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SUMMARY:Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love\, Compassion\, Joy & Equanimity
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \nPart of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \nWednesdays\, April 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, 2017\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nThe Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes)\, also called the Four Immeasurables\, are Buddhist teachings and practices that help us to access dynamic calming\, stilling\, and healing mindbody states. As we cultivate the limitless qualities of loving goodwill\, compassion\, joy\, and equanimity\, in time we harvest true happiness\, spiritual strength\, and awakening insight. These practices are considered complementary to insight meditation. Dharma talks\, discussion\, interactive exercises. Instruction provided for beginners in meditation. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=apr17brahmaviharas \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/calming-the-heartmind-practicing-love-compassion-joy-equanimity/2017-04-12/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Letting Go of the Past
DESCRIPTION:With Spring Washam\n \nLearning to let go and live in the moment is at the very heart of the spiritual path. Everything can be summed up into these two words\, “Let go”. We long for serenity but this only comes from making peace with the past. To transform our lives we have to be willing to say goodbye to the old chains and prisons\, and step into the light. We can learn to drop all the resentments\, stories\, hatred and suffering through forgiveness\, compassion and letting go. This is an excellent daylong for all those who feel energetically stuck in the past and are unable to break free and move forward. This special daylong will include meditation\, talks on themes of the day\, sacred music and a ritual to help us let go. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=apr17lettinggo \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/letting-go-of-the-past/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:For People of Color: Beginning a Meditation Practice
DESCRIPTION:Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \nMondays\, April 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 2017\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nAre you a looking for a way to start a mindfulness meditation practice\, but don’t quite know how? These classes will give you the basics of sitting and walking/movement meditation in the vipassana (insight) style\, and metta (goodwill) meditation. Don’t worry about “getting it right” – if you can sit – on a folding chair\, on floor cushions\, in a wheelchair – or lie down – and breathe\, you’re off to a good start! For those seeking stress reduction as part of 6 months of suggested curriculum for those new to Buddhism. As self-identified people of color\, we will practice creating beloved community to support each other’s physical\, mental\, emotional and spiritual well-being. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttps://apr17pocbeginner.eventbrite.com \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/for-people-of-color-beginning-a-meditation-practice-3/2017-04-17/
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SUMMARY:Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love\, Compassion\, Joy & Equanimity
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \nPart of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \nWednesdays\, April 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, 2017\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nThe Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes)\, also called the Four Immeasurables\, are Buddhist teachings and practices that help us to access dynamic calming\, stilling\, and healing mindbody states. As we cultivate the limitless qualities of loving goodwill\, compassion\, joy\, and equanimity\, in time we harvest true happiness\, spiritual strength\, and awakening insight. These practices are considered complementary to insight meditation. Dharma talks\, discussion\, interactive exercises. Instruction provided for beginners in meditation. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=apr17brahmaviharas \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/calming-the-heartmind-practicing-love-compassion-joy-equanimity/2017-04-19/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:For People of Color: Beginning a Meditation Practice
DESCRIPTION:Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \nMondays\, April 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 2017\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nAre you a looking for a way to start a mindfulness meditation practice\, but don’t quite know how? These classes will give you the basics of sitting and walking/movement meditation in the vipassana (insight) style\, and metta (goodwill) meditation. Don’t worry about “getting it right” – if you can sit – on a folding chair\, on floor cushions\, in a wheelchair – or lie down – and breathe\, you’re off to a good start! For those seeking stress reduction as part of 6 months of suggested curriculum for those new to Buddhism. As self-identified people of color\, we will practice creating beloved community to support each other’s physical\, mental\, emotional and spiritual well-being. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttps://apr17pocbeginner.eventbrite.com \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/for-people-of-color-beginning-a-meditation-practice-3/2017-04-24/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love\, Compassion\, Joy & Equanimity
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \nPart of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \nWednesdays\, April 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, 2017\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nThe Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes)\, also called the Four Immeasurables\, are Buddhist teachings and practices that help us to access dynamic calming\, stilling\, and healing mindbody states. As we cultivate the limitless qualities of loving goodwill\, compassion\, joy\, and equanimity\, in time we harvest true happiness\, spiritual strength\, and awakening insight. These practices are considered complementary to insight meditation. Dharma talks\, discussion\, interactive exercises. Instruction provided for beginners in meditation. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=apr17brahmaviharas \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/calming-the-heartmind-practicing-love-compassion-joy-equanimity/2017-04-26/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170430T100000
