East Bay Meditation Center

ONLINE: Every Body Every Mind Sangha
2021-09-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-09-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-09-19 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Bay Meditation Center, 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
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: Transforming Anxiety and Depression Using The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
2021-09-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-09-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-09-20 19:00 - 20:30
An Online Class Series

With Melvin Escobar
Mondays, September 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th
7:00 – 8:30PM PST (Time Zone Converter) –
Closed Captioning Provided
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness is a teaching found in all Buddhist traditions. They can provide a solid basis for understanding how anxiety and depression are an inevitable part of human experience. We will explore these teachings and interweave them with contemporary psychological frameworks, informed by an understanding of structural oppression. Through talks, interactive exercises, stationary and gentle moving meditation, and recommendations for home practice, participants will gain awareness of how to work with these mood states to help us be more in the moment and fully appreciate this one precious life.
Attend all or some:
Week 1 – Mindfulness of Body
Week 2 – Mindfulness of Feeling
Week 3 – Mindfulness of Mind
Week 4 – Mindfulness of Dhamma

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

ONLINE: Alphabet Sangha
2021-09-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-09-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-09-21 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: Midday Sangha
2021-09-08 12:00 - 13:35, 2021-09-15 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: Finding Liberation in Relationship: Accountability, Conflict, Boundaries and Feedback
2021-09-08 18:30 - 20:30, 2021-09-15 18:30 - 20:30
Finding Liberation in Relationship: Accountability, Conflict, Boundaries and Feedback
An Online Class Series with René Rivera and Dawn Haney

Wednesdays September 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th
6:30 – 8:30PM PST (Time Zone Converter)
Closed Captioning Provided

Do you make yourself different than who you are to be in relationship? Or feel forced to cut relationships out of your life to be your full authentic self?
Like other forms of suffering, the Buddha’s teachings help us show up in difficult relationships in new, liberatory ways. In this series, we will practice feedback, boundaries, and nervous system regulation; while applying mindfulness to investigate our conditioned tendencies and positionality in power relations. We can learn to experience relationship conflict as a normal part of life that births change and creates space for us to be our most authentic selves.

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

ONLINE: People of Color Yoga
2021-09-09 17:45 - 18:45, 2021-09-16 17:45 - 18:45
Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz
5:45PM – 6:45PM PST
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 & In Person (1st and 3rd Thursdays) People of Color Yoga
2021-09-09 17:45 - 18:45, 2021-09-16 17:45 - 18:45
Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz
Livestreamed every week and outdoors in Snow Park 1st and 3rd Thursdays
5:45PM – 6:45PM PST
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: People of Color Sangha
2021-09-09 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-09-16 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 Sangha
2021-09-09 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-09-16 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: Multiracial Peer-Led Deep Refuge Group
2021-09-11 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

ONLINE: Social Justice Lunchtime Sangha - Peer Led Deep Refuge group
2021-09-14 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: Embracing Change: Zen & the Art of Creating a Life You Want
2021-09-18 09:30 - 15:30
An Online Class

With Rev. Liên Shutt
Saturday, September 18th
9:30AM – 3:30PM PST (Time Zone Converter) –
Closed Captioning Provided

Would you like to be more settled, intentional & mindful as you re-engage with the world?
Change can be hard; even if it’s something we want or are excited about.
At times like these, pausing to connect to teachings both from Zen Buddhism and from the motivational field can help. Join Rev. Liên for a daylong workshop in which we’ll explore how to incorporate both meditative practices and behavior-change skills in order to find stability and centeredness; to support you to be fully present and aware for whatever comes your way.

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

Grief Medicine: An Online Gathering for BIPOC
2021-09-19 16:00 - 18:30
An Online Gathering for Black, Indigenous and People of Color

with Amy Hyun Swart and Satya de la Paz

Sunday, September 19th 2021 4PM – 6:30PM PST
Time Zone Converter – Closed Captioning Provided
Come join us as we ritualize our grief in a circle of compassion to acknowledge, listen to, and tend to the broken heart. Grief and its accompanying emotions like rage and confusion can be overwhelming to process alone. Whether your grief is from surviving the loss of a loved one, a breakup, a life transition, or bearing witness to the calamities of our planet including the multiple pandemics from police violence to COVID-19 over the past year, this gathering is for you. Whatever leads your heart to a place of being broken is enough.
Some of the oldest artifacts known to humankind are from grief rituals, yet in modern times this sacred and necessary space is hard to come by due to our collective discomfort around grief. In this multidimensional experience we will use the power of guided meditation, creative practices, yoga, and group sharing to metabolize our losses and transmute them into a gift for our own hearts and the collective heart of our planet.
Please bring a candle, journal, body oil or lotion, yoga mat, and an object of significance that represents the grief you are holding (if possible).

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