This is a list of active members of AZTA and where they teach.
Please be aware that not every authorized Zen teacher is a member of AZTA.
The table is sorted by Last Name
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| Last Name |
First Name |
Center | City | State | Country | Lineage | Zen Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Burkett | Zentetsu Tim | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Lewis | Zenrin | Jacksonville | FL | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Shrobe | Wu Kwang Richard | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um Zen School | |
| Nakao | Wendy Egyoku | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Lineage(s) ZEN; WHITE PLUM SANGHA; ZEN PEACEMAKERS | |
| Johnson Rudnick | Wendy | Denver | CO | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Goddard | Vanessa Zuisei | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | |||||
| Forstman | Valerie | Dallas | TX | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Dung | Tran Minh |
Maple Village |
LS Brossard | PQ | Canada | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing |
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bland | Tony | Starkville | MS | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga | ||
| Bartholomew | Tom Chigen | Redlands | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Nguyen | Thu | Oakton | VA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Pastor | Thomas | Las Vegas | NV | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Ân Giáo | Thích | Lucerne Valley | CA | USA | Lieu Quan lineage | ||
| Sweger | Teshin Matthew | Pittsboro | NC | USA | Harada-Yasutani / Soto | ||
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ruff | Tenku | Beacon | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Harada / Ban | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Knoxville | TN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Asheville | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Alexander | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Charlotte | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Rafael | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Henderson | Taigen | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Rainwater | Sylvan | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud | |
| Andersen | Susan Myoyu | Monroe | WI | USA | White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Postal | Susan Ji-on | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Graef | Sunyana | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Shelburne | VT | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Kjolhede | Sunya | Alexander | NC | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Martin | Sojun Diane | Evanston | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | La Paz | Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York | NY | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Child | Simon | London | n/a | UK | Linji-Caodong | Dharma Drum | |
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Winecoff | Shoken | Decorah | IA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Geiman | Shodhin | Evanston | IL | USA | Kapleau Line | ||
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage |