ONLINE Teen Circle: Teen Meditation Group for Teens Age 14-19
2020-04-22 19:00 - 20:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Bay Meditation Center, 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
EBMC Teen Circle ONLINE
Spring Session
Wednesdays, April 1st to June 10th 2020 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm PST
EBMC Teen Circle is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Teens do not need to commit to the entire session.
Our focus is on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative experiential ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities, cultures and backgrounds.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom prior to the start of the event.

ONLINE Teen Circle: Teen Meditation Group for Teens Age 14-19
2020-04-22 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-04-29 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-05-06 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-05-13 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-05-20 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-05-27 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-06-03 19:00 - 20:45
EBMC Teen Circle ONLINE
Spring Session
Wednesdays, April 1st to June 10th 2020 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm PST
Led by Raúl Kahlil Betancourt, Anthony “T” Maes, Sarwang Parikh, Louije Kim & Sara Oakes
EBMC Teen Circle is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Teens do not need to commit to the entire session.
Our focus is on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative experiential ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities, cultures and backgrounds.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom prior to the start of the event.

ONLINE: Unhurried & Unbothered: Yoga for Radical Restoration
2020-04-24 18:00 - 18:45
with Keisha Turner
Cultivating deep awareness requires us to slow down. There are many lessons waiting to be uncovered in silence, stillness, and slowness. Unhurried & Unbothered: Yoga for Radical Restoration is an invitation to practice slowing down as the antidote for the violent pace of capitalism. In each session, the daily demands so many of us face to move quickly and do more will be greeted with the call to move slowly, do less, and treat our bodies and minds with great tenderness. We will practice poses that are slow, sometimes repetitive, and restorative in nature. 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.
To Attend via Zoom Video:
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/382617023
Phone +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 382 617 023

ONLINE: Queer Joy and Resilience - A Class Series for the LGBTQIA2+ Community
2020-04-27 18:00 - 20:00
with Jessy Zapanta and JD Doyle
Join in a LGBTQIA2+ community for a three part series to focus on cultivating joy as a source of resilience and resistance. In these challenging times, learning how to nourish ourselves and interrupt the reactive mind is essential for well being. During this series, we will engage in meditation, inquiry, discussions, and radically inclusive movement, focusing on self-care and community-care. We will discover how cultivating joy is a way to support the healing of day-to-day difficulties, as well as intergenerational traumas, and in doing so bring greater freedom to ourselves and our communities.
All registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom.

ONLINE: Pandemic Precepts: Buddhist Ethics during COVID-19
2020-04-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-05-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-05-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-05-20 19:00 - 20:30
online class series with Mushim Ikeda
ASL interpretation provided by Aaron Brace and Brooke Fulton
Wednesdays, April 29th, May 6th, 13th and 20th 7-8:30PM PST / PDT
What does toilet paper hoarding have to do with Buddhist ethics? Based in EBMC’s mindfulness-based, diversity-equity-inclusion and social justice-centered mission, this four-class series offers a path to reflect on the bases of ethical discernment and action. Buddhist life, for both laypersons and monastics, is rooted in Five Precepts, or ethical guidelines that are paths of deep contemplative investigation resulting in behaviors and actions aligned toward non-harm, in the service of all life. The compassionate realization of our “interbeing,” and the sometimes complex relationship of intent to impact are woven into this current events-based study of the Precepts.

ONLINE: May Day Meditation
2020-05-01 10:00 - 11:30
with JD Doyle and Carol Cano
Join our meditation to honor and offer love to all workers on May Day, International Workers’ Day, which commemorates the many struggles and gains made by labor movements throughout history. We honor all workers at this moment in time, when we are interwoven in community supporting each other and sustaining each other during the Pandemic. We will meditate together, share reflections on struggle, resilience, and joy and connect with our lineages, the earth and each other.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom.

ONLINE: Mindful Yoga
2020-05-01 18:00 - 18:45, 2020-05-08 18:00 - 18:45, 2020-05-15 18:00 - 18:45, 2020-05-22 18:00 - 18:45, 2020-05-29 18:00 - 18:45, 2020-06-05 18:00 - 18:45
with Jonathan Relucio
We will devote time for gentle yoga and breathing practice to calm the mind, relax the body and nurture the heart. Reconnect and rejuvenate through the cultivation of mindfulness and kind awareness.

