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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
All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen

With Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers
Saturday, August 8, 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Green Gulch Farm

Please register by 12:00 pm PT on August 7
 
NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SFZC

With Christopher Gallagher and Kevin Starbard
Friday August 7, 7:30–9 pm, City Center
Saturday One-Day Sitting

With Gengyoku Tim Wicks
Saturday, August 15, 5:40 am–6 pm, City Center
Beginners' Half-Day Sitting

Sunday, August 23, 9 am–1 pm, City Center
Building and Embodying a Compassion-Based Life: A Meditation in Recovery Daylong Retreat

With Koshin Steven Tierney
Sunday, August 9, 9 am–4 pm, City Center
 
The Reset Retreat: Bringing the Joy of Dharma to Your Work and Life

With Sessei Meg McNeil (Levie), Spencer Sherman and Sarah Jenness

Wednesday, August 12—Friday, August 14, Green Gulch Farm
 
Featured Online Offerings
Suzuki Roshi’s Koan Commentaries with Abbot Jiryu

With Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Four Mondays, August 10—31, 5–6:15 pm PT 
 
Transforming Karma

With Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman
Two Tuesdays, August 4–11, 5:30 pm–7:30 pm PT, Online.
 
Being Human in the Age of AI

With Sozan Michael McCord
Thursday, August 20—Thursday, September 10, 6–7:30 pm, PT, Online
 

Calendar

 

Sunday, Aug 9, 2026
Start Time Location Event
09:00 AM City Center Building and Embodying a Compassion-Based Life: A Meditation in Recovery Daylong Retreat, CC 8/9
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Kika Hellein, Livestream/Onsite 8/9
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 8/9
Monday, Aug 10, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:00 PM Online Suzuki Roshi’s Koan Commentaries with Abbot Jiryu, Online 8/10–8/31
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 8/10
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara How Does My Love for Life Want to Express Itself? A Sensory Awareness Workshop, ZMC 8/11–8/16
04:00 PM Tassajara Deep Rest in Zen and Yoga: Learning to Let Go, ZMC 8/11–8/16
04:00 PM Tassajara Returning To Now-Sangha Week, ZMC 8/11–8/16 – Waitlist Only
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 8/11
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026
Start Time Location Event
01:30 PM Green Gulch Farm The Reset Retreat: Bringing the Joy of Dharma to Your Work and Life, GGF 8/12–8/14
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Dan Zigmond, Livestream/Onsite 8/12
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 – Waitlist Only
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