Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings Saturday In Person One Day Sitting Led by Lucy Xiao and Gengyoku Tim WicksSaturday, May 30, 5:40 am–6 pm, City Center EIJI HAPPO: The Eight Sacred Strokes of Calligraphy With Himiko (Tomoko Ide)Sunday, May 31, 10 am–4 pm, Green Gulch Farm Green Gulch Farm Welcome Day: Zen-a-thon 2026 Sunday, May 31, 1–4 pm, Green Gulch Farm Introductory Half-Day Sitting Saturday, June 6, 9 am–12 pm, Green Gulch FarmPlease register by Thursday, June 4, by 4 pm PT. Beginners' Half-Day Sitting Led by Dōshin Dan GudgelSunday, June 7, 9 am–1 pm, City Center Easy as Breathing: Wild Heart Writing for Women With Cynthia Cummins and Chikudo Catherine SpaethWednesday, June 10–Sunday, June 14, Green Gulch Farm Featured Online Offerings Three-Day Sesshin Led by Lucy Xiao and Gengyoku Tim WicksThursday, May 28–Saturday, May 30, 5:40 am–6 pm PT, Online The Practice of Balanced Living in Zen and Yoga: Part II With Shokuchi Deirdre CarriganFour Sundays, June 7–28, 9:30–11 am PT, Online Twining Vines: Buddhism and Recovery With Kirk Phillips and Shoshin Cynthia ZieglerSix Tuesdays, June 9–July 14, 6–7:30 pm 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 Friday, May 29, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 5/29 Saturday, May 30, 2026 Start Time Location Event 05:40 AM City Center Saturday In Person One-Day Sitting, CC 5/30 06:30 AM Online Saturday One-Day Sitting, Online 5/30 08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, not meeting 5/30 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道, Livestream/Onsite 5/30 04:00 PM Tassajara Radiant Awareness: Backpacking Journey to Tassajara, ZMC 5/30–6/4 Sunday, May 31, 2026 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Sokaku Kathie Fischer, Livestream/Onsite 5/31 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm EIJI HAPPO: The Eight Sacred Strokes of Calligraphy, GGF 5/31 01:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Green Gulch Farm Welcome Day: Zen-a-thon 2026, GGF 5/31 Monday, Jun 1, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 6/1 Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Heather Shōren Iarusso, Livestream/Onsite 6/20 04:00 PM Tassajara Small Mind, Big Mind: Meeting Yourself Where You Are, ZMC 6/2–6/4 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 6/2 Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, Livestream/Onsite 6/3 Thursday, Jun 4, 2026 Start Time Location Event 05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 6/4 07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 6/4 07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Buddha Night (Silent Meditation), CC 6/4 Friday, Jun 5, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 6/5 07:30 PM City Center NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SF Zen Center, CC 6/5 Saturday, Jun 6, 2026 Start Time Location Event 08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 6/6 08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 6/6 09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Introductory Half-Day Sitting, GGF 6/6 09:00 AM City Center Transforming Depression and Anxiety, CC 6/6 – Canceled 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Ryotan Cynthia Kear, Livestream/Onsite 6/6 11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 6/6 Sunday, Jun 7, 2026 Start Time Location Event 09:00 AM City Center Beginners' Half-Day Sitting, CC 6/7 09:30 AM Online The Practice of Balanced Living in Zen and Yoga: Part II, Online 6/7–6/28 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, Livestream/Onsite 6/7 Monday, Jun 8, 2026 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 6/8 Tuesday, Jun 9, 2026 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM Online Awaken Self-Compassion Through Art Journaling, Online 6/9–6/30 More Events