Episodes
![With Suzanne Suarez Hurley](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/suzanne-suarez_300x300.jpg)
5 days ago
With Suzanne Suarez Hurley
5 days ago
5 days ago
Suzanne Suarez Hurley heard Shunryu Suzuki give lectures in 1969 then joined Steve Gaskin as a founding member of the Farm in Tennessee. In 1975 she practiced with Dainin Katagiri in Minneapolis then headed back to SF to practice at the SF Zen Center with Richard Baker. With Baker's blessing she started a sitting group in Florida where she practiced law defending midwives. Through the years she has continued her connection to Zen and the Farm. She talks about all this and more in her podcast.
![With Guest David Weinstein](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/david-weinstein_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
With Guest David Weinstein
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
David Weinstein is the founding teacher of the Rockridge Meditation Community in Oakland, California. (See their Facebook page) He's a teacher in the Pacific Zen Institute and a therapist (check Psychology Today website "Find a therapist.") His spiritual journey started in a bar in Germany. His path led to Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran, India, Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and the Bay Area. Listen to his podcast and hear his story.
![With Guest Teresa Rivera](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/teresa-rivera_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
With Guest Teresa Rivera
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Teresa Rivera started reading books about Eastern religion while living in France. She liked them but they didn't tell her what to do, how to practice. She found what she wss looking for when she started sitting with Taisen Deshimaru's group in France. In 1973 she arrived at the San Francisco Zen Center. Before long she was living at Tassajara She practiced for years at Green Gulch and worked for years at the SFZC's Greens Restaurant all the while raising three kids. She just turned 90 and is living in a retirement home in San Diego. Here about all that and more in this podcast with her.
![With Guest Myphon Hunt](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/myphon-hunt_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
With Guest Myphon Hunt
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Myphon Hunt arrived at the San Francisco Zen Center in the early seventies after five years living at The Farm in Tennessee founded by Steve Gaskin. She's now living at the Enso Village retirement community in Healdsburg north of San Francisco along with other senior Zennies, Vipassana Buddhists, and Quakers. Along the way she spent some time in Dharamsala and Tibet, studying with Joshu Sasaki's group in LA and New Mexico, as well as other pursuits. Hear about that and more in this charming podcast visit with Myphon.
![With Guest Tim Ream](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/tim-ream_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
With Guest Tim Ream
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Tim Ream came to the SF Zen Center in the nineties. He has continued his Zen practice, alternating between practice periods and periods of environmental activism. He recently published a book Fallen Water: a Novel of Zen and Earth which has an alternate reality Tassajara and the surrounding wilderness as a setting. In this podcast he will talk about the book, his spiritual path and environmental activism and more.
![With Guest Cindy Beavon](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/cindy-beavon_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
With Guest Cindy Beavon
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Cindy Beavon came to the SFZC in 2007 going straight to Tassajara. She practiced at Zen Center until 2011 when she had an upsetting experience that made her feel unwelcome. She went back this year for the work interim and once again loved being there. She's a hospice nurse and a professional rock climber which became a deep and fulfilling practice for her. Hear all about it in this podcast with her.
![With Guest Marc Lesser](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/marc-lesser_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
With Guest Marc Lesser
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Marc Lesser came to the SFZC in 1974. After ten years with the ZC and being the director of Tassajara, he got an MBA, continued his Zen practice while working with and founding some noble businesses. He founded ZBA Associates to help companies, notably Google, with mindfulness and emotional intelligence training and consultation. He is co-chair of the SFZC Elders Council, is teacher at Mill Valley Zen (millvalleyzen.com). His latest book of five is Finding Clarity. To learn more check him out at marclesser.net and listen to this podcast with him.
![With Guest Jon Bernie](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/jon-bernie_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
With Guest Jon Bernie
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Jon Bernie came to the SF Zen Center in 1973 and practiced there for years. In this podcast he talks about his relationships with Richard Baker, Brother David Steindl Rast, Papaji (Punjaji), Adyashanti, Robert Adams, Mike Murphey of Esalen Inst., psychic Anne Armstrong, and others. He was an Alexander Technique therapist for years and now teaches Inspired Aliveness. His website is inspiredaliveness.com. Here about all this and more on his cuke podcast.
![With Guest Amber Hoadley](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/amber-hoadley_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 26, 2024
With Guest Amber Hoadley
Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
Amber Hoadley was the first baby at Tassajara in the Zen era. In this podcast she talks about growing up at Zen Center, mainly Green Gulch, and her parents, Kathy and Silas Hoadley who were a significant presence in Zen Center in those formative days. Amber also talks about her practice path and more. She will be hosting a memorial for Silas on Father's Day, June 16th from 3-7pm, at the Mostly Natives Nursery, 54 B St., Point Reyes Station, California.
![With Guest Dan Kaplan](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7831626/dan-kaplan_300x300.jpg)
Saturday May 18, 2024
With Guest Dan Kaplan
Saturday May 18, 2024
Saturday May 18, 2024
Dan Kaplan came to the SF Zen Center in the mid seventies and plugged away there for ten years. He still lives in the neighborhood and has been a student of David Weinstein in the Yamada/Aitkin lineage for years. He's a LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. In this podcast he talks about his spiritual and therapist life, Harry Roberts, Lama Govinda, and Vina Yoga too. His website is danielmkaplan.com