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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Field | Gendo Allyn | White River Junction | VT | USA | Rinzai Zen | Joshu Sasaki | |
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Karnegis | Hoko | Bloomington | IN | USA | Soto Zen | Sotoshu | |
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kjolhede | Sunya | Alexander | NC | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Nail | Lee Ann Kanren-An | Salem | OR | USA | Harada Yasutani | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Foster | Nelson | New England Area | New England Area | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Cortes | Helen | Dallas | TX | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga | ||
| Sheehan | Peggy | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Burkett | Zentetsu Tim | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kieran | Michael | Honolulu | HI | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Diamond Sangha | |
| Abels | Jiryu Janet | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Martin | Rafe | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Rainwater | Sylvan | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud | |
| Collins | Richard | New Orleans | LA | USA | Deshimaru | ||
| Fletcher | Charles Tenshin | Mountain Center | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Phelan | Pat | Chapel Hill | NC | USA | Shunryu Suzuki | ||
| Roitman | Judy | Lawrence | KS | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Krahl | Etsudo Patty | Ashland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi lineage | |
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Trussell | Larry | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Salzberg | Jogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Winecoff | Shoken | Decorah | IA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kowal | Dhara | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Lewis | Zenrin | Jacksonville | FL | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Schneider | Peter | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Treace | Bonnie Myotai | Garrison | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Haller | Ryushin Paul | Barrington | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Brown | Chōbun Nenzen Pamela | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Phoenix Cloud Lineage | ||
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Mocine | Mary | Vallejo | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| 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 | |
| Cain | Christopher | Vashon | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Lawlor | Jack | Evanston | IL | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Rynick | David DaeAn | Worcester | MA | USA | Korean Rinzai | Single Flower 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 |