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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Zimmerman | Michael Mugaku | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zimmerman | Tenzen David | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Wrightson | Amala | Auckland | NZ | New Zealand | Kapleau line | Integral Zen | |
| Wolff | John Gendo | Ludington | MI | USA | Hakuun Taizan Maezumi, Daiosho | White Plum Asanga | |
| Winecoff | Shoken | Decorah | IA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Werner | Bobby Chowa | San Diego | CA | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Weik | Jay | Toledo | OH | USA | Harada Yasutani/Soto Zen | ||
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Voelkel | Mako | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Vardi | Eran | Wyckoff | NJ | USA | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum Asanga | |
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Trussell | Larry | Clatskanie, Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Treace | Bonnie Myotai | Garrison | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Tisdale | Sallie Jiko | Portland | OR | USA | Dharma Cloud Order | ||
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York, La Paz | NY | USA, Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Thomas | Do-On Robert | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi | |
| Thach | Andrea | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki/Sojun Weitsman | |
| Terris | Abby | Corvallis | OR | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Syverson | Margaret Bushin Koan | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Sweger | Teshin Matthew | Pittsboro | NC | USA | Harada-Yasutani / Soto | ||
| Strong | Nona | USA | Sanbo Zen | Empty Cloud | |||
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Spencer | Rick |
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Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera, Helena | CA, MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Siebert | Sara Jisho | Ames | IA | USA | Disciple of Rev. Gengo Akiba | Soto Zen | |
| Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Shrobe | Wu Kwang Richard | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um Zen School | |
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Sheehan | Peggy | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Seidenberg | Kenzan | East Calais | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Schneider | Jane | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schneider | Peter | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Salzberg | Jogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen |