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
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
Anderson Tenshin Reb Carmel Valley CA USA Soto Zen
Haller Ryushin Paul Barrington, San Francisco IL, CA USA Soto Zen
Fletcher Charles Tenshin Mountain Center CA USA Soto Zen
Tarrant John Santa Rosa CA USA Pacific Zen School Pacific Zen Institute
Mocine Mary Vallejo, Pleasant Hill CA USA Soto Zen Suzuki-roshi lineage
Thomas Do-On Robert San Francisco CA USA Soto Zen Suzuki Roshi
Kinst Daijaku Judith Santa Cruz CA USA Soto Zen Suzuki-roshi lineage
Bunce Renshin Eureka CA USA Soto Zen
Weinstein David Oakland CA USA Pacific Zen School
Rizzetto Diane Oakland CA USA Soto Zen White Plum Asanga
Bobrow Joseph San Francisco CA USA Diamond Sangha
Schneider Peter Northridge CA USA Soto Zen Shunryu Suzuki lineage
Reichert Tom Dharma-Joy Los Angeles CA USA Soto/White Plum Asanga
Kitzes Bon Soeng Jeffrey Berkeley CA USA Korean Chogye Kwanum Zen School
Cutts Jiko Linda Ruth Muir Beach, Carmel Valley CA USA Soto Zen Shunryu Suzuki Lineage
Guzy Patricia Shingetsu Woodland Hills CA USA Soto Zen White Plum Sangha
Rutschman Hondo Dave Berkeley CA USA Suzuki-roshi lineage Soto Zen
Fischer Zoketsu Norman Muir Beach CA USA Soto Zen
Saunders Anne Seisen National City CA USA Soto Zen
Schireson Grace North Fork CA USA Soto Zen Suzuki-roshi lineage
Leighton Taigen Dan Chicago, San Francisco, Bolinas, San Rafael IL, CA USA Soto Zen
Silberberg Daniel Doen San Francisco CA USA Soto Zen Maezumi Roshi
Manuel Zenju Earthlyn San Francisco CA USA Soto Zen
Bloodgood Mark Shōgen Los Osos CA USA Soto White Plum Asanga
Brown Chōbun Nenzen Pamela Los Gatos CA USA Phoenix Cloud Lineage
Emerson Dōjin Sarah Sebastopol CA USA Soto Zen Suzuki lineage
Kwong Jakusho Santa Rosa CA USA Soto Zen
Spencer Rick
  • Ermita Zen México (closed)

Mexico City CDMX Mexico Soto Zen
Morgareidge Kenneth R. Denver CO USA Diamond Sangha
Sheehan Peggy Denver CO USA Diamond Sangha
Kempe Karin Denver CO USA Soto Zen White Plum Asangha
Johnson Rudnick Wendy Denver CO USA Vietnamese Order of Interbeing
Henry Danan Denver CO USA Kapleau line
Wick Gerry Shishin Lafayette CO USA Soto Zen
Kanko Kritee Boulder CO USA Rinzai Cold Mountain Zen
Shumnan Jane Genshin Old Greenwich CT USA Soto Zen
Philips Douglas West Cornwall CT USA Soto Zen
Foster Nelson North San Juan, New England Area CA, MA, CT USA Diamond Sangha Diamond Sangha
Ponce-Barger Inryu Bobbi Washington DC USA Soto Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Bertelsen Choan (Denko) 7470 Karup J. Denmark Denmark Rinzai Zen
Rapaport Al Fusho Melbourne FL USA Soto Zen White Plum
Lewis Zenrin Jacksonville FL USA Rinzai Zen
Gallagher Genjo Palm Bay FL USA Soto and Rinzai White Plum Lineage
Kieran Michael Honolulu HI USA Harada-Yasutani Diamond Sangha
Ratliffe Kathy Honolulu HI USA Harada/Yasutani school Diamond Sangha
Kotler Arnold Paia HI USA Vietnamese Order of Interbeing

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