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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Merrill | Misha Shungen | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bunce | Renshin | Eureka | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Schneider | Jane | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Parekh | Neti | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Tenzen | Myozan | San Francisco, | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | 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 | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schneider | Peter | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga | ||
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Bobrow | Joseph | San Francisco | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kaye | Les | Mountain View | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Nakao | Wendy Egyoku | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Lineage(s) ZEN; WHITE PLUM SANGHA; ZEN PEACEMAKERS | |
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Spencer | Rick |
Ermita Zen México (closed) |
Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| Kempe | Karin | Denver | CO | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Johnson Rudnick | Wendy | Denver | CO | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Sheehan | Peggy | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen |