EVENTS

Freedom To Be: A Daylong for Women

Freedom To Be: A Daylong for Women

Saturday May 31, 2008 - 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

As women, we often base our sense of self around others, so this “becoming” arises particularly strongly in relationships (of all kinds). Join us to explore how we strive to be someone else and what we miss in the process.

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Write  From the Heart: a writing and meditation workshop

Write From the Heart: a writing and meditation workshop

Sunday June 01, 2008 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

We will spend the day sitting together, writing together, and enjoying the silence words are born from. All levels of experience with writing and meditation are welcome.

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NEWS

EBMC receives grant from the San Francisco Foundation

Thursday May 01, 2008

The San Francisco Foundation has awarded the East Bay Meditation Center a $2,500 grant in support of our programs that provide meditation training for people of color.

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WELCOME

Home Page - Welcome Welcome to the East Bay Meditation Center: A diverse community sharing wisdom teachings and social engagement.

REGULAR GROUPS

People of Color (POC) Weekly Sitting Group

Thursdays, 7:00 - 9:00 PM 

Practitioners of color are invited to join this weekly group and learn to cultivate love and freedom in the present moment through the practice of mindfulness meditation.

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LGBTQI/SGL Weekly Sitting Group

Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 PM

A weekly meditation group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving communities.

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"Awakening Body Awareness"

* Open to All *

Four different  1/2 hour classes on Tuesday mornings, 6:15AM-8:15AM
April 22 -- July 15, 2008
NO CLASS on June 24, 2008

Start your Tuesdays out right with Mindfulness of the Body!
Drop-in any time to one or more of the four weekly classes.

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Friday Open Sitting Group

* Open to All *

2nd and 4th Fridays of each month, 6:30PM-8:30PM

This sitting group is for anyone interested in learning more about mindfulness meditation and practicing this ancient discipline with others.

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Save the Date!

 

"Dignity, Compassion, and Freedom"

 
A One-Day Benefit with



 

Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Co-Founder, International Teacher, and Author of numerous books, including Buddha's Little Instruction Book, and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
 

and
 
Charles Johnson and Mushim Ikeda-Nash
East Bay Meditation Center Teachers and Leadership Sangha members

 

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Saturday, September 6, 2008
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
at Historic Sweet's Ballroom
1933 Broadway
downtown Oakland
(at the 19th Street BART station)

 
Join us for a day of the wonderful and powerful practices of Mindfulness, Loving-kindness, and Liberation.
 
The day will include teachings, meditation, storytelling, dialogue, and the creation of community.
 
Beginning Meditators Welcome!  

Please check back.  Registration will be available here soon.