Zoom info: https://zoom.us/j/382617023
Phone +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 382 617 023

About Jonathan: For nearly a decade, Jonathan Relucio taught trauma-informed yoga and meditation in urban schools, health clinics and juvenile detention centers as a Senior Trainer for Niroga Institute. He has completed Spirit Rock’s Mindfulness, Yoga and Meditation program, co-founded AllThriveEd.org, and supports transformation in social justice movements through his work at Rockwood Leadership Institute. Jonathan values yoga and meditation as practices for liberation that heal us from the impact of oppressive systems.

ONLINE: Introduction to Mindfulness
2020-05-02 10:00 - 12:30
with Carol Cano
This online retreat will explore basic teachings of mindfulness meditation practices, tools, and understanding the mind with the aim of integrating mindfulness into all aspects of our daily lives. We will explore how to work with difficult emotions and find more balance. This is an introduction for beginners new to mindfulness meditation and it is also appropriate for experienced practitioners who wish to revitalize their practice.
REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK WITH THEIR CONFIRMATION EMAIL.

ONLINE: La Intimidad De Este Momento: Encontrando Nuestr@ Refugio
2020-05-03 10:00 - 14:00
La intimidad de este momento: encontrando nuestr@ refugio
The intimacy of this moment: finding our refuge
Continuing to create and envision a Latinx sangha at EBMC
Continuando a crear e imagniar la sangha Latinx en EBMC
Bienvenido a todos que se identifican como parte de la diáspora latinoamericana
Open to all who identify as part of the Latin American diaspora

Con Margarita Loinaz y Melvin Escobar
With Margarita Loinaz and Melvin Escobar

We’ll have silent meditation practice and activities for continuing to build the Latinx sangha at EBMC. Tendremos prácticas y actividades de meditación silenciosa para continuar construyendo la sangha de Latinx en EBMC.
REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK WITH THEIR CONFIRMATION EMAIL.
LOS PARTICIPANTES REGISTRADOS RECIBIRÁN UN ENLACE DE ZOOM CON SU CORREO ELECTRÓNICO DE CONFIRMACIÓN.

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Lovingkindness: Focus Group for Teachers
2020-05-16 10:00 - 11:30
Open to TEACHERS who practice loving-kindness/metta
Your voice matters! Mapping the lived experiences of lovingkindness practice during times of uncertainty
with Dr. Helen Weng and Dr. Ariana Thompson-Lastad
Help increase the diversity of meditators represented in neuroscience! In a community-engaged research project with EBMC and UCSF, participate in a focus group to share your experiences practicing lovingkindness/metta meditation during times of uncertainty. Open to any EBMC member. Your participation will be recorded, and you will receive a $60 grocery card.
More focus groups for these sanghas will be announced (May-June): Teachers, People of Color, Alphabet, Every Body Every Mind, Practice in Transformative Action (PiTA)
Please RSVP to receive a confirmation email and Zoom information. Participation is limited.

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Kindness Focus Group for LGBTQIASGL+ Community
2020-05-19 17:00 - 18:30
Open to those who identify as LGBTQIASGL+ who practice loving-kindness/metta
Your voice matters! Mapping the lived experiences of lovingkindness practice during times of uncertainty
with Dr. Helen Weng and Dr. Ariana Thompson-Lastad
Help increase the diversity of meditators represented in neuroscience! In a community-engaged research project with EBMC and UCSF, participate in a focus group to share your experiences practicing lovingkindness/metta meditation during times of uncertainty. Open to any EBMC member. Your participation will be recorded, and you will receive a $60 grocery card.
More focus groups for these sanghas will be announced (May-June): Teachers, People of Color, Alphabet, Every Body Every Mind, Practice in Transformative Action (PiTA)
Please RSVP to receive a confirmation email and Zoom information. Participation is limited.

ONLINE: The 4 Noble Truths as a Restorative Process: Manifesting Agents of Change for People of Color
2020-05-23 09:30 - 15:30
with Rev. Liên Shutt – Online Retreat For People of Color
Does “The 4 Noble Truths” just seems like another list to memorize?
What are “truths”? How did we learn them? How do familial, cultural, and/or institutional systems promote, validate, and/or collude? Join Rev. Liên Shutt to see how my reframed “Engaged 4 Noble Truths” can reflect our multi-dimensional, lived experiences as people of color. Meditative, reflective, and interactive exercises will be used throughout the day to support us to see how these seemingly passive “truths” to be more active and meaningful. We’ll expand their traditional framing to see how they also support an engaged practice, enlivening us with agency.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom with their EventBrite confirmation.

ONLINE: How Have the Buddha’s Teachings Helped Me?
2020-05-27 19:00 - 20:30
Wrap-up class for EBMC’s Core Buddhist Curriculum Jan-May 2020
with Mushim Patricia Ikeda
For those who have taken either some or all of EBMC’s 5-month “Buddhist core teachings in Jan – May 2020, this is a wrap-up class where you can bring your “biggest” Buddhist practice questions, meet Dharma companions on the Path, and rejoice in the merit that you have generated! Please note: The focus of this class is on what you are doing to deepen your spiritual practice and to transform your life through these wisdom teachings. In place of a potluck, have your favorite beverage near your computer to toast one another in virtual Sangha! ASL interpretation provided.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom along with their EventBrite confirmation email.

Embodying Joy, Healing and Wholeness in Critical Times: An Online Retreat for Black Womxn of African Descent
2020-05-30 10:00 - 15:00
Two experiential sessions for Self Identified Black Womxn of African Descent
Session One: 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Session Two: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
With: Arisika Razak and Itzel (Kamala) Hayward
Join in community with Womxn of Black African descent, including womxn of multiple heritages. Each session will include guided meditations, breakout groups, and other practices and activities related to the retrieval of ancestral wisdom and the deepening of self-love. Come to one session or both.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom along with their confirmation email from EventBrite. Join us for one session or both!

Cost: There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events. However, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving, or “dana”). Please donate generously, in proportion to your ability:
* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process to donate to EBMC; the teachers will not receive any part of this online donation).
Thank you for your generosity. EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity.

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Lovingkindness a Focus Group for People of Color
2020-06-03 17:00 - 18:30
Open to those who identify as People of Color who practice loving-kindness/metta
Your voice matters! Mapping the lived experiences of lovingkindness practice during times of uncertainty
with Dr. Helen Weng and Dr. Ariana Thompson-Lastad
Help increase the diversity of meditators represented in neuroscience! In a community-engaged research project with EBMC and UCSF, participate in a focus group to share your experiences practicing lovingkindness/metta meditation during times of uncertainty. Open to any EBMC member. Your participation will be recorded, and you will receive a $60 grocery card.
More focus groups for these sanghas will be announced (May-June): Teachers, People of Color, Alphabet, Every Body Every Mind, Practice in Transformative Action (PiTA)
Please RSVP to receive a confirmation email and Zoom information. Participation is limited.

CALLING FOR JUSTICE: Calling Our Humanity And Collective Wisdom
2020-06-07 11:00 - 13:00
An online Community Gathering For People Of the Black African Diaspora

We invite you, our Beloved Black Community, to come together to hold and to heal, to offer voices of resilience and strength, to remember our connection to the wholeness of the earth and the ancestors, and to demonstrate how waking up together in community is the deepest refuge we have. With fierce tenderness, we will give voice to our stories of sorrow of sorrow, joy and regeneration.
Guest Teachers / Speakers Include: Devin Berry, Joshua Bee Alafia, Noliwe Alexander, Melanie DeMore, Amana Brembry Johnson, Arisika Razak, Kabir Hypolite and Guests.
ALL REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A LINK TO JOIN US VIA ZOOM.

To make a gift to sustain the work of East Bay Meditation Center, please do so via PayPal: bookkeeper@eastbaymeditation.org. 100% of our programming is sliding scale and no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds. Thank you for the gifts of your generosity and for supporting the work of East Bay Meditation Center and our beloved teachers who have volunteered their time.
