Awakening in the Twilight Years
The Beyond Measure School for Contemplative Care
The mission of Beyond Measure School for Contemplative Care is to foster awakening, dignity, and harmony in the twilight years of life through engagement with contemplative practices. Beyond Measure is a collaboration between Jennifer Block, the former Education Director at Zen Hospice Project, and the San Francisco Zen Center.
50-Year Alumni Gathering at Tassajara
Just before guest season opened, 59 SFZC alumni gathered to participate in a four-day retreat. The schedule included morning zazen and service with the resident community and free time for hiking, yoga, bathing and pure enjoyment of Tassajara.
Vital and Productive
Zen and the Science of Meditation
Surrounded by the beauty of nature, Tassajara is an ideal place to drop the excessive concerns of city life and dive deep into contemplative practices.
Joyful Ease: Your Own True Body
Patricia Sullivan and Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts will be leading two Tassajara retreats this summer. Join them in June or August to awaken a sense of fully embodied joy and ease through yoga asana, breath, and Zen meditation.
Congratulations to Green Gulch Shuso
On Monday, April 9, Green Gulch celebrated the Shuso Ceremony of Reirin Gumbel.
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Being & Becoming
A Yoga and Zen Retreat
Join us as we bridge the gap between the effort of becoming and the ease of being.
Breakaway Cooking with Tea
Discover and explore an entirely different culinary universe through the lens of fine teas with Eric Gower and Ikushin Dana Velden.
Eric and Dana lead Breakaway Cooking with Tea, a Tassajara retreat, from May 31 – June 3. A few words on the unique experience from Eric are below.
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The Well Fed Woman
An Interview with Rachel W. Cole
The Well Fed Woman
Rachel W. Cole, a certified life coach (CPCC) with a Master’s in Holistic Health Education, and Ikushin Dana Velden, a student of former abbot Ryushin Paul Haller, will team up this June to lead The Well Fed Woman, a four-day retreat at Tassajara. Read more





