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Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation: Two-Day Workshop

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

Open to all With Kazu Haga, Stephanie Chin, and other East Point trainers This two-day training will provide participants with a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy and strategy of Kingian Nonviolence.  This training is useful for anyone who deals with conflict: inter-personal or larger social conflicts, whether in your personal life, in the workplace, or […]

Planting Seeds with Empty Hands Music

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

With Nimo Patel, and EBMC Family Sangha (Baruch Golden, Michele Ku, and Fresh! White) Please join the family sangha for an evening of uplifting music with Nimo Patel, a musician, humanitarian and ambassador of love and peace. Through songs and stories we will share values dear to us all: compassion, gratitude and universal love. Nimo […]

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For People of Color: Beginning a Meditation Practice

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

Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum Mondays, April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm With Mushim Are 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 […]

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

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

Open to all Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum Wednesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm With Mushim 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 […]

Letting Go of the Past

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

With Spring Washam Learning 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 […]

A Daylong of Self-Care and Renewal in the Season of Spring

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

Open to all self-identified women With Carol Cano Letting 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 […]

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To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts

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

Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum 4 Wednesdays May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017 7:00 – 9:00 pm With Mushim 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 […]

Wisdom Rising: A Daylong for Women of African Descent

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

Open to self-identified Women of African Descent With Alice Walker & Spring Washam Join 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 […]

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

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

For Children Ages 0-13 and Family/Caregivers With Eve Decker, Baruch Golden, Michele Ku, Fresh! White, and Jenn Biehn (movement) 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 12. The teachers will offer the Buddha's teachings and mindful practices […]

Tender Self-Care in the Midst of Pain: A Daylong for People Living with Disability, Illness or Chronic Pain

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

With Debra Kerr and Mushim 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 pain, for lessening isolation, and for increasing our compassion, both for our own […]