ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Kindness Focus Group for LGBTQIASGL+ Community

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

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 […]

ONLINE: The 4 Noble Truths as a Restorative Process: Manifesting Agents of Change for People of Color

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

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 […]

ONLINE: How Have the Buddha’s Teachings Helped Me?

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Wrap-up class for EBMC’s Core Buddhist Curriculum Jan-May 2020 with Mushim Patricia Ikeda For those who have taken either some or all of EBMC’s 5-month “Buddhist core teachings in Jan – May 2020, this is a wrap-up class where you can bring your “biggest” Buddhist practice questions, meet Dharma companions on the Path, and rejoice […]

Embodying Joy, Healing and Wholeness in Critical Times: An Online Retreat for Black Womxn of African Descent

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Two experiential sessions for Self Identified Black Womxn of African Descent Session One: 10:00AM - 12:00PM Session Two: 1:00PM - 3:00PM With: Arisika Razak and Itzel (Kamala) Hayward Join in community with Womxn of Black African descent, including womxn of multiple heritages. Each session will include guided meditations, breakout groups, and other practices and activities […]

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Lovingkindness a Focus Group for People of Color

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Open to those who identify as People of Color 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 […]

CALLING FOR JUSTICE: Calling Our Humanity And Collective Wisdom

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

An online Community Gathering For People Of the Black African Diaspora We invite you, our Beloved Black Community, to come together to hold and to heal, to offer voices of resilience and strength, to remember our connection to the wholeness of the earth and the ancestors, and to demonstrate how waking up together in community […]

Community Care and Sacred Reciprocity: An Online Gathering for People of Color

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

For Self Identified People of Color with Carol Cano, Margarita Loinaz, Lev White, Kimi Mojica, Jonathan Relucio and Special Guests  Elder Diviner/ Medicine Woman: Mbali Marais Moderated by Candi Martinez We have been called to the medicine of our times returning to the connection of Mother Earth. Let's come together and find our ground through […]

ONLINE: Building Resilience and Self-love as Transgender, Nonbinary, Genderqueer and Gender Expansive Communities

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

with Bri Barnett, Kalash Ka, René Rivera Saturday, June 13th 2020 1PM - 4PM PST In this time of pandemic we need community more than ever. We come together in community, as Trans* and Gender Queer/Gender Variant people to share our stories, our practice, and create a space to practice freeing our hearts, not only […]

Cultivating Solidarity and Building Stamina for Transformative Action (for White Practitioners)

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Cultivating Solidarity and Building Stamina for Transformative Action (for White Practitioners) with Crystal Johnson, JD Doyle and Evan Hoppin 10:00AM -12:15PM and 2:00PM-4:00PM PST This is a moment in history when awareness of the harm of systemic racism and injustice is heightened and one of the challenges for us as white people is to stay […]

ONLINE: Grief, Resiliency and LGBTQIA2S Pride

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Open to anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA or 2 Spirit with Lev White, Amber Field, D Han Come connect in community for a nurturing daylong to explore grief, shame, pride, and celebration on June 28th. We will incorporate mindfulness practices, gentle movement, music, dharma talks, singing, and a dance party to help us navigate living […]