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SUMMARY:A Daylong of Self-Care and Renewal in the Season of Spring
DESCRIPTION:Open to all self-identified women \nWith Carol Cano\n \nLetting go is part of the health of our heart. Difficulties at work\, loss of a loved one\, the changes of society; all of these transitions are a calling for us to pay attention to our bodies and our hearts\, and the state of our mind and emotions. \nThis daylong will focus on the health of our heart\, body\, mind and emotions in order to renew and regenerate a state of self-compassion and kindness. \nWe will cultivate with other grandmothers\, mothers\, sisters\, daughters\, lovers\, and community members\, together on the path of wellness. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=apr17women  \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/a-daylong-of-self-care-and-renewal-in-the-season-of-spring/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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SUMMARY:To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts
DESCRIPTION:Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \n4 Wednesdays\nMay 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 2017\n7:00 – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nTogether we’ll safely take a deep dive into how to hold the questions and ethical complexities that arise when we grapple with trying to live in accordance with the Precepts. The Buddha’s 5 basic guidelines for peace and happiness are: Not to kill but to cherish all life; not to lie but to tell the truth; not to steal\, but to respect the things of others; not to commit sexual misconduct but to respect the wholeness of relationship; not to misuse intoxicants but to practice clarity of mind. Dharma talks\, contemplative journaling\, discussion\, interactive exercises. Meditation instruction provided for beginners. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17precepts \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/to-cherish-all-life-buddhas-5-precepts-2/2017-05-03/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170506T093000
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SUMMARY:Wisdom Rising: A Daylong for Women of African Descent
DESCRIPTION:Open to self-identified Women of African Descent \nWith Alice Walker & Spring Washam\n \nJoin us for a very special daylong celebrating our beauty\, strength and wisdom in a circle of sisters. This day will include poetry\, meditation and sharing circles. Please bring a sacred object and a flower to share on our altar. We will have a potluck lunch together so also bring a vegetarian dish to share. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttps://may17wisdom-poc.eventbrite.com \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/wisdom-rising-a-daylong-for-african-american-women/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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SUMMARY:To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts
DESCRIPTION:Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \n4 Wednesdays\nMay 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 2017\n7:00 – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nTogether we’ll safely take a deep dive into how to hold the questions and ethical complexities that arise when we grapple with trying to live in accordance with the Precepts. The Buddha’s 5 basic guidelines for peace and happiness are: Not to kill but to cherish all life; not to lie but to tell the truth; not to steal\, but to respect the things of others; not to commit sexual misconduct but to respect the wholeness of relationship; not to misuse intoxicants but to practice clarity of mind. Dharma talks\, contemplative journaling\, discussion\, interactive exercises. Meditation instruction provided for beginners. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17precepts \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/to-cherish-all-life-buddhas-5-precepts-2/2017-05-10/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170514T100000
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SUMMARY:Family Practice Class: Opening the Heart through the Buddha's Teachings
DESCRIPTION:For Children Ages 0-13 and Family/Caregivers \nWith \nEve Decker\, Baruch Golden\, Michele Ku\, Fresh! White\, and Jenn Biehn (movement) \nWe invite you to come and help create the diverse family sangha at EBMC. We welcome families with babies\, toddlers and children up to age 12. The teachers will offer the Buddha’s teachings and mindful practices that can be practiced at home. Parents/caregivers and young people will meet together and separately during the class. Children under 5 will need to have a parent/caregiver stay with them. We will explore bringing the Dharma to our daily lives through song\, story\, sharing\, art and mindfulness practices. We are committed to creating a diverse family sangha. No prior experience is necessary. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17family \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/family-practice-class-opening-the-heart-through-the-buddhas-teachings-11/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T190000
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SUMMARY:To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts
DESCRIPTION:Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \n4 Wednesdays\nMay 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 2017\n7:00 – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nTogether we’ll safely take a deep dive into how to hold the questions and ethical complexities that arise when we grapple with trying to live in accordance with the Precepts. The Buddha’s 5 basic guidelines for peace and happiness are: Not to kill but to cherish all life; not to lie but to tell the truth; not to steal\, but to respect the things of others; not to commit sexual misconduct but to respect the wholeness of relationship; not to misuse intoxicants but to practice clarity of mind. Dharma talks\, contemplative journaling\, discussion\, interactive exercises. Meditation instruction provided for beginners. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17precepts \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/to-cherish-all-life-buddhas-5-precepts-2/2017-05-17/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T160000
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SUMMARY:Tender Self-Care in the Midst of Pain: A Daylong for People Living with Disability\, Illness or Chronic Pain
