Healing the Oppressor Within: A Space for White Men to Explore the Intersection of Whiteness and Masculinity in the Context of the Dharma

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

Open to White Men with Baruch Golden, Gregory Mengel & Tom Malarkey White men, including many of us who are committed to social justice, continue to wreak havoc in our world. We are ill prepared to unlearn the patterns of oppression we enact in part because of the social conditioning we receive as young boys. […]

Community Celebration of Strategic Plan

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

Community Meeting: Celebrating East Bay Meditation Center's Strategic Plan! All EBMC Sangha members, past and present, are invited! Join us as we come together to celebrate the completion of our Strategic Plan! Our evening together will include an interactive presentation of our Strategic Plan, a lively discussion of the next two, five and ten years […]

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Practicing with Strong Emotions

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

Practicing with Strong Emotions : Seeing our Difficulties as Opportunities for Growth Open to all with John Mifsud Undeniably, strong emotions cause great stress. Suppressing them can increase our suffering. Spaciousness helps us make healthful choices during difficult times. Buddhist teachings offer many tools to work with challenging feelings and increase ease. Overwhelming feelings are […]

Family Practice: Opening the Heart through the Buddha’s Teachings

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

with Baruch Golden Fresh! White and Shahara Godfrey We invite you to come and help create the diverse family sangha at EBMC. We welcome families with babies, toddlers, and children up to age 13. Children under 5 will need to have a parent/caregiver stay with them. This class features training on “Family Tea Time” and […]

Opening Our Hearts: A Day of Lovingkindness Practice for the Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender Variant, and Genderqueer Communities

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

Open to all self identified Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender Queer, Gender Variant, and Gender Non-conforming people with JD Doyle, René Rivera and Fresh (Lev) White Lovingkindness is a powerful practice that enables us to cultivate our capacity for an open, fearless, and loving heart. This day will include meditations, sharing, and discussions that nurture kindness and […]

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Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow

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

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow with Jessy Kondo Zapanta Malaya means freedom in Tagalog. Malaya Flow allows you freedom of movement, to inhabit your body, to reconnect to spirit. Weaving indigenous Filipino community wisdom with years of physical therapy, somatic practice, and training in trauma-informed Raja yoga, qi gong, and 5-element acupressure, Jessy will guide you […]

What is Enough? Liberation from Capitalism with the Dharma

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

with JD Doyle and Lisa Moore During this daylong we will use our dharma practice (or Buddhist practice) to interrogate and undo some of the suffering caused by consumerism and capitalism. By bringing deep understanding and inquiry, we can create sustainable solutions to the sicknesses of our society and build nurturing interconnected communities that focus […]

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow

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

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow with Jessy Kondo Zapanta Malaya means freedom in Tagalog. Malaya Flow allows you freedom of movement, to inhabit your body, to reconnect to spirit. Weaving indigenous Filipino community wisdom with years of physical therapy, somatic practice, and training in trauma-informed Raja yoga, qi gong, and 5-element acupressure, Jessy will guide you […]

Dharma in Motion: Tai Chi Chih Joy Through Movement

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

Access Stillness in the Midst of Activity Tai Chi Chih – Joy through Movement® with Paul Ciske Tuesdays 6:00 - 6:50 pm July 3 – September 25, 2018 T’ai Chi Chih® is a moving meditation consisting of 20 easy-to-learn, accessible movements. A form of qigong, T’ai Chi Chih® circulates and balances the chi or energy […]

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Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

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

Open to All expressions of love: friends, partners, siblings, parent/child, roommates, etc. with Rev. Liên Shutt We all want love. And, having and holding love and loving feelings can be challenging. Join us in exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States of Equanimity, Kindness, Compassion, […]