Queer (LGBTQIA2+) Resilience Daylong: Get your Heart On!

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

with JD Doyle and Patrick Brown Join us for a day of practice in LGBTQIA2+ space to connect and learn tools to support building resilience for ourselves and our communities. In these tough times, learning how to interrupt the reactive mind and learn ways to nourish ourselves, is essential for our well being and to […]

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Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Class Series for People of Color

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

with Carol Cano For Self Identified People of Color Mindfulness-based meditation is not a religious code as much as it is a social psychology that supports experiences of well-being. -Ruth King (Author of Mindful Race) This four-week course will introduce you to secular mindfulness meditation. We will get a brief overview of the historically background […]

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The Buddha’s “How to” Guide to a Life of Happiness and Well-being

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

with Mushim Ikeda  Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum | This Class is a Four Class Series Open to All Everyone wants to live and be happy, yet human life is marked by suffering. Many are intimately and historically affected by social injustice, and we all experience loss of what is dear to […]

Practicing with Sexual Energy: Presence, Precepts and Power

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

Honoring Sexuality While Maintaining Upright Awareness with Shahara Godfrey and Rev. Daigan Gaither What is it to be upright and awake in the midst of sexual energy? How do we not turn away from ourselves or our experience in the present? How can we learn to understand and relate to desire in healthy and respectful […]

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

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

with Baruch Golden, Eve Decker, Lev White, Michele Ku and Shahara Godfrey 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 […]

Meeting Pain with Compassionate Presence

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

with Satya de La Paz August  This workshop will offer gentle movement which both strengthens and stabilizes the body, with an special focus on joints. Multiple expressions of each pose will be offered and participants are invited to practice lying down, seated, or standing, according to their own body wisdom and access needs. We will […]

Drop by Drop: Keeping Faith for the Long Haul

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

with Deb Kerr Changing the mind’s conditioning can be a slow process. We need patience for the long haul. And we need faith that what we are doing is effective to lessen suffering. What does faith mean in a Buddhist context? How does faith in dharma practice develop, and support our deeper awakening? In this […]

Taming Anxiety

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

with Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt Does your mind seem to “be all over the place”? Do you find yourself worrying a lot? Do you feel easily overwhelmed and filled with anxiety? Do you obsess about “shoulds’” and “coulds’” and, therefore, find it hard to focus? Buddhist teachings and practices have long addressed ways to be […]

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Clearing The Mind:Tools and Techniques for Increasing Calm Abiding

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

with John Mifsud Clearing the Mind is for both experienced and new meditators. We will explore practical techniques that increase deep relaxation and steady concentration. Simple, how-to tools will combine with traditional Buddhist teachings to strengthen calm abiding in meditation practice. All classes are stand-alone, come to one or all four. Week 1: Single Pointed […]

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Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love, Compassion, Joy & Equanimity

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

with Mushim Ikeda Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum The 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, empathetic joy, and equanimity, in time we harvest […]