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SUMMARY:People of Color Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz \n6:00 pm – 7:00 pm \nBuild strength and flexibility while cultivating mindfulness in this all levels hatha yoga class. Each class has a unique\, inspiring theme and personalized instruction that will leave you feeling joyous and rejuvenated. \nNo registration required. No mat or special clothes required.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/people-of-color-yoga/2017-06-29/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC 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 other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-28/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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SUMMARY:Midday Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Midday Sangha at EBMC Wednesdays at Noon! \nJoin our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building. \nEvery Wednesday\n12:00 – 12:45   Silent sitting\, standing or lying down meditation with optional walking meditation. \n12:45 – 1:35     Potluck lunch with facilitated conversation about our practice and being the dharma in the world \nMidday Sangha Coordinating Committee:\nAbe Doherty\, Bang Nguyen\, Jenn Biehn\, Kam McCallum\, Karen Jackson\, Manuel Vasquez\, Preston Justice\, Shawki\, Yvette Flores
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/midday-sangha/2017-06-28/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:Alphabet Sangha
DESCRIPTION:A meditation group for the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer\, Intersex\, Same-Gender Loving\, and Two-Spirit communities. Because that’s such a mouthful\, we call ourselves the Alphabet Sangha. \nTuesdays\n7:00 – 8:30 pm \nFor more information\, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/alphabet-sangha/2017-06-27/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:Dharma in Motion
DESCRIPTION:A weekly offering of access-centered movement practices for all ages and abilities. Teachers and modalities will rotate every 5-6 weeks. Drop in format\, no experience necessary. Please wear clothing that allows for gentle movement.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/dharma-in-motion-2/2017-06-27/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:ONLINE: Trans/Gender-Expansive Deep Refuge Group
DESCRIPTION:Trans/Gender-Expansive Deep Refuge Group\nFourth Mondays (online over zoom)\n6:30-8pm PM PST \nThis deep refuge group is by and for trans/gender-expansive people. Our goal is to provide a welcoming community space for trans/gender-expansive folks who are interested in exploring meditation and other aspects of Buddhist practice. Both beginners and experienced practitioners welcome! \nTo be added to the email list\, please email tgedeeprefuge@eastbaymeditation.org with a quick note about your interest in the group. We look forward to practicing with you!
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/trans-genderqueer-peer-led-deep-refuge-group/2017-06-26/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:Every Body Every Mind Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Every Body Every Mind Sangha is a weekly sitting group for people living with disabilities\, limitations\, differences and chronic illnesses. \nSundays\n6:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nPlease come and take part in this time to meditate\, share our lives and support with each other\, and learn more about the dharma. There is no need to register for these weekly meetings\, just come and share this path together! \nTeachers include Charlie Johnson\, Deb Kerr and others. \nFor more info\, visit the Every Body Every Mind Sangha Website.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/every-body-every-mind-sangha/2017-06-25/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:Restoring the Heart: Healing the Oppressor Within
DESCRIPTION:A Retreat for People of Color \nLed by Amana Johnson & Konda Mason \nSaturday\, June 24\, 2017\n9:30 am – 4:30 pm \nSunday\, June 25\, 2017\n9:30 am – 12:30 pm \nThere are many causes and conditions that create suffering in our lives.  Mostly\, we think of things that exist outside of ourselves: racism\, poverty\, gender bias\, job challenges\, etc.  In this daylong we will examine how internalized conditioning unconsciously contributes to our own suffering.  We will explore Ahimsa (non-harming) and the Buddha’s teachings on impermanence\, suffering\, and no self – and how\, with wise understanding\, we can ease the suffering caused by internalized oppression. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or on the link below to register: \nhttps://june17restore-poc.eventbrite.com \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/restoring-the-heart-healing-the-oppressor-within/2017-06-25/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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SUMMARY:Restoring the Heart: Healing the Oppressor Within
DESCRIPTION:A Retreat for People of Color \nLed by Amana Johnson & Konda Mason \nSaturday\, June 24\, 2017\n9:30 am – 4:30 pm \nSunday\, June 25\, 2017\n9:30 am – 12:30 pm \nThere are many causes and conditions that create suffering in our lives.  Mostly\, we think of things that exist outside of ourselves: racism\, poverty\, gender bias\, job challenges\, etc.  In this daylong we will examine how internalized conditioning unconsciously contributes to our own suffering.  We will explore Ahimsa (non-harming) and the Buddha’s teachings on impermanence\, suffering\, and no self – and how\, with wise understanding\, we can ease the suffering caused by internalized oppression. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or on the link below to register: \nhttps://june17restore-poc.eventbrite.com \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/restoring-the-heart-healing-the-oppressor-within/2017-06-24/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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SUMMARY:People of Color Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The People of Color Sangha is a growing tribe of people of color waking up and getting free! \nThursdays\n7:00 – 9:00 PM \nFor more information\, visit the: POC SANGHA WEBSITE
