Spotlight on SFZC Outreach
When Meeting Trauma and Stress, Finding Balance Is a Natural Thing: An Interview with Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Jane Lazar
by Jay Pennington Fight, flight or freeze? When it comes to handling stress, at the most basic level I have more in common with a wild animal than I...
Jeff Broadbent, Sociology Professor and Environmental Activist, Speaks Aug 19
Way-Seeking Mind: Lay Wanderings in East/West Heart/Mind Scapes A talk by Jeff Broadbent in the City Center dining room (free; by donation) Tuesday,...
Excerpt from Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Slide Show
Meeting Conflict with Compassion: An Interview with Jisho Lisa Hoffman
by Jay Pennington, Sangha News editor A coach, consultant and Zen priest, Lisa Hoffman has had 25 years of experience guiding the leadership of...
Local Zen: Places to Practice in San Francisco
Having featured Branching Streams sangha profiles for four affiliated member groups in far-flung locations over the past several months, Sangha News...
Exploring the Inner and Outer Worlds through Zen, Photography and Hiking at Green Gulch
Slideshow
Writing from the Senses, at Green Gulch Farm
Excerpt from the book
One Who Stayed: An Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman
by Sachico Ohanks, SFZC Program Communications Coordinator Listening to Sojun Mel Weitsman recall his experience as Suzuki Roshi’s student is the...