with Shahara Godfrey, Kimi Mojica, Jamilah Bradshaw, Jenn Biehn, Kevin Martin, Joan Lohman, and DeNNiS SOmeRa With social distancing as our recent norm, we invite East Bay Meditation Center practitioners to experience the connection of a virtual community-building/peacemaking circle. The talking circle is an indigenous tradition that is both ceremony and council. In circle, all […]

with JD Doyle and Carol Cano  Join our meditation to honor and offer love to all workers on May Day,  International Workers’ Day, which commemorates the many struggles and gains made by labor movements throughout history.  We honor all workers at this moment in time, when we are interwoven in community supporting each other and sustaining each other during the […]

with Carol Cano This online retreat will explore basic teachings of mindfulness meditation practices, tools, and understanding the mind with the aim of integrating mindfulness into all aspects of our daily lives. We will explore how to work with difficult emotions and find more balance. This is an introduction for beginners new to mindfulness meditation […]

La intimidad de este momento: encontrando nuestr@ refugio The intimacy of this moment: finding our refuge Continuing to create and envision a Latinx sangha at EBMC Continuando a crear e imagniar la sangha Latinx en EBMC Bienvenido a todos que se identifican como parte de la diáspora latinoamericana Open to all who identify as part […]

Open to TEACHERS who practice loving-kindness/metta Your voice matters! Mapping the lived experiences of lovingkindness practice during times of uncertainty with Dr. Helen Weng and Dr. Ariana Thompson-Lastad Help increase the diversity of meditators represented in neuroscience! In a community-engaged research project with EBMC and UCSF, participate in a focus group to share your experiences […]

Open to those who identify as LGBTQIASGL+ who practice loving-kindness/metta Your voice matters! Mapping the lived experiences of lovingkindness practice during times of uncertainty with Dr. Helen Weng and Dr. Ariana Thompson-Lastad Help increase the diversity of meditators represented in neuroscience! In a community-engaged research project with EBMC and UCSF, participate in a focus group […]

with Rev. Liên Shutt - Online Retreat For People of Color  Does “The 4 Noble Truths” just seems like another list to memorize? What are “truths”? How did we learn them? How do familial, cultural, and/or institutional systems promote, validate, and/or collude? Join Rev. Liên Shutt to see how my reframed “Engaged 4 Noble Truths” can […]