led by EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge Group Together, we will explore the concepts of survival, resistance, and resiliency, and how we can bring balance to the individual and collective male experience in our global community. Through meditation, movement, and discussion, we will explore the subtle components of our masculine energy and uncover our […]
with Spring Washam The potential exists in every human being to love without defenses or fear, so that true intimacy - direct, unobstructed, heart-to-heart connection with ourselves and others - becomes a way of life. We can learn to share, one heart to another, through the power of unconditional love. We can become more whole […]
with Larry Yang and Max Airborne How are we relating to our practice? Do we feel the beauty and kindness of practice? Do we relate to it with impatience, self-criticism, boredom or obligation? Why do we practice? Does our practice resemble our life, or does it feel separate from it? In this daylong for people […]
Sunday, September 11, 2016 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm Half-day retreat for self-identified women and gender-fluid people With Noliwe Alexander and Arinna Weisman How do we open to aging; the loss of physical resilience, perhaps increasing illness, the decline of our mental faculties and memory? The Buddha offers us a path of mindfulness and loving […]
Sunday, September 4, 2016 10 am – 4:30 pm with Mushim and Master Ellis Open to all East Bay Meditation Center www.eastbaymeditation.org 285 17th Street, Oakland Event Description (100 words maximum): This class will use meditation and movement to explore how to create greater mindfulness and maintain spiritual balance throughout the day. Movements are taught […]
3 Wednesdays: September 7, 14, and 21, 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm A class series for POC led by 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 (insight) […]
Saturday, September 10, 2016 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Open to all Daylong retreat with Larry Yang No fancy titles or themes or descriptions. No attempts of language or description to convince anyone to do something or anything. Let us just have a spiritual practice day together. Let us meditate together. Let us be still […]
with Eve Decker, Baruch Golden, and Michele Ku 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 that can be practiced at home. Parents/caregivers and young people will […]
Half-day retreat for self-identified women and gender-fluid people with Noliwe Alexander and Arinna Weisman How do we open to aging; the loss of physical resilience, perhaps increasing illness, the decline of our mental faculties and memory? The Buddha offers us a path of mindfulness and loving kindness that challenges the habitual ways we have 'owned' […]
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 […]
