East Bay Meditation Center

ONLINE: Conscientious Embodiment Movement Sequence
2021-05-21 18:00 - 18:50, 2021-05-14 18:00 - 18:50, 2021-05-07 18:00 - 18:50 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Bay Meditation Center, 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Dharma in Motion with Paul Ciske
“Conscientious Embodiment Movement Sequence“

This movement sequence is designed to embody the principles of Conscientious Embodiment which is based on the revolutionary non-violent martial art of Aikido and Mindfulness particularly related to Dzogchen/Nature of Mind practices. The initial movements are derived from T’ai Chi Chih to bring greater awareness into the body. The movement sequence progresses to connect with the center of the body (i.e., Hara, Tan Tien) and the space within the body. Next the attention is expanded by first connecting to the vertical, heaven and earth connection, and subsequently to the space around us that is continuous with the space within. It concludes with a centering practice that moves us toward a state of greater inclusivity for all that arises. This work was developed out of 30 plus years of studying Wendy Palmer’s Leadership Embodiment, formally known as Conscious Embodiment. Variations of all movements are offered to make it accessible. The sequence is not about exact movement but rather it is about embodying the principles.

For Zoom Info, Please Contact: paul at paulciske dot com
To offer a financial gift to support Paul’s teachings, please do so via PayPal or Venmo: paul@paulciske.com

ONLINE: People of Color Sangha
2021-05-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-05-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-05-06 19:30 - 21:00
The People of Color Sangha is a growing community of people of color waking up and getting free!
Thursdays
7:30 – 9 PM PST
Closed Captions Provided.
Zoom info: Meeting details are shared through their mailing list (subscribe on their website), and their Facebook group.

ONLINE: People of Color Sangha
2021-05-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-05-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-05-06 19:30 - 21:00
The People of Color Sangha is a growing community of people of color waking up and getting free!
Thursdays
7:30 – 9:00 PM PST
Closed Captions Provided.
Zoom info: Meeting details are shared through their mailing list (subscribe on their website), and their Facebook group.

ONLINE: People of Color Yoga
2021-05-20 17:45 - 18:45, 2021-05-13 17:45 - 18:45, 2021-05-06 17:45 - 18:45
Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz
5:45PM – 6:45PM
Build 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.
For zoom link and password, join EBMC’s POC Sangha Facebook Page.
Or email: pocyoga at eastbaymeditation dot org
To donate to the Teacher via Venmo use ID: @satyabodyworks

ONLINE: Pandemic Precepts: Buddhist Ethics during Covid-19
2021-05-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2021-05-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2021-05-05 18:30 - 20:30
An Online Class Series with Mushim Ikeda

Wednesdays April 28th, May 5th, 12th & 19th 2021
6:30 – 8:30PM PST (Time Zone Converter)
ASL Interpretation and Closed Captioning Provided
Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings – 5 month Curriculum
One year ago, people in the United States were hoarding toilet paper and steaks. Today we’re dealing with volatile ethical issues such as to mask or not to mask? – “Cut in line” to vaccinate or not? Rooted in EBMC’s mindfulness-based, diversity-equity-inclusion and social justice-centered mission, this four-class series offers a path to reflect on current ethical discernment and action. Buddhist life, for both laypersons and monastics, is rooted in Five Precepts, guidelines that are paths of deep contemplative investigation resulting in behaviors and actions aligned toward non-harm, in the service of all life. The compassionate realization of our “interbeing,” and the sometimes complex relationship of intent to impact are woven into this “Living Dharma” approach to the Precepts.

Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom with their EventBrite confirmation email.

ONLINE: Midday Sangha
2021-05-19 12:00 - 13:35, 2021-05-12 12:00 - 13:35, 2021-05-05 12:00 - 13:35
Join our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building.
Every Wednesday
12:00 – 12:45 Silent sitting, standing or lying down meditation with optional walking meditation.
12:45 – 1:35 Potluck lunch with facilitated conversation about our practice and being the dharma in the world
Midday Sangha Coordinating Committee:
Darren Lee Brown, emiko yoshikami, Kimber Simpkins, René Rivera and Marge Sussman
email middaysangha at eastbaymeditation dot org for zoom link and password

ONLINE: Alphabet Sangha
2021-05-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-05-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-05-04 19:00 - 20:30
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.
Tuesdays
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Please email: alphabetsangha at eastbaymeditation dot org to request Zoom link to join online.
For more information, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE

ONLINE: Chakra Tai Chi
2021-05-18 18:00 - 18:55, 2021-05-11 18:00 - 18:55
with Jenn Biehn
Chakra Tai Chi is a cleansing, empowering practice that includes easy-to-learn, accessible Tai Chi movements, visualizations, colors, elements, and sounds. This moving mediation brings the chakras – the vortex of energy centers – into balance and allows the energy to move more freely. Once the energy is flowing in our bodies, we can each find our own process for healing, find our own body wisdom. No advance registration required. Instruction offered for both seated and standing positions.
All classes are drop-in; no prior experience or registration necessary.
Please email gemfrog4 at gmail dot org for zoom link & password.
To offer a gift to support the teachings, please do so at paypal.me/gemfrog4

