Emerald City Zendo is centered in the practice of meditation. We also offer hospitality, charity and simple products—offered straight without show.
All is given with plain kindness and compassion without decoration.

We run a down-to-earth zendo for straight-up meditation practice. There’s no selling cosmic peace or offering a quietest escape from the world.. No robes, no rituals, no spiritual fluff. The only ceremony here is the sound of the bell.

Meditation here isn’t a relaxation gimmick. We sit “amidst the coal and ashes”, right in the middle of the messy realities of everyday life. We practice wholehearted, grounded sitting, without goal or expectation. We aren't here to gain anything., but to drop the baggage we carry. We sit, breathe, stay awake and let go.

Our practice doesn't end on the cushion. We honor its natural unfoldment in our ordinary everyday lives, some of us working side by side and serving others from that boundless compassion that arises naturally when the noise of the ego subsides.

Drop your bags and join us for our next open sitting.