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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Cain | Christopher | Vashon | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Burnett | Nomon Tim | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Carlson | Gyokuko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bennage | P. Dai-En | Pennsdale | PA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Sweger | Teshin Matthew | Pittsboro | NC | USA | Harada-Yasutani / Soto | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Alexander | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kennedy | Robert | White Plains | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Asheville | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Werner | Bobby Chowa | San Diego | CA | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Henderson | Taigen | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Spencer | Rick |
Ermita Zen México (closed) |
Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| Burk | Domyo | Portland | OR | USA | Dharma Cloud lineage | ||
| Geiman | Shodhin | Evanston | IL | USA | Kapleau Line | ||
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Leyshon | Jean | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Shelburne | VT | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Trussell | Larry | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schneider | Jane | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Livingston Manor | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Bishop | Mitra | Ojo Sarco | NM | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Bunce | Renshin | Eureka | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bland | Tony | Starkville | MS | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Rummé | Daigaku | St. Louis | MO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Chozen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Malagodi | Daishin Alfredo | Rome | ITALY | ITALY | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Campbell | Chodo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Habito | Ruben | Dallas | TX | USA | Sambo Kyodan | ||
| Nelson | Julie Seido | Cambridge | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mammoser | Seiju Bob | Albuquerque | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen |