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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henkel | Kokyo | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |||
| Hondorp | Eishun Anraku | Northhampton Center | MA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Rummé | Daigaku | St. Louis | MO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomas | Do-On Robert |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi |
| Guzy | Patricia Shingetsu | Woodland Hills | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
| Howard | Gregg | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind School | |
| Rizzetto | Diane | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boyd | Merle Kodo | Lincroft | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Manuel | Earthlyn | Soto Zen | |||||
| Leyshon | Jean | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Althouse | Robert Joshin | Oak Park | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Spencer | Rick |
Ermita Zen México (closed) |
Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| Burkett | Zentetsu Tim | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kempe | Karin | Denver | CO | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Martin | Sojun Diane | Evanston | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mocine | Mary | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Pratt | Myosho Baika Andrea | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cooper | Seiso | Montpelier | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Nelson | Julie Seido | Cambridge | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Christensen | Anna | NY | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Campbell | Chodo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Paley Ellison | Koshin | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum & Zen Peacemakers | |
| Martin | Laura | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| McMullen | Ejo | Eugene | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Costenbader | Amy Kisei | Columbus | OH | USA | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Goddard | Vanessa Zuisei | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | |||||
| Wolfer | Jikyo Cheryl | Olympia | WA | USA | Soto Zen school, Kasuryu Tetsumei lineage | Order of Ryokan | |
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Hartland | Kate | North Weymouth | MA | USA | Soto Zen, Korean Linji | ||
| Conover | Kodo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen, White Plum Asanga | ||
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Marko | Eve Myonen | Montague | MA | USA | Soto—White Plum Asanga | ||
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga |