ONLINE: Tender Self Care in the Midst of Pain

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

An Online Class For People Living with Disability, Illness or Chronic Pain with Deb Kerr and Kenji Oshima In this online meditation retreat, we will explore the possibility of finding space and ease, even while dealing with painful conditions of body or mind. Mindfulness and sangha are powerful tools for finding ways of working with […]

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ONLINE: People of Color Sangha

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

The People of Color Sangha is a growing tribe of people of color waking up and getting free! Thursdays 7:30 – 9:00 PM PST Zoom Link will be shared via POC Sangha Facebook Page and / or POC SANGHA WEBSITE

ONLINE: EBMC Maha Sangha (For All Beings)

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

Maha Sangha for All People & Communities Creating Freedom in Community Every Friday night at EBMC, 7:00 – 8:30pm Guest Teachers: JD Doyle and Lev White To Attend via Zoom Video: email mahasangha at eastbaymeditation dot org for the Zoom link. The EBMC Maha Sangha for All People and Communities is a meditation and dharma […]

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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 […]

ONLINE: Healing the Healers – Cultivating Resilience and Creativity

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

Open to All - Special Invitation for Black, Indigenous and People of Color with Melvin Escobar You’re invited to be in community with other healers and caregivers, to have a day of resting in the refuges of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Taking care of oneself is foundational to being of true service. Through meditation practices […]

ONLINE: Every Body Every Mind Sangha

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

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 gmail dot com to request a Zoom link.  Please come and take part in this time to meditate, share our lives and […]

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ONLINE: Practicing with Sexual Energy: Presence, Precepts and Power

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

Practicing with Sexual Energy: Presence, Precepts and Power Honoring Sexuality While Maintaining Upright Awareness with Rev. Daigan Gaither and Carol Cano  Saturday, October 3rd Part I  Saturday, October 24th Part II  10AM - 12:30PM PST  What is it to be upright and awake in the midst of sexual energy? How do we not turn away […]

ONLINE: Whiteness: Neither Supreme nor Fragile

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

for White Practitioners 10:00AM -12:15PM and 2:00PM-4:00PM PST with Crystal Johnson and JD Doyle White supremacy culture and white fragility are all over the news and have entered mainstream conversations; but how can whiteness be both supreme and fragile? This workshop for self-identified white people explores the experience of these two powerful and seemingly contradictory […]

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ONLINE: Every Body Every Mind Sangha

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

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 […]

ONLINE: Reclaiming Our Magic for Liberation Struggle for Black, Indigenous and People of Color

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

with Lama Rod Owens  In order to experience true liberation, we must do the work to reclaim parts of ourselves that have been lost to the violence of systematic oppression.  Magic is an important expression of who we are as QTIPoC and BIPOC communities. In this context, magic means how we use our sexual and […]