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HYBRID: Celebrate the Changing Seasons w/ Mindful Movement: Fall Equinox

September 21 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Celebrate the Changing Seasons with Mindful Movement: Fall Equinox

Sunday, September 21st 2025

9:00 – 10:30AM PT (Time Zone Converter)

HYBRID

with Rosetta Saunders and Jenn Biehn

Closed Captioning Provided on Zoom

The center is fragrance-free and wheelchair accessible

N95/KN95 masks required

 

We invite you to join us in community movement meditation as we welcome the season of Autumn.

We will practice easy-to-learn tai chi and qigong movements that gather the chi/the life force from the earth and circulate chi in our bodies.  These accessible, non-strenuous movements invite softness and continuity as they release tension, negativity and stress and bring healing to body-heart-mind-spirit.

Together we will practice movements that cultivate connection with nature – honoring the elements and deepening our oneness with Mother Earth and all her beings.  Embodying mindful awareness together, we experience a profound synergy and ever-deepening interconnectedness – so important in these challenging times.

Movements can be practiced both seated and standing.  No prior experience necessary.

Join us as we welcome the season of Autumn..

 

OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING AT THE CENTER: After the class, you’re invited to stay for snacks and fellowship in the EBMC kitchen, from 10:30-11:15AM!

 

Save the Date for Our Final Session!

Winter Solstice – Sunday, December 21st from 9:00-10:30 AM.

 

Cost

The teachings are regarded as priceless. So they are offered without a fee. You are invited to support the teachings and our efforts by contributing voluntary donations (the practice of “Dana”) for the expenses of the meditation center and the support of the teachers.

The ticket prices are listed as different tiers with suggested donations based on income ranges. For those who wish to give more, you may choose an “add-on” to your ticket. For those unable to give, there is an option for that.

 

Other ways to give:

To make a gift to sustain the work of East Bay Meditation Center, you may do so at https://bit.ly/ebmc-give 100% of our programming is sliding scale and no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds.

Please also consider giving a financial gift to our teachers as well, who do not receive a salary for their work, and give their teachings freely to all.

 

To make a gift to support the teachings, please do so via

PayPal: sweetdrum8@gmail.com

or Venmo: @Rosetta-Saunders

Please indicate “Fall Equinox” in the subject line.

 

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.

 

For in-person participation:

For those wishing to practice in person, space will be limited to 60 people to allow ample space for social distancing. Participants will be asked to wear N95 or KN95 face masks. (N95 face masks will be available at EBMC.) Please note: The teacher may be unmasked while teaching.

To attend in person, you need to be completely free of fragranced body and clothing products — more information and a list of fragrance free products, including those that are especially good for people of color, appears on our website: https://eastbaymeditation.org/resources/fragrance-free-at-ebmc/

 

East Bay Meditation Center is a scent free / fragrance free space and is wheelchair accessible.

 

For Zoom participation, these are our Universal Access Guidelines:

1. When speaking, introduce your name, pronouns, and (optionally) a brief physical description of yourself.

2. If using virtual backgrounds, please use static, simple, high-contrast backgrounds.

3. Please keep your camera still while your camera is on.

4. Please repeat your name when you speak to help those with visual impairment.

5. The host/volunteer will attempt to read any comments that appear in the chat out loud.

6. Please strive for clear audio and mute when you are not speaking. Phone access is also available.

7. If you have unmet access needs, please send a message to the volunteer or host in the chat. If the chat is not accessible to you, please offer them briefly in one minute or less via voice. Please do not send access requests directly to other participants.

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Person in a striped long-sleeved top with purple top underneath sitting behind a hand drum with plants behind them

Rosetta Saunders is a retired educator and historian with over 20 years teaching “People of Colors History” in the United States. Currently a core facilitator for Deep Time Liberation, Ancestral Healing retreats, Rosetta’s passion for West African and Afro-Cuban drumming has primarily been a source for individual and collective healing. She aligns herself with her ancestral lineage through Earth based practices. She was introduced to the Buddha/Dharma in 2002 and completed a two-year Dharmacharya program with Venerable Pannavati and Pannadipa receiving Confirmation of Ordination and recently completed the Braided Wisdom Leadership training program and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction certification program.

 

A Buddha/Dharma/Sangha practitioner for the past 40 years and active with EBMC for the past 15 years, Jenn Biehn has served on the Leadership Sangha and is a co-founder of several peer-led sanghas including Midday Sangha. Co-creating communities of belonging without othering has been a lifelong focus for Jenn. She teaches Transforming White Privilege on the Path to Racial Equity and was recently an elder mentor for the Braided Wisdom Leadership Training Program which includes cross cultural mindfulness practices. She has taught mindful movement practices including tai chi and qigong for the past 35 years to various communities throughout the SF Bay Area.  Jenn’s spiritual practice includes engaging with Mother Earth through cross country skiing and backpacking in the high Sierra.

Details

Date:
September 21
Time:
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Event Categories:
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Venue

East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612 United States
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Phone
510-268-0696

Details

Date:
September 21
Time:
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Event Categories:
,

Venue

East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612 United States
+ Google Map
Phone
510-268-0696