DESCRIPTION:With Debra Kerr and Mushim \nIn this daylong meditation retreat\, we will explore the possibility of finding space and ease\, even while dealing with painful conditions of body or mind.  Mindfulness and sangha are powerful tools for finding ways of working with pain\, for lessening isolation\, and for increasing our compassion\, both for our own pain\, and for the pain of others.  There will be guided and silent meditation\, movement practice\, lovingkindness and compassion practice\, as well as small and large group discussions and dharma talks.  As we work with pain\, we will also find ways of inviting pleasure and joy into the day. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17care \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/tender-self-care-in-the-midst-of-pain-a-daylong-for-people-living-with-disability-illness-or-chronic-pain-2/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T130000
DTSTAMP:20260412T162827
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SUMMARY:Morning Practice of Concentration & Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:With Carol Cano and Imee Contreras \n“The Buddha never separates these two practices”\n~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu \nWe will cultivate a practice of concentration and mindfulness together as a community. This half daylong will be inspired by silence\, meditation\, reflection\, and contemplation in the container of community. We will explore the teachings of the Buddha and how to deepen our practice of awakening. \nThis class is for all levels of practice and we welcome beginners to Vipassana meditation. This half daylong will help to either cultivate a deeper meditation practice or to form a new meditation practice. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17concentration \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/morning-practice-of-concentration-mindfulness/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T162827
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SUMMARY:To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts
DESCRIPTION:Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum \n4 Wednesdays\nMay 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 2017\n7:00 – 9:00 pm \nWith Mushim \nTogether we’ll safely take a deep dive into how to hold the questions and ethical complexities that arise when we grapple with trying to live in accordance with the Precepts. The Buddha’s 5 basic guidelines for peace and happiness are: Not to kill but to cherish all life; not to lie but to tell the truth; not to steal\, but to respect the things of others; not to commit sexual misconduct but to respect the wholeness of relationship; not to misuse intoxicants but to practice clarity of mind. Dharma talks\, contemplative journaling\, discussion\, interactive exercises. Meditation instruction provided for beginners. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17precepts \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/to-cherish-all-life-buddhas-5-precepts-2/2017-05-24/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T162827
CREATED:20170516T190715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T190715Z
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-05-24/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170527T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170527T150000
DTSTAMP:20260412T162827
CREATED:20170317T235711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170321T021503Z
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SUMMARY:Practicing with Sexual Energy: Presence\, Precepts and Power
DESCRIPTION:With Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt and Rev. Daigan Gaither \nWhat is it to stay upright in the midst of sexual energy? How do we not turn away from our experience or ourselves in the present moment? We will explore our intention to “not misuse sexuality” and how it both informs our practice and sexual choices within the context of our diverse lived experiences. How do we relate to desire in healthy and respectful ways\, both for ourselves and with others? Are we using our energies or are they using us? \nJoin us as we explore what it means to practice while maintaining a healthy relationship to our sexual lives. Please bring your lunch to eat during our mid-day break. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may17sexualenergy \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/practicing-with-sexual-energy-presence-precepts-and-power-2/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170531T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T162827
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-05-31/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T210000
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-07/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170614T210000
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-14/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170617T160000
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SUMMARY:Unfolding This Moment
DESCRIPTION:Led by Carol Cano \n“True acceptance does not grasp or hold on to anything” — A.H. Almaas \nEach moment can reveals one’s truth. The practice of mindfulness can help uncover unwanted emotions and embrace one’s vulnerability. Cultivating a practice of the heart takes courage and freedom from a burdened mind. Silence and deep inquiry integrates an intimate understanding of our true nature. \nIn this daylong retreat\, we will explore our inner work together as an intentional community. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or on the link below to register: \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=june17unfolding \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/unfolding-this-moment/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170621T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170621T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T162827
CREATED:20170516T190715Z
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-21/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T123000
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SUMMARY:Restoring the Heart: Healing the Oppressor Within
