Weekly Sittings in Fairfax. Tuesday mornings, 7:00 - 8:30 am (sitting meditation, service, Dharma talk). Wednesdays Evenings, 7:30 - 9:00 pm (sitting and walking meditation, and Dharma talk) (except when Edward is out of town). Call 415-485-5257. (Classes currently closed.)

Saturday Sittings at Green Gulch Farm, Marin County, 9 am - 5 pm. Sitting and walking meditation, yoga (chi gung), talks, instruction, discussion, and lunch. Beginning and experienced students welcome. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register. $25 to Green Gulch; a separate teaching donation (dana) is also requested. Remaining 2008 dates: July 5, August 9, September 6, October 11, November 1, December 13.

June 3-8. Scheibbs Meditation Center. Austria. Zen and Cooking Intensive. Contact bz.scheibbs@gmx.at..

June 10-17. Puregg, Austria. One Week Sesshin. Meditation Intensive with Chi Gung (and work period). Contact: Pepi at 00436649869754 (in Europe); from US, try 011-436649869754.

June 19-22. Zen Zentrum-Eisenbuch. Germany. Three-day retreat. How to Cook Your Life: Zen and Cooking. Contact: zen-zentrum.eisenbuch@t-online.de

July 5. Green Gulch Farm. One Day Sitting. Information above. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

July 12. Green Gulch Farm. Liberation Through Handwriting, 10am-4pm. Our strategies for advancing and protecting the self are expressed in our handwriting, as well as everywhere else. If you work on your handwriting, you will not be able to stick to your stuck ways of doing things. Guaranteed! Bring one or more pens. I’ll supply the paper. $75, $70 San Francisco Zen Center members, $65 limited income. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

July 13. Green Gulch Farm. Sunday Lecture. More information here.

July 18-20. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Liberation Through Handwriting. See above. Contact Tassajara at 415-865-1899; more information here.

July 20-25. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. How to Cook Your Life: A Meditation and Baking Retreat. Contact Tassajara at 415-865-1899; more information here.

July 25-27. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Health from the ground up. A retreat with Edward and Layna Berman on issues of health and healing. Contact Tassajara at 415-865-1899; more information here.

August 3-8. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Peaceful Sea Sangha Week at Tassajara. Guest practice and afternoon classes with Edward on "Suzuki Roshi and Not Always So." Contact Edward 415-485-5257 or ed@peacefulseasangha.com.

August 9. Green Gulch Farm. One Day Sitting. See information above. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

September 6. Green Gulch Farm. One Day Sitting. See information above. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

September 12-14. Tanglewood Camp, Lincolnville (mid-coast), Maine. Meditation Retreat, along with some yoga. Contact Melissa Hatch at 207-589-4591.

September 26-28. Toronto, Ontario. Meditation Retreat at the Esther Meyers Yoga Studio. Contact Monica Voss at 416-944-0838, ext. 2.

October 11. Green Gulch Farm. One Day Sitting. See information above. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

November 1. Green Gulch Farm. One Day Sitting. See information above. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

November 15. Green Gulch Farm. Liberation Through Handwriting. 10am-4pm. See information above. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

November 20-23. Green Gulch Farm. Residential Meditation Retreat. Sitting and walking meditation, chi gung, Dharma talks and discussion. More information coming soon--please check back.

December 13. Green Gulch Farm. One Day Sitting. See information above. Call Green Gulch at 415-383-3134 to register.

December 14. Green Gulch Farm. Sunday Lecture. Call 415-383-3134 for more information.