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HYBRID: Celebrating the Changing Seasons w/ Mindful Movement: Spring Equinox

March 20 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Celebrate the Changing Seasons with Mindful Movement: Spring Equinox

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 engaging movement meditation as we welcome the seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter throughout this year.

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

Embodying mindful awareness, we experience a profound synergy and ever-deepening interconnectedness –so important in these challenging times.

Movements will be offered both seated and standing.  No prior experience necessary.

Join us as we welcome the changing seasons of 2025.

 

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 Dates for Our Other Classes!

Summer Solstice – Saturday, June 21 from 9-10:30am PT

Fall Equinox – Sunday, September 21st from 9:00-10:30am PT

Winter Solstice – Sunday, December 21st from 9:00-10:30am PT

 

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 via Paypal: paypal.me/eastbaymeditation or our website: eastbaymeditation.org/dana 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 “Spring 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:

– Please do not use virtual or blurred backgrounds

– If you or your camera are moving around, please turn off your video

– Please say your name when you speak

– Facilitators will attempt to read any comments in the chat out loud

– Please mute when you’re not speaking.

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Teachers

Image of a Black woman wearing a striped shirt and brown pants, seated with a hand drum.

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.

Image of a White woman wearing glasses and smiling, wearing a dark blue shirt.

A Buddha/Dharma.Sangha practitioner for the past 40 years and active with EBMC for the past 14 years, Jenn Biehn has served on the Leadership Sangha and is a co-founder of Dharma in Motion, Restorative Practices for Dharma Practitioners, and Midday Sangha. She has taught Transforming White Privilege on the Path to Racial Equity with Neighbors for Racial Justice and currently teaches Tai Chi Chih – Joy Through Movement through EBMC and other Bay Area community centers. She was recently an elder mentor for the Braided Wisdom Leadership Training Program which included cross cultural mindfulness practices. Jenn’s spiritual practice includes engaging with nature through cross country skiing and backpacking in the high Sierra as well as embodying awareness and healing movement in her life-long journey of building community.

Details

Date:
March 20
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:
March 20
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