Mid City Zen | New Orleans

Please join us for our Spring 2026 Practice Period:

"Instructions for the Cook: Cultivating the Three Minds of the Tenzo"

March 1 - April 5, 2026 | Learn more and register here

Current Schedule

Sunday Morning Program (every week but first Sunday)

Sunday service and zazen
- 8:45-9:25am: Introduction and Zazen Instruction (offered only second and fourth Sunday of the month.)
- 9:30am Robe Chant immediately followed by the bells for zazen
- 9:30-10:00am Zazen
- 10:00-10:10am Kinhin (walking meditation)
- 10:10-10:40am Zazen
- 10:45am Chanting Service
- 11am - 11:30am Dharma talks, Way Seeking Mind talks, Board Meeting, Study Group or Community Gathering
- 11:45am - 11:55am Soji (mindful cleaning)

First Sundays of the month are half day sittings, schedule is below (see more info and links at the Virtual Zendo):
- 7:50am start han, call to sitting
- 8:00-8:40 zazen.
- 10 minutes kinhin (walking meditation).
- 8:50-9:20 zazen.
- 10 minutes kinhin.
- 9:30-10 zazen.
- 10 minutes kinhin.
- 10:10-10:40 zazen
- 10 minutes of kinhin.
- 10:50-11:20 zazen.
- 10 minutes kinhin.
- 11:30-45 zazen.
- 11:45 close with refuge prayer

Regular Weekday Meditation Schedule:

Tuesday and Thursday Evenings:

6:30 - 7pm Zazen

Please be in your seat before 6:28pm. You can attend in person, or via Zoom. If joining online, click the link a few minutes early and sit together (the han wooden bell starts at 6:20pm). The doan will ring 3 bells to begin and 1 to end. We will close with the refuge prayer (see the weekday chant card)

Wednesday Mornings:
8am - 8:35am Zazen

Please be in your seat before 7:58am. You can attend in person, or via Zoom. If joining online, click the link a few minutes early and sit together (the han wooden bell starts at 7:50am). The doan will ring 3 bells to begin and 1 to end. We will close with the refuge prayer (see the weekday chant card)

Ceasefire Sits, Friday Mornings:

8am - 8:30 Zazen

8:30 - 8:35 Loving Kindness Chant

Support and join us in our commitment to non-violence in ourselves and the world. We will sit zazen (meditation) and practice loving kindness, dedicated to a lasting ceasefire in Palestine/Israel. All are welcome.

Sober Zen:

First and Third Thursday of the Month 7:15 - 8:15pm

Sober Zen is a discussion group about sobriety, meditation, and mindfulness and how they can support each other. All are welcome. No meditation experience is necessary.