Welcome to Mid City Zen

Please join us for our Spring 2026 Practice Period

March 1 – April 5, 2026

“Instructions for the Cook: Cultivating the Three Minds of the Tenzo”

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:

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:

Every Thursday 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.