Queer Leather Meditation Deep Refuge Group

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

During the COVID-19 crisis, the Queer Leather Meditation Deep Refuge Group holding some extra sits outside of our usual schedule. The Queer Leather Meditation sangha is a peer-led meditation group for those of us who have a meditation practice and are queer and leather/kink-identified. We are open to and welcome new drop-in participants! For the […]

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Lovingkindness: Focus Group for Teachers

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

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 […]

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Kindness Focus Group for LGBTQIASGL+ Community

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

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 […]

ONLINE: The 4 Noble Truths as a Restorative Process: Manifesting Agents of Change for People of Color

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

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 […]

ONLINE: How Have the Buddha’s Teachings Helped Me?

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

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 […]

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ONLINE Compassionate Dharma Deep Refuge: 8 Step Recovery Buddhist Meeting

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

Compassionate Dharma Deep Refuge Buddhist meetings focus on ways to heal addiction. Based on the Eight Steps to Recovery developed by Dr. Mason-John M.A (hon.doc) and Dr Groves, we believe this inclusive approach can build a solid foundation for those at any level of recovery and for those who have yet to seek help. Through […]

Embodying Joy, Healing and Wholeness in Critical Times: An Online Retreat for Black Womxn of African Descent

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

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 […]

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Lovingkindness a Focus Group for People of Color

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

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 […]

CALLING FOR JUSTICE: Calling Our Humanity And Collective Wisdom

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

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 […]