Unhurried & Unbothered: Yoga for Radical Restoration

Unhurried & Unbothered: Yoga for Radical Restoration

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

with Keisha Turner Cultivating deep awareness requires us to slow down.  There are many lessons waiting to be uncovered in silence, stillness, and slowness.  Unhurried & Unbothered: Yoga for Radical Restoration is an invitation to practice slowing down as the antidote for the violent pace of capitalism.  In each session, the daily demands so many […]

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

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

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, United States

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, United States

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 […]

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 practice 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 […]

Potions for the Poisons: Heart Medicine for Our Times

Potions for the Poisons: Heart Medicine for Our Times

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

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 […]

Awakening Body Awareness: Dharma in Motion

Awakening Body Awareness: Dharma in Motion

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

with Paul Ciske Drop In Format, No Experience Necessary. Please Wear Comfortable Clothing. With an attitude of kindness, compassion and curiosity, we will be using active range of motion to bring awareness to our body & joints. We will begin with self-explorative movements to awaken the body, followed by directed movement to progressively explore the […]

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 […]

interConnected: Challenging Racism Inside and Out with Compassion, Mindfulness and Action

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

with Kitsy Schoen and Gregory Mengel Four class series for those who identify as white. As white people in the U.S., we have been shaped by social, economic and other systems in which unearned privilege accrues to white people. To the extent that we are unaware of this system of white privilege and racial conditioning, […]