Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love, Compassion, Joy & Equanimity

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

Open to all Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum Wednesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm With Mushim The Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes), also called the Four Immeasurables, are Buddhist teachings and practices that help us to access dynamic calming, stilling, and healing mindbody states. As we cultivate the […]

People of Color Sangha

People of Color Sangha

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

The People of Color Sangha is a growing tribe of people of color waking up and getting free! Thursdays 7:00 – 9:00 PM For more information, visit the: POC SANGHA WEBSITE

Visibility Movement & Meditation Gathering: A Practice for Men of Color

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

With EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge Group Have you explored the benefits of collective movement meditation practices? This half daylong explores the benefits of cultivating movement meditation practices in a peer-led deep practice container. This event is designed to explore our fears and desires of being witnessed, publicly, as individual and collective bodies. In our supportive […]

A Daylong of Self-Care and Renewal in the Season of Spring

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

Open to all self-identified women With Carol Cano Letting go is part of the health of our heart. Difficulties at work, loss of a loved one, the changes of society; all of these transitions are a calling for us to pay attention to our bodies and our hearts, and the state of our mind and […]

Every Body Every Mind Sangha

Every Body Every Mind Sangha

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

Every Body Every Mind Sangha is a weekly sitting group for people living with disabilities, limitations, differences and chronic illnesses. Sundays 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm 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 […]

Dharma in Motion

Dharma in Motion

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

A weekly offering of access-centered movement practices for all ages and abilities. Teachers and modalities will rotate every 5-6 weeks. Drop in format, no experience necessary. Please wear clothing that allows for gentle movement.

Alphabet Sangha

Alphabet Sangha

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

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 For more information, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE

Midday Sangha

Midday Sangha

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

Midday Sangha at EBMC Wednesdays at Noon! 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 […]

To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts

To Cherish All Life: Buddha’s 5 Precepts

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

Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum 4 Wednesdays May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017 7:00 – 9:00 pm With Mushim Together we’ll safely take a deep dive into how to hold the questions and ethical complexities that arise when we grapple with trying to live in accordance with the Precepts. The Buddha’s 5 […]

People of Color Sangha

People of Color Sangha

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

The People of Color Sangha is a growing tribe of people of color waking up and getting free! Thursdays 7:00 – 9:00 PM For more information, visit the: POC SANGHA WEBSITE