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/people-of-color-sangha/2017-06-22/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:People of Color Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz \n6:00 pm – 7:00 pm \nBuild strength and flexibility while cultivating mindfulness in this all levels hatha yoga class. Each class has a unique\, inspiring theme and personalized instruction that will leave you feeling joyous and rejuvenated. \nNo registration required. No mat or special clothes required.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/people-of-color-yoga/2017-06-22/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC 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 other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-21/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170621T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170621T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T025917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170923T004259Z
UID:10004696-1498046400-1498051800@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Midday Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Midday Sangha at EBMC Wednesdays at Noon! \nJoin our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building. \nEvery Wednesday\n12:00 – 12:45   Silent sitting\, standing or lying down meditation with optional walking meditation. \n12:45 – 1:35     Potluck lunch with facilitated conversation about our practice and being the dharma in the world \nMidday Sangha Coordinating Committee:\nAbe Doherty\, Bang Nguyen\, Jenn Biehn\, Kam McCallum\, Karen Jackson\, Manuel Vasquez\, Preston Justice\, Shawki\, Yvette Flores
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/midday-sangha/2017-06-21/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170620T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170620T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T025650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161227T042641Z
UID:10004621-1497985200-1497990600@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Alphabet Sangha
DESCRIPTION:A meditation group for the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer\, Intersex\, Same-Gender Loving\, and Two-Spirit communities. Because that’s such a mouthful\, we call ourselves the Alphabet Sangha. \nTuesdays\n7:00 – 8:30 pm \nFor more information\, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/alphabet-sangha/2017-06-20/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170620T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170620T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20170424T202151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T184408Z
UID:10005192-1497979800-1497979800@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Dharma in Motion
DESCRIPTION:A weekly offering of access-centered movement practices for all ages and abilities. Teachers and modalities will rotate every 5-6 weeks. Drop in format\, no experience necessary. Please wear clothing that allows for gentle movement.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/dharma-in-motion-2/2017-06-20/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
GEO:37.8050656;-122.2660299
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170618T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170618T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T032156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160825T032538Z
UID:10004864-1497808800-1497814200@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Every Body Every Mind Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Every Body Every Mind Sangha is a weekly sitting group for people living with disabilities\, limitations\, differences and chronic illnesses. \nSundays\n6:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nPlease come and take part in this time to meditate\, share our lives and support with each other\, and learn more about the dharma. There is no need to register for these weekly meetings\, just come and share this path together! \nTeachers include Charlie Johnson\, Deb Kerr and others. \nFor more info\, visit the Every Body Every Mind Sangha Website.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/every-body-every-mind-sangha/2017-06-18/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
GEO:37.8050656;-122.2660299
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170617T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20170413T200916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170413T201031Z
UID:10005181-1497693600-1497715200@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Unfolding This Moment
DESCRIPTION:Led by Carol Cano \n“True acceptance does not grasp or hold on to anything” — A.H. Almaas \nEach moment can reveals one’s truth. The practice of mindfulness can help uncover unwanted emotions and embrace one’s vulnerability. Cultivating a practice of the heart takes courage and freedom from a burdened mind. Silence and deep inquiry integrates an intimate understanding of our true nature. \nIn this daylong retreat\, we will explore our inner work together as an intentional community. \nRegistration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or on the link below to register: \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=june17unfolding \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/unfolding-this-moment/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170615T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170615T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T031822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171205T040945Z
UID:10004772-1497553200-1497560400@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:People of Color Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The People of Color Sangha is a growing tribe of people of color waking up and getting free! \nThursdays\n7:00 – 9:00 PM \nFor more information\, visit the: POC SANGHA WEBSITE
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/people-of-color-sangha/2017-06-15/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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GEO:37.8050656;-122.2660299
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170615T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170615T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20170705T183820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190127T192620Z
