EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017 Wednesdays: May 24 - August 9 (no meeting on June 21) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Open to teens, ages 14-19 EBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each […]

Exploring Intimacy Through the Buddha’s Teaching for the LGBTQ and Gender Non-Conforming Community

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Open to all self-identified LGBTQ & gender non-conforming practitioners Beginners are welcome! With Shahara Godfrey and Baruch Golden “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope”. - Maya Angelou "The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that […]

Making Friends with the Hindrances

Making Friends with the Hindrances

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Open to all 3 Mondays: July 17, 24, 31 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Attendance is not required at all 3 classes. With Louije Kim The Five Hindrances—sensual desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and doubt—are mental factors that are typically experienced with some degree of suffering and discomfort. They distort our mind’s ability to […]

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017 Wednesdays: May 24 - August 9 (no meeting on June 21) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Open to teens, ages 14-19 EBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each […]

Meditation Training Practice Day Long Retreat

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

With Keiryu Liên Shutt A one-day retreat geared to all those who have completed any of the Meditation Training 4-week classes offered by Rev. Liên, or a comparable meditation program. The day offers an opportunity to put the various meditations taught in the four-week training class into practice. The schedule will be set up to […]

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017 Wednesdays: May 24 - August 9 (no meeting on June 21) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Open to teens, ages 14-19 EBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each […]

Free Your Heart

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Led by 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 […]

Mindfulness of Breathing: Working Towards Peace and Insight

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

With Devin Berry In this daylong, geared toward new meditators and those seeking a refresher course, we will explore the Buddha’s own teaching on cultivating both tranquility and deep insight through the full awareness of breathing. Please bring a beginner’s mind and an open heart. Devin Berry is a co-founder of Deeper Still, the teen […]

The Ultimate Refuge: One Day Retreat for People of Color

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

With H. Margarita Loinaz, MD In the Buddhist tradition, we take refuge in the Three Jewels: The Buddha, The Dharma and The Sangha. In the Great Perfection Teachings of the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, we add the refuge of the Great Mother - The Perfection of Sublime Knowing. This ultimate refuge has also been […]

Restorative Practices: Cultivating and Sustaining Multicultural Sangha through Community Building and Healing Circles

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Led by the 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. […]