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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong | Nona | USA | Sanbo Zen | Empty Cloud | |||
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Goddard | Vanessa Zuisei | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | |||||
| Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
| Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Briggs | Barry | Bisbee | AZ | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Dorsey | Dan | Tucson | AZ | USA | Diamond Sangha | Soto/Rinzai blend | |
| Godfrey | Eshin John | Vancouver | BC | Canada | LinChi | Rinzai-ji of Myoshin-ji | |
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Moncayo | Imo Denkei Raul | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Pratt | Myosho Baika Andrea | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ford | James | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Werner | Bobby Chowa | San Diego | CA | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kaplan | Jill Kakushin | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera, Helena | CA, MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cabotaje | Alice | San Mateo | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Zimmerman | Tenzen David | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Kaye | Les | Mountain View | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hunsaker | Myoko Sara | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Nakao | Wendy Egyoku | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Lineage(s) ZEN; WHITE PLUM SANGHA; ZEN PEACEMAKERS | |
| Merrill | Misha Shungen | Woodside | CA | USA | Suzuki Roshi | ||
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Griffith | Senshin Katherine | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Henkel | Kokyo | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bassis | Kinrei | Albany | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schneider | Jane | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moore | Robert | Long Beach | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bartholomew | Tom Chigen | Redlands | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fletcher | Charles Tenshin | Mountain Center | CA | USA | Soto Zen |