Saturday One-Day Sitting, City Center 10/3

This is a one-day sitting at San Francisco Zen Center's City Center: a full day of traditional Soto Zen practice built around zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation between sitting periods), and meals taken in oryoki form — the formal meal practice using a wrapped set of bowls, drawn from Soto monastic training. The listing describes the day as structured practice but doesn't publish a period-by-period schedule.

The deciding detail for most people will be the prerequisite: SFZC requires prior experience with its half-day sittings plus zendo forms instruction. In other words, this is not a sitting for first-time retreatants — the center expects participants to arrive already familiar with its zendo forms. If you haven't sat at SFZC, the half-day sittings and forms instruction are the stated entry points.

No lead teacher is named in the listing, and details like start and end times aren't included in the material provided. The listed fee is $73. Check the SFZC registration page or contact the center for the day's timetable and anything you need to bring.