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    Teah Strozer is a Zen priest and dharma teacher in the Soto Zen tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She has been practicing meditation since 1967 and has also studied under Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dainin Katagiri Roshi. Teah lived at Tassajara Monastery for 11 years and was the head of practice at San Francisco Zen Center, where she now teaches primarily. Currently, she is also the Chaplain for the Bay School of San Francisco and leads retreat programs for teenagers.


    Zen priest, dharma teacher, and poet, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, has spent almost 30 years at San Francisco Zen Center, having held many senior positions, including abbot and director. Norman currently heads the Everyday Zen Foundation and offers teaching to many sanghas across the country. Among his numerous publications, Norman has written nine volumes of poetry as well as Opening to You: A Zen-inspired Translation of the Psalms and Taking our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, which is based on his work mentoring young people


    Reb Anderson, Tenshin Roshi is a lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition. Born in Mississipi, he grew up in Minnesota and left advanced study in mathematics and Western psychology to come to San Francisco Zen Center in 1967. He practiced with Suzuki Roshi, who ordained him as a priest in 1970 and gave him the name Tenshin Zenki (“Naturally Real, The Whole Works”). He received dharma transmission in 1983 and served as abbot of San Francisco Zen Center’s three training centers (City Center, Green Gulch Farm and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center) from 1986 to 1995. Tenshin Roshi continues to teach at Zen Center, living with his family at Green Gulch Farm. He is author of Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains: Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation and Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts.