EVENTS

Inspiration Through the Body's Limitations

Inspiration Through the Body's Limitations

Sunday September 12, 2010 - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

In this daylong retreat, there will be time to meditate, practice simple mindful movement, and share our stories.

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Love and Joy - for Women of Color

Love and Joy - for Women of Color

Saturday September 18, 2010 - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Love and Joy, also known as Metta and Mudita in Pali and Sanskrit are both beautiful and satisfying practices that have been given to us by the Buddha in the Sacred Abodes.

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Healing for the Healers

Healing for the Healers

Sunday September 19, 2010 - 9:30 am to 5:00 pm

This daylong is designed for those in the healing arts and caregiving professions... we will focus on meditation practices and interactive exercises to support healers in their own healing.

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NEWS

Grief Ritual: A Daylong Workshop for Collective Healing
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Tuesday July 27, 2010

This daylong is a transformational and soul-invigorating workshop designed to break through our cultural barriers of grief.

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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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Friday Open Sitting Group

Fridays, 6:30PM-8:30PM

* Open to All *

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

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EBMC Teachers in the News

 

Dharma & Technology

Anushka Fernandopulle

KPFA "Digital Chronicles"

April 4, 2010

 Hear Anushka in the last one-third of the show as she talks about leading a retreat on how to live with technology and still be mindful.

 

 

The East Bay Meditation Center

Spring Washam and Alice Walker

KPFA Morning Show

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Spring Washam joins Alice Walker and Aimee Allison on the KPFA Morning Show to discuss EBMC and meditation for the masses. 

 

 

What does Buddhism look like in America?

Mushim Ikeda-Nash and others

Your Call Radio, KALW (scroll down to March 3)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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What does it mean to be a Buddhist living and practicing in the United States? What is the appeal of Buddhism to so many Americans? And what does it have to teach us?

 

 

Using meditation as a stress reliever in just five minutes a day

Larry Yang

ABC's The View From the Bay

April 22, 2009