
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:
- 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:
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.
