8/20–8/23
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 8/20
06:00 PM Online Being Human in the Age of AI, Online 8/20–9/10
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 8/20
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, BIPOC Night, CC 8/20
Friday, Aug 21, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 8/21
Saturday, Aug 22, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 8/22
08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 8/22
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk & Livestream: Ryushin Paul Haller, CC 8/22
11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 8/22
01:00 PM Online Dancing in the Dark Fields of Illness & Pain, Online 8/22–10/3
Sunday, Aug 23, 2026
Start Time Location Event
09:00 AM City Center Beginners' Half-Day Sitting, CC 8/23
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, Livestream/Onsite 8/23
01:30 PM Green Gulch Farm Sunday Tea Gathering, GGF 8/23 – Waitlist Only
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 8/23