All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen

A single-day sesshin at Green Gulch Farm, SFZC's rural practice site in Marin County. This is structured like a full residential sesshin compressed into one day: multiple zazen periods, silent oryoki (formal meal practice), a Dharma talk with discussion, and dokusan (individual meetings with a teacher).

Zoketsu Norman Fischer is the founding teacher of Everyday Zen, a lineage within Soto Zen that emerged in the 1980s, emphasizing practice in ordinary life alongside formal meditation. Fischer has taught for decades and brings both depth and accessibility to instruction. Senior teachers from the Everyday Zen network co-lead, so you'll sit in a community context, not one-on-one instruction.

Green Gulch Farm is a working organic farm in a valley above Muir Beach—the setting matters. The day will likely start before dawn and run into evening. Come prepared to sit still for multiple 30 or 40-minute periods. Oryoki (eating in formal silence using bowls you bring to your mat) is part of the practice, not incidental. If you've never done it, arrive early to ask for a brief orientation.