ONLINE: Queer Joy and Resilience
2021-05-17 17:30 - 19:30
An Online Class Series with Jessy Zapanta and JD Doyle

Mondays, May 17th, 24th & 31st 5:30 – 6:30PM PST (Time Zone Converter)
Closed Captioning Provided

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, inquiry, discussions, and radically inclusive movement, focusing on self-care and community-care. We will discover how cultivating joy is a way to support the healing of day-to-day difficulties, as well as intergenerational traumas, and in doing so bring greater freedom to ourselves and our communities.

Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom with their EventBrite confirmation email.

ONLINE: Every Body Every Mind Sangha
2021-05-16 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-05-09 18:00 - 19:30
Every Body Every Mind Sangha is a weekly practice group for people living with disabilities, limitations, differences and chronic illnesses.
Sundays
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
To join online, please email: ebem at eastbaymeditation dot org to request a Zoom link.
Please 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!
EveryBody, EveryMind Teacher Group: Debra Kerr, Kenji Oshima, Anne Finger, Master John W. Ellis IV, Beth Smith and Mushim Ikeda
For more info, visit the Every Body Every Mind Sangha Website.

ONLINE: Precepts, Power and Presence: Honoring Our Sexuality: A Workshop for Self-Identified Womxn of Color
2021-05-16 10:00 - 13:00
An Online Workshop for Self Identified Womxn of Color

With Arisika Razak and Carol Cano
Sunday, May 16th 2021 10AM – 1PM PST
Time Zone Converter – Closed Captioning Provided

When I speak of the erotic …I speak . . . of the life
force of women . . . the knowledge and use of which we are now reclaiming in
our language, our history, our dancing our loving, our work, our lives
Audre Lorde

How has our sexuality been shaped by our experiences as womxn of color living in racist, capitalist and patriarchal societies? How can we reawaken the divine sexual energy that is our birthright – and what dharmic, ancestral practices can we use to support our healing? Join us for a half-day of wisdom teachings, movement practices, mindfulness meditation, and creative writing and sharing as we celebrate and reclaim our sacred life energy. Bring an object that represents your relationship to your sexuality – current or aspirational – and writing or art supplies.

All registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom with their EventBrite confirmation email.

ONLINE: Honoring Our Asian American Buddhist Ancestors
2021-05-15 14:00 - 16:00
An Online Gathering with Rev. Duncan Williams
Saturday, May 15th 2:00 – 4:00PM PST (Time Zone Converter)
Closed Captioning Provided.
The March 16th Atlanta shootings claimed the lives of eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, including 63-year-old Buddhist, Yong Ae Yue. Yue’s tragic death follows upon months of unrelenting racist taunts and violence against Asian Americans, including the senseless assault of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee in San Francisco. His daughter, who herself had been accosted twice in the past year and told to go back to Asia because “Asians caused the coronavirus,” described her father as a devout Thai Buddhist; his funeral was held at Wat Buddhanusorn in Fremont, California. Our temples have also come under attack. Six Vietnamese American temples in Orange County, California were vandalized in a single month; an outdoor Buddhist statue was spray-painted with the word “Jesus” at Huong Tich Temple. More recently, the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles was damaged when windows were smashed, lanterns broken, and the building set on fire.
Rev. Duncan Williams will speak about the National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors scheduled on May 4, 2021 – Forty-nine days after the Atlanta shootings. Forty-nine days after death marks an important transition for the bereaved in many Buddhist traditions.

Registered participants will receive a Zoom link with their EventBrite confirmation email.

ONLINE: Social Justice Lunchtime Sangha - Peer Led Deep Refuge group
2021-05-11 12:00 - 13:00
Social Justice Sangha is a place to practice and reflect with #EBMCOakland organizers and activists. Includes a 30 minute meditation and time for sharing what’s on our hearts.

Contact: socialjustice at eastbaymeditation dot org

ONLINE: Multiracial Peer-Led Deep Refuge Group
2021-05-08 19:00 - 21:00
The Multiracial Deep Refuge Group is a monthly exploratory Deep Refuge Group for and by people who identify as multiracial. Our meetings include periods of mindfulness meditation and sharing of narratives and perspectives as we come together to be seen and to see one another. By sitting and exploring our own unique stories, we can come to know and care for the common threads that bind us together. Our collective work bravely expands the narrative that informs multiracial experience today. Meets 7pm-9pm on the second Saturdays of every month. Online and occasionally hybrid (in-person at EBMC + online).
Newcomers welcome- please contact us before your first visit: mrdrcoordinators at googlegroups dot com
