Restorative Practices: Exploring the Gap between Intent and Impact

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

with the Restorative Practices for Dharma Practitioners Sangha Shahara Godfrey, Kimi Mojica, Jamilah Bradshaw, Jenn Biehn, Kevin Martin, Joan Lohman, DeNNiS SOmeRa and Ann Uyeda EBMC’s Multicultural Agreements provide us with a guidepost to connect and communicate across differences of culture, identity, history, and power. Through attending to the gap between intent and impact, we […]

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Teen Sangha: Spring Session

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

EBMC Teen Sangha Spring 2019 Wednesdays, April 10th to June 19th 7:00 pm – 8:45PM pm EBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19 Led by Anthony Maes, Raul Betancourt, Louije Kim and Sarwang Parikh Our focus is on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real […]

Family Practice Class: Opening the Heart through the Buddha’s Teachings

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

with Baruch Golden, Lev White and Michele Ku For Children Ages 0-13 and Family / Caregivers We invite you to come and help create the diverse family sangha at EBMC. We welcome families with babies, toddlers, and children up to age 13. Children under 5 will need to have a parent/caregiver stay with them. This […]

EVERYDAY EQUITY: Awakening Power, Love, and Justice

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

with Renato P. Almanzor and Mushim Patricia Ikeda Everyday Equity is both a realization of and a path from power, love, and justice. This mindfulness-based daylong facilitates a process for awakening power, love, and justice; and draws from what matters (e.g., grace, gratitude, gravitas), through what’s difficult (e.g., hurt, healing, hope), to what’s possible (e.g., […]

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To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts

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

with Mushim Ikeda Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings – 5-month Curriculum Together 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 […]

“Letting Go” with Forgiveness & Goodwill

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

For Self-Identified People of Color with Rev. Keiryū Liên Shutt Impermanence is part of life. We want “to move on” through wishing ourselves or another well, yet it’s hard to do. The thought of “sending goodwill” is nice but it may seem insurmountable. This 1-day workshop and retreat provides a gentle container to foster letting […]

Tender Self-Care in the Midst of Pain

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

A Daylong for People Living with Disability, Illness or Chronic Pain Led by Debra Kerr and Mushim Ikeda In 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 […]

Family Practice: Opening the Heart through the Buddha’s Teachings

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

with Julie Goeshe, Keisha Turner, Lev White and Michele Ku For Children Ages 0-13 and Family / Caregivers We invite you to come and help create the diverse family sangha at EBMC.We welcome families with babies, toddlers, and children up to age 13. Children under 5 will need to have a parent/caregiver stay with them. […]

EBMC 5 Month Buddhist Basics Curriculum: Evening for Practice Q&A

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

with Mushim Ikeda 6:30 – 8:30 pm Followed by OPTIONAL potluck social 8:30 – 9:00 pm For those who have taken either some or all of EBMC’s 5-month “Buddhist core teachings” curriculum this is an evening class where you can bring your “biggest” Buddhist practice questions, meet Dharma companions on the Path, and rejoice in […]

Mindful Prosperity: Abundance in Community

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

with Fresh Lev White & Imee Contreras What would our practice and lives look like if we believed we were worthy of living abundantly? Can the Brahma Viharas support us in acknowledging that we are deserving and help us release fear and aversion of living prosperously? Imagine equanimity as a practice of manifestation that offers […]