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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | La Paz | Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Manuel | Earthlyn | Soto Zen | |||||
| Henkel | Kokyo | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |||
| Goddard | Vanessa Zuisei | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | |||||
| Strong | Nona | USA | Sanbo Zen | Empty Cloud | |||
| 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 | |
| Godfrey | Eshin John | Vancouver | BC | Canada | LinChi | Rinzai-ji of Myoshin-ji | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Guzy | Patricia Shingetsu | Woodland Hills | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
| Graef | Sunyana | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Pratt | Myosho Baika Andrea | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | 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 |
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Reed | Caitriona | Warner Springs | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Bassis | Kinrei | Albany | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Weitsman | Sojun Mel | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Senauke | Alan | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moncayo | Imo Denkei Raul | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bobrow | Joseph | San Francisco | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Merrill | Misha Shungen | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kaplan | Jill Kakushin | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Mocine | Mary | Vallejo | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Rafael | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bishop | Mitra | San Marcos | CA | USA | Kapleau line |