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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmerman | Tenzen David | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago, San Francisco, Bolinas, San Rafael | IL, CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Cabotaje | Alice | San Mateo | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago, San Francisco, Bolinas, San Rafael | IL, CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Parekh | Neti | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Roen | Kodo Noah | Santa Fe | NM | USA | White Plum Asanga | Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order | |
| Halifax | Joan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kwong | Jakusho | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Duffy | Jack | Seattle | WA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Shelburne | VT | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Ragir | Byakuren Judith | St Paul | MN | USA | Soto Zen | Katagiri-roshi lineage | |
| Rummé | Daigaku | St. Louis | MO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bland | Tony | Starkville | MS | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Weik | Jay | Toledo | OH | USA | Harada Yasutani/Soto Zen | ||
| Henderson | Taigen | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
| Pineda | Nenates | Toronto | OT | Canada | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Dorsey | Dan | Tucson | AZ | USA | Diamond Sangha | Soto/Rinzai blend | |
| Mason | Michael | Tulsa | OK | USA | Harada-Yasutani | ||
| Mocine | Mary | Vallejo, Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Godfrey | Eshin John | Vancouver | BC | Canada | LinChi | Rinzai-ji of Myoshin-ji | |
| Cain | Christopher | Vashon | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Reed | Caitriona | Warner Springs | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Jaeckel | Dokuro | Watertown | MA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji | |
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kennedy | Robert | Jersey City, White Plains | NJ, NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Field | Gendo Allyn | White River Junction | VT | USA | Rinzai Zen | Joshu Sasaki | |
| Guzy | Patricia Shingetsu | Woodland Hills | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
| Kaplan | Jill Kakushin | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Merrill | Misha Shungen | Woodside | CA | USA | Suzuki Roshi | ||
| Rynick | David Dae An | Worcester | MA | USA | Rinzai/Soto | Single Flower Lineage | |
| Blacker | Melissa Myozen | Worcester | MA | USA | Soto/Rinzai |