UID:10005390-1497549600-1497553200@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:People of Color Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz \n6:00 pm – 7:00 pm \nBuild strength and flexibility while cultivating mindfulness in this all levels hatha yoga class. Each class has a unique\, inspiring theme and personalized instruction that will leave you feeling joyous and rejuvenated. \nNo registration required. No mat or special clothes required.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/people-of-color-yoga/2017-06-15/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170614T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20170516T190715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T190715Z
UID:10005347-1497466800-1497474000@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC 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 other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-14/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170614T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T025917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170923T004259Z
UID:10004695-1497441600-1497447000@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Midday Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Midday Sangha at EBMC Wednesdays at Noon! \nJoin our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building. \nEvery Wednesday\n12:00 – 12:45   Silent sitting\, standing or lying down meditation with optional walking meditation. \n12:45 – 1:35     Potluck lunch with facilitated conversation about our practice and being the dharma in the world \nMidday Sangha Coordinating Committee:\nAbe Doherty\, Bang Nguyen\, Jenn Biehn\, Kam McCallum\, Karen Jackson\, Manuel Vasquez\, Preston Justice\, Shawki\, Yvette Flores
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/midday-sangha/2017-06-14/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
GEO:37.8050656;-122.2660299
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170613T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T025650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161227T042641Z
UID:10004620-1497380400-1497385800@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Alphabet Sangha
DESCRIPTION:A meditation group for the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer\, Intersex\, Same-Gender Loving\, and Two-Spirit communities. Because that’s such a mouthful\, we call ourselves the Alphabet Sangha. \nTuesdays\n7:00 – 8:30 pm \nFor more information\, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/alphabet-sangha/2017-06-13/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastbaymeditation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/alphabetlogo.png
GEO:37.8050656;-122.2660299
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170613T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170613T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20170424T202151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T184408Z
UID:10005191-1497375000-1497375000@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Dharma in Motion
DESCRIPTION:A weekly offering of access-centered movement practices for all ages and abilities. Teachers and modalities will rotate every 5-6 weeks. Drop in format\, no experience necessary. Please wear clothing that allows for gentle movement.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/dharma-in-motion-2/2017-06-13/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
GEO:37.8050656;-122.2660299
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170611T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T032156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160825T032538Z
UID:10004863-1497204000-1497209400@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:Every Body Every Mind Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Every Body Every Mind Sangha is a weekly sitting group for people living with disabilities\, limitations\, differences and chronic illnesses. \nSundays\n6:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nPlease come and take part in this time to meditate\, share our lives and support with each other\, and learn more about the dharma. There is no need to register for these weekly meetings\, just come and share this path together! \nTeachers include Charlie Johnson\, Deb Kerr and others. \nFor more info\, visit the Every Body Every Mind Sangha Website.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/every-body-every-mind-sangha/2017-06-11/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
GEO:37.8050656;-122.2660299
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170608T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20160825T031822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171205T040945Z
UID:10004771-1496948400-1496955600@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:People of Color Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The People of Color Sangha is a growing tribe of people of color waking up and getting free! \nThursdays\n7:00 – 9:00 PM \nFor more information\, visit the: POC SANGHA WEBSITE
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/people-of-color-sangha/2017-06-08/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastbaymeditation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-headerPOC1.jpg
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170608T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170608T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20170705T183820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190127T192620Z
UID:10005389-1496944800-1496948400@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:People of Color Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz \n6:00 pm – 7:00 pm \nBuild strength and flexibility while cultivating mindfulness in this all levels hatha yoga class. Each class has a unique\, inspiring theme and personalized instruction that will leave you feeling joyous and rejuvenated. \nNo registration required. No mat or special clothes required.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/people-of-color-yoga/2017-06-08/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153330
CREATED:20170516T190715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T190715Z
UID:10005346-1496862000-1496869200@eastbaymeditation.org
SUMMARY:EBMC Teen Sangha Summer 2017