DESCRIPTION:A Retreat for People of Color \nLed by Amana Johnson & Konda Mason \nSaturday\, June 24\, 2017\n9:30 am – 4:30 pm \nSunday\, June 25\, 2017\n9:30 am – 12:30 pm \nThere are many causes and conditions that create suffering in our lives.  Mostly\, we think of things that exist outside of ourselves: racism\, poverty\, gender bias\, job challenges\, etc.  In this daylong we will examine how internalized conditioning unconsciously contributes to our own suffering.  We will explore Ahimsa (non-harming) and the Buddha’s teachings on impermanence\, suffering\, and no self – and how\, with wise understanding\, we can ease the suffering caused by internalized oppression. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or on the link below to register: \nhttps://june17restore-poc.eventbrite.com \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/restoring-the-heart-healing-the-oppressor-within/2017-06-24/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170625T093000
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SUMMARY:Restoring the Heart: Healing the Oppressor Within
DESCRIPTION:A Retreat for People of Color \nLed by Amana Johnson & Konda Mason \nSaturday\, June 24\, 2017\n9:30 am – 4:30 pm \nSunday\, June 25\, 2017\n9:30 am – 12:30 pm \nThere are many causes and conditions that create suffering in our lives.  Mostly\, we think of things that exist outside of ourselves: racism\, poverty\, gender bias\, job challenges\, etc.  In this daylong we will examine how internalized conditioning unconsciously contributes to our own suffering.  We will explore Ahimsa (non-harming) and the Buddha’s teachings on impermanence\, suffering\, and no self – and how\, with wise understanding\, we can ease the suffering caused by internalized oppression. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or on the link below to register: \nhttps://june17restore-poc.eventbrite.com \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/restoring-the-heart-healing-the-oppressor-within/2017-06-25/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170628T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170628T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T162827
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-28/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170705T190000
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SUMMARY:Meditation Training: Establishing a Meditation Practice in Four Weeks
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \n4 Wednesdays: July 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, 2017\n7:00 pm – 8:30 pm \nWith Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt\n \nWant to learn how to meditate? Or\, have you tried at different times but just can’t quite figure how to make it work for you? \nIn this series\, specific and easy-to-follow instructions will be given in three areas – body\, heart/emotions and mind/mental states – to practice with one area per week. Then\, in each class\, you will have an opportunity to have your specific needs and questions addressed. \nThink of this class as a four-week “training camp.” Come see how the two factors of practiced-guidance and cohort-support can help you to establish a sustainable practice in just four weeks! \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=july17training \nNEW THIS YEAR: (Separate Registration Required) \nMeditation Training Practice Day: A One-Day Retreat on Saturday\, August 5\, 2017 (9:00 am – 3:00 pm). This silent-retreat day has been scheduled as an adjunct to this class to provide you with an opportunity to apply these practices in a sustained\, yet supportive\, container. Look for it and sign-up right away! \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/meditation-training-establishing-a-meditation-practice-in-four-weeks/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-07-05/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170710T183000
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SUMMARY:This is Your Brain on Meditation: Bringing diversity and community engagement to the neuroscience of meditation
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \nFood provided at 6:30 pm\nProgram: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nWith Dr. Helen Weng\n \nStudies on the neuroscience of meditation in the U.S. have historically included meditators from the dominant culture. Over the past year\, Dr. Helen Weng has collaborated with EBMC to engage in community dialogue so we can increase the diversity of meditators represented. This includes people of color\, LGBTQI community\, people with disabilities\, and the fat community. \nIn this evening of dialogue\, Dr. Weng will describe the current state of the field\, and how her research brings in diverse meditators (including EBMC Sangha members). This includes groundbreaking neuroscientific methods that allow each meditator’s brain states to be individualized and community engagement. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=july17brain \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
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SUMMARY:Meditation Training: Establishing a Meditation Practice in Four Weeks
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \n4 Wednesdays: July 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, 2017\n7:00 pm – 8:30 pm \nWith Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt\n \nWant to learn how to meditate? Or\, have you tried at different times but just can’t quite figure how to make it work for you? \nIn this series\, specific and easy-to-follow instructions will be given in three areas – body\, heart/emotions and mind/mental states – to practice with one area per week. Then\, in each class\, you will have an opportunity to have your specific needs and questions addressed. \nThink of this class as a four-week “training camp.” Come see how the two factors of practiced-guidance and cohort-support can help you to establish a sustainable practice in just four weeks! \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=july17training \nNEW THIS YEAR: (Separate Registration Required) \nMeditation Training Practice Day: A One-Day Retreat on Saturday\, August 5\, 2017 (9:00 am – 3:00 pm). This silent-retreat day has been scheduled as an adjunct to this class to provide you with an opportunity to apply these practices in a sustained\, yet supportive\, container. Look for it and sign-up right away! \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \n  EBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/meditation-training-establishing-a-meditation-practice-in-four-weeks-2017-07-12/2017-07-12/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens\, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other\, having fun\, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-07-12/
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CATEGORIES:Classes
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