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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| 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 | |
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomas | Do-On Robert | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| 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 | |
| Schneider | Peter | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga | ||
| Kitzes | Bon Soeng Jeffrey | Berkeley | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Spencer | Rick |
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Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Gallagher | Genjo | Palm Bay | FL | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Lewis | Zenrin | Jacksonville | FL | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| 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 |