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Surviving & Thriving at the End of Capitalism: Embodying Regenerative Economies

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

with Dawn Haney, Lisa Moore and René Rivera As global capitalism grinds toward a transition, alternatives are cropping up: land trusts, cooperatives, wealth transfer and reparations, everyday anti-capitalism, and gift economics. What are these regenerative economies? How do they offer an immediate antidote to capitalism? How can mindfulness practices help us start to embody these […]

Latinx Deep Refuge

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

Tendramos una meditación, tiempo para convivir/hablar sobre un tema budista, y si traen comida, un almuerzo informal/potluck. No se requiere registro! Drop In's welcome! 

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 Led by Keisha Turner, Baruch Golden, Lev White, Julie Goshe and Michele Ku We invite you to come and be a part of the diverse family sangha at EBMC.  We welcome families with babies, toddlers, and children up to age 12. Children under 5 will need to […]

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Potions for the Poisons: Heart Medicine for Our Times

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

with Melvin Escobar In the Buddhist teachings, the Three Poisons (greed, hatred, and delusion) are the primary causes of suffering. Arguably, these three poisons are more widespread than ever in our world. In this 3-week class series, we will explore these unwholesome roots of our unease and the potions, or antidotes, to these poisons. Through […]

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Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation

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

with Kazu Haga, Sierra Pickett and Chris Moore-Backman Kingian Nonviolence grew out of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and is a transformative philosophy dealing with the transformation of conflict. Many forms of political resistance only deal with “fixing issues,” while ignoring the need to heal relationships. However many healing modalities do not address […]

Power, Presence and Healing: Black Women Honoring Our Wholeness

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

A Retreat for Self-Identified Black Women of the African Diaspora with Amana Brembry Johnson and Arisika Razak I think our notions of what counts as radical have changed. Self-care . . . healing . . . attention to the body and the spiritual dimension – all of this is . . . a part of radical […]

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Tai Chi Chih – Joy through Movement

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

Join us for Alphabet Dharma in Motion Tai Chi Chih – Joy through Movement with Jenn Biehn, EBMC Tai Chi Chih teacher Drop In Format, No Pre-Registration Required. A form of qigong, Tai Chi Chih is a moving meditation consisting of 20 easy-to-learn, access-centered movements. Tai Chi circulates, balances, and gathers the chi or energy […]

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Path of the Bodhisattva I & Bodhisattva Precepts Ceremony

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

with Mushim Ikeda  4 class series:  Path of the Bodhisattva 1, Weds, Oct 2 – 23, 6:30 – 8:30pm 4 class series:  Path of the Bodhisattva 2, Weds, Oct 30 – Nov 20, 6:30 – 8:30pm Daylong: Receiving or Witnessing the Bodhisattva Precepts & Vows, Dec 14, 10am – 4:30pm  *Separate registration is needed for […]

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Mindful Yoga and Loving Awareness

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

Reconnect and rejuvenate through the cultivation of mindfulness and loving awareness.  Deepen your practice by going inward and focusing the mind/heart on the present moment.  We will devote time to mindful movement to support the release of accumulated tension in order to identify and release body-held stressors through practices of trauma-informed body kindness.  Join a nurturing […]

This is Your Brain on Meditation 2

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

Honoring diverse meditators through community engagement and individualized neuroscience: Results from the first UCSF-EBMC neuroscience study with Dr. Helen Weng and Mushim Ikeda Participants in the neuroscience of meditation have historically belonged to dominant cultures. Over the past 3 years, Dr. Helen Weng has collaborated with EBMC to increase the diversity of meditators represented, including […]