DESCRIPTION:EBMC Teen Sangha \nSummer 2017 \nWednesdays: May 24 – August 9 (no meeting on June 21)\n7:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nOpen to teens\, ages 14-19 \nEBMC 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 other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative and practical ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a Sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities\, cultures\, beliefs and ways of being. \nLed by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt\, Anthony “T” Maes\, Sarwang Parikh\, Adrienne Price\, Syra Smith\, and Phoenix Soleil \nRegistration: Registration is encouraged and space is limited. Click here or the link below to register. \nhttp://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=summer17teensangha \nCost: There is no registration fee for attending this event\, nor most EBMC events.  However\, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving\, or “dana”). Please donate generously\, in proportion to your ability: \n* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process)\n* Or at the event\, in the two baskets at EBMC\, one for the Center\, the second for the Teacher \nThank you for your generosity.  EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity. \nFragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness\, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC. \nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \nRaúl Kahlil Betancourt began his buddhist studies when he was 16 in L.A. and has been studying steadily since. He has studied Vietnamese Zen in LA and Soto Zen in Santa Cruz and SF as well as Green Gulch and Tassajara. He spent a year as a personal student to a head instructor from Eijeiji\, at his home temple in Japan. He also earned a black belt in Aikido. He eventually found his spiritual home at EBMC in Oakland. He is currently teaching science at a high school in SF where he is also a teacher meditation leader. \nAnthony “T” Maes was born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003 including long retreats and living in a monastery in Thailand. He has volunteered on many teen meditation retreats since 2009 where he enjoys leading mixed-heritage liberation\, relational mindfulness\, and acrobalance. “T” graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004\, completed the yearlong Commit2Dharma program at EBMC in 2011\, and is a graduate of the Heart Mind Curriculum mindfulness teacher training program. \nSarwang Parikh is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who has worked with young people for over a decade. He has meditated and practiced yoga for the past 10 years. He is currently a part of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program and EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge group. Sarwang has worked therapeutically with young people across cultures and around the world in a variety of therapeutic\, school-based and community settings. He currently provides holistic counseling\, leads mindfulness groups\, and facilitates trainings on mindfulness in education with Seeds-of-Awareness.org. Sarwang is passionately committed to integrating social change and personal healing through practicing mindfulness and developing relationships. \nAdrienne Price is an educator\, cultural producer\, and social justice organizer living in Oakland\, CA. Since she discovered Dharma practice in 2008\, she has worked to deepen her learning. She looks forward to co-leading her first Teen Sangha through EBMC this summer. She has worked as a high school teacher and currently coordinates an education non-profit. She also organizes with SURJ (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and the Bay Area Childcare Collective. She hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Valencia entitled Pure Pop for Queer Lovers (Sundays 10am-12:00pm\, www.radiovalencia.fm). \nSyra Smith is an engaged artist\, activist\, community organizer\, sharing cultivator and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Syra has been educating and working with young people for over 15 years. A lifetime meditator\, she completed EBMC’s Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is participating in a two year non-monastic ordination and lineage teaching program under the guidance of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. In addition to co-leading EBMC’s Teen Sangha\, she has joined the team at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, providing transformational tools to at-risk and incarcerated youth. \nPhoenix Soleil is an artist and trainer committed to creating more fun\, authenticity and compassion in our society. She is a teacher and practitioner of the Vipassanna meditation tradition.  She is also a teacher and practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)\, a form of compassionate communication that supports us to attune to our feelings and values. Whenever possible she invokes her background in conscious dance\, Laughter Yoga\, acting\, and the expressive arts to build healthy\, authentic\, joyful\, and engaged communities of all ages.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/ebmc-teen-sangha-summer-2017/2017-06-07/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Midday Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Midday Sangha at EBMC Wednesdays at Noon! \nJoin our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building. \nEvery Wednesday\n12:00 – 12:45   Silent sitting\, standing or lying down meditation with optional walking meditation. \n12:45 – 1:35     Potluck lunch with facilitated conversation about our practice and being the dharma in the world \nMidday Sangha Coordinating Committee:\nAbe Doherty\, Bang Nguyen\, Jenn Biehn\, Kam McCallum\, Karen Jackson\, Manuel Vasquez\, Preston Justice\, Shawki\, Yvette Flores
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/midday-sangha/2017-06-07/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:Alphabet Sangha
DESCRIPTION:A meditation group for the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer\, Intersex\, Same-Gender Loving\, and Two-Spirit communities. Because that’s such a mouthful\, we call ourselves the Alphabet Sangha. \nTuesdays\n7:00 – 8:30 pm \nFor more information\, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/alphabet-sangha/2017-06-06/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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SUMMARY:Dharma in Motion
DESCRIPTION:A weekly offering of access-centered movement practices for all ages and abilities. Teachers and modalities will rotate every 5-6 weeks. Drop in format\, no experience necessary. Please wear clothing that allows for gentle movement.
URL:https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/dharma-in-motion-2/2017-06-06/
LOCATION:East Bay Meditation Center\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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