Exploring Addictions Through the Lens of the Buddhist and Wisdom Teachings

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

Open to all in recovery with Shahara Godfrey and Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John During this one-day retreat we will explore, from a cross-cultural approach, ways to heal addiction. We will introduce you to the eight steps to recovery by Dr. Mason-John and practice specific meditation and wisdom teachings to work with our addiction. We believe this […]

Decolonizing Mindfulness: Teachings for Emotional Trauma for People of Color

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

with Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John and Shahara Godfrey This daylong retreat will take the participants on an exploration of negative mental states and how we can begin to transform them. The day will unfold with meditations to help soothe our internalized trauma due to the racism and other suffering that we experience. There will also be […]

Taming Anxiety

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

with Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt Does your mind seem to “be all over the place”? Do you find yourself worrying a lot? Do you feel easily overwhelmed and filled with anxiety? Do you obsess about “shoulds” and “coulds” and, therefore, find it hard to focus? Buddhist teachings and meditation practices have long addressed ways to […]

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

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

For Children Ages 0-13 and Family/Caregivers March class led by Eve Decker, Baruch Golden, Michele Ku, and Jenn Biehn (movement) 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 12. The teachers will offer the Buddha's teachings and mindful […]

Embodying the Third Noble Truth: Brothers Becoming the End of Suffering

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

Daylong for Alphabet Brothers of Color We warmly invite all self-identified men of color and people of color who are on the spectrum of masculine identities including gay, bi, trans, queer, non-binary and gender nonconforming. with Patrick Brown, Nils Heymann and John Mifsud As Alphabet Brothers of Color, we sometimes feel isolated and unsupported facing […]

Teen Sangha Diving Deeper: One Day Retreat

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

Led by the EBMC Teen Sangha Team: Raúl Kahlil Betancourt, Anthony “T” Maes, Sarwang Parikh, and Adrienne Price EBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. For this daylong retreat, we will meditate, explore the Dharma, and connect through relational mindfulness games, building loving awareness for ourselves and our communities. No […]

Asian American Deep Refuge Group

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

This deep refuge group is for people who have ancestry in Asia (mixed race folks welcome!), and an established meditation practice and foundation in the Four Noble Truths. We gather to build sangha and to support each others’ practice in a safe(r) space that allows us to explore the intersections of Asian American identity/experience and […]

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Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation: Two-Day Workshop

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

Open to all With Kazu Haga, Stephanie Chin, and other East Point trainers This two-day training will provide participants with a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy and strategy of Kingian Nonviolence.  This training is useful for anyone who deals with conflict: inter-personal or larger social conflicts, whether in your personal life, in the workplace, or […]

Planting Seeds with Empty Hands Music

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

With Nimo Patel, and EBMC Family Sangha (Baruch Golden, Michele Ku, and Fresh! White) Please join the family sangha for an evening of uplifting music with Nimo Patel, a musician, humanitarian and ambassador of love and peace. Through songs and stories we will share values dear to us all: compassion, gratitude and universal love. Nimo […]

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For People of Color: Beginning a Meditation Practice

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

Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum Mondays, April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm With Mushim Are you a looking for a way to start a mindfulness meditation practice, but don’t quite know how? These classes will give you the basics of sitting and walking/movement meditation in the vipassana […]