ONLINE Restorative Practices: Deep Listening in Circle in Uncertain Times

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

with Shahara Godfrey, Kimi Mojica, Jamilah Bradshaw, Jenn Biehn, Kevin Martin, Joan Lohman, and DeNNiS SOmeRa With social distancing as our recent norm, we invite East Bay Meditation Center practitioners to experience the connection of a virtual community-building/peacemaking circle. The talking circle is an indigenous tradition that is both ceremony and council. In circle, all […]

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ONLINE Teen Circle: Teen Meditation Group for Teens Age 14-19

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

EBMC Teen Circle ONLINE Spring Session Wednesdays, April 1st to June 10th 2020 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm PST Led by Raúl Kahlil Betancourt, Anthony “T” Maes, Sarwang Parikh, Louije Kim & Sara Oakes EBMC Teen Circle is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Teens do not need to commit to the entire […]

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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 everybodyeverymind@gmail.com to request a Zoom link.  Please come and take part in this time to meditate, share our lives and support with each other, and […]

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ONLINE: Queer Leather Peer-Led Deep Refuge Group

Off Site Venue

The Queer Leather Meditation Deep Refuge Group is a peer-led meditation group for those of us who have a meditation practice and are queer and leather/kink-identified. We meet on the 4th Friday of every month from 7–8:30 p.m. We are open to and welcome new drop-in participants, whether this is your first sit or your […]

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ONLINE: Pandemic Precepts: Buddhist Ethics during COVID-19

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

online class series with Mushim Ikeda ASL interpretation provided by Aaron Brace and Brooke Fulton Wednesdays, April 29th, May 6th, 13th and 20th 7-8:30PM PST / PDT What does toilet paper hoarding have to do with Buddhist ethics? Based in EBMC's mindfulness-based, diversity-equity-inclusion and social justice-centered mission, this four-class series offers a path to reflect […]

ONLINE: May Day Meditation

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

with JD Doyle and Carol Cano  Join our meditation to honor and offer love to all workers on May Day,  International Workers’ Day, which commemorates the many struggles and gains made by labor movements throughout history.  We honor all workers at this moment in time, when we are interwoven in community supporting each other and sustaining each other during the […]

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ONLINE: Mindful Yoga

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

with Jonathan Relucio We will devote time for gentle yoga and breathing practice to calm the mind, relax the body and nurture the heart.  Reconnect and rejuvenate through the cultivation of mindfulness and kind awareness.   Zoom info: https://zoom.us/j/382617023 Phone +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 382 617 023   About Jonathan: For nearly a decade, […]

ONLINE: Introduction to Mindfulness

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

with Carol Cano This online retreat will explore basic teachings of mindfulness meditation practices, tools, and understanding the mind with the aim of integrating mindfulness into all aspects of our daily lives. We will explore how to work with difficult emotions and find more balance. This is an introduction for beginners new to mindfulness meditation […]

ONLINE: La Intimidad De Este Momento: Encontrando Nuestr@ Refugio

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

La intimidad de este momento: encontrando nuestr@ refugio The intimacy of this moment: finding our refuge Continuing to create and envision a Latinx sangha at EBMC Continuando a crear e imagniar la sangha Latinx en EBMC Bienvenido a todos que se identifican como parte de la diáspora latinoamericana Open to all who identify as part […]

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ONLINE Radical Loving Kindness: Dharma in Motion for LGBTQIA+

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

with Jess Dene Schlesinger Access centered mix of Yoga, Feldenkrais, Somatics and Earth Based Wisdom for Resiliency, Nourishment and Joy. via Zoom:  Zoom info: https://zoom.us/j/382617023 Phone +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 382 617 023