2026 Bay Area Sesshin

Everyday Zen Foundation's annual Bay Area Sesshin returns to Villa Maria del Mar in Santa Cruz, a retreat center overlooking Monterey Bay. The center offers both in-person and online participation via Zoom, making this a genuine hybrid event — not a livestream of an in-person retreat, but two parallel formats with the same teachers and schedule.

Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Shuso Ryú Gen Myō Ei Tracy Grubbs lead the six days. The center has not yet published details about the daily schedule, sitting periods, dokusan availability, meals, or what the online participation will include beyond Zoom access. For specifics on practice structure, lodging, or what to expect as a new participant, contact the center directly.

In-person registration opens in two phases: February 21 for participants in the current Practice Period, March 7 for everyone else. In-person registration closes March 21. Online registration opens April 18. Pricing has not yet been published.