with Restorative Practices for Dharma Practitioners Sangha How do we deepen, maintain healthy and wholesome connections within our multicultural sanghas that foster an atmosphere of mutual respect for everyone?  Community Building and Healing Circles provide a transformative space for people to recognize their mutual interdependence in the struggle to work and live collectively. Through the […]

with EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge Group We warmly invite all self-identified men of color and people of color who are on the spectrum of masculine identities including trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming.* Together, we will explore our diverse experiences and definitions of survival, resistance, and resiliency, and how we can bring balance to […]

with Mushim Open to all aspiring or curious bodhisattvas “Samsara is burning down all of our houses. We need a path of radical transformation… and the Bodhisattva path is it.” – Mushim, in “I Vow Not to Burn Out,” Buddhadharma magazine, Fall 2016. “Beings are numberless; I vow to save them all,” is one of […]

A class series for white people 4 Monday evenings & 1 weekend daylong Mondays, September 12, 19, 26 & October 3: 6:30 – 9:00 pm Sunday, October 2: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm *We ask participants to commit to and attend all sessions. with Kitsy Schoen and Gregory Mengel Mindfulness practices are incomplete if they […]

with Noliwe Alexander & Thomas Davis Have you noticed? How as we move through our daily lives, we far too often have the experience of being tormented and harassed by our own reactive mind-states? These reactive mind-states can be intimidating, isolating, depleting and sometimes even paralyzing. Many of us want to experience a better quality […]

with 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 13.  The teachers will offer the Buddha's teachings and mindful practices that can be practiced at home. Parents/caregivers and young […]

with Carol Cano Be a light unto yourself  —Buddha This half-day is part of the original medicine series braiding Buddhist perspective with indigenous wisdom. We will practice together through a morning of silence, reflection and honoring the authentic self. We will bridge mindfulness with cultivation of a meaningful connection with nature. As we move towards […]

Loving Kindness, Compassion and the Great Composting Heart A Day of Practice for Self-Identified People of Color With Noliwe Alexander & Syra Smith In the wisdom of loving kindness (metta) and compassion, lay the seeds to deep healing and transformation. As we meet life’s challenges and come into direct contact with the truth of suffering […]