ONLINE: Everyday Equity – Awakening Power, Love, and Justice

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

with Renato Almanzor  Everyday Equity is both a realization of and an agenda for social justice and community well-being. This program offers perspectives, principles and practices toward awakening power, love and justice. The workshop is not just an individual path, we will also catalyze interpersonal and collective transformation through experiential activities including journaling, mindful stationary […]

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ONLINE Teen Circle: Teen Meditation Group for Teens Age 14-19

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

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, […]

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ONLINE: Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love, Compassion, Joy & Equanimity

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

with Mushim Ikeda Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum The Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes), also called the Four Immeasurables, are Buddhist teachings and practices that help us to access dynamic calming, stilling, and healing mindbody states. As we cultivate the limitless qualities of loving goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity, in time we harvest […]

4 Divine Abodes in Challenging Times: An Online Retreat

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

4 Divine Abodes in Challenging Times: A 1-day Silent Retreat with Rev. Liên Shutt In these challenging times, the teachings on the 4 Divine Abodes can help us to stay centered and uplifted. While we all have a sense of Kindness, Compassion, Inclusive Joy, and Equanimity, it can be hard to access to these qualities when there’s a lot of […]

ONLINE: Dharma for Challenging Times

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

with Anushka Fernandopulle What are the Dharma lessons that we can take from this time of global challenges? Let's practice together and see how we can learn from the change and uncertainty that life has delivered this year. If we hold events with wisdom, we can grow stronger and emerge from this period with even more […]

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Lovingkindness

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

with Dr. Helen Weng and Mushim Ikeda  Your voice matters! Mapping the lived experiences of lovingkindness practice during times of uncertainty 1-1:50pm Webinar - Come learn about the neuroscience of lovingkindness meditation, and how UCSF is partnering with EBMC to study how lovingkindness is practiced by diverse meditators. Any experience level is welcome. Featuring a […]

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ONLINE: Queer Joy and Resilience – A Class Series for the LGBTQIA2+ Community

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

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, […]

ONLINE Restorative Practices: Deep Listening in Circle in Uncertain Times

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

with Shahara Godfrey, Kimi Mojica, Jamilah Bradshaw, Jenn Biehn, Kevin Martin, Joan Lohman, and DeNNiS SOmeRa With social distancing as our recent norm, we invite East Bay Meditation Center practitioners to experience the connection of a virtual community-building/peacemaking circle. The talking circle is an indigenous tradition that is both ceremony and council. In circle, all […]

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ONLINE Teen Circle: Teen Meditation Group for Teens Age 14-19

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

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 […]

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ONLINE: Pandemic Precepts: Buddhist Ethics during COVID-19

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

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 […]