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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For US use two letter abbreviation when searching (filtering) by State.
| Last Name | First Name | Center | City |
State |
Country | Lineage | Zen Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mocine | Mary | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Moore | Robert | Long Beach | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Pratt | Myosho Baika Andrea | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Griffith | Senshin Katherine | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Ân Giáo | Thích | Lucerne Valley | CA | USA | Lieu Quan lineage | ||
| Werner | Bobby Chowa | San Diego | CA | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Rafael | CA | 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 | |
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Fletcher | Charles Tenshin | Mountain Center | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Moncayo | Imo Denkei Raul | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Graef | Sunyana | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Hunsaker | Myoko Sara | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kwong | Jakusho | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Hawley | Kipp Ryodo | Los Angeles | CA | USA | White Plum Asangha | White Plum Asangha | |
| Rizzetto | Diane | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Kitzes | Bon Soeng Jeffrey | Berkeley | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Reed | Caitriona | Warner Springs | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Kaplan | Jill Kakushin | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Bishop | Mitra | San Marcos | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Spencer | Rick |
Ermita Zen México (closed) |
Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Sheehan | Peggy | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Kempe | Karin | Denver | CO | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Johnson Rudnick | Wendy | Denver | CO | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen |