East Bay Meditation Center

ONLINE Teen Circle: Teen Meditation Group for Teens Age 14-19
2020-04-01 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-04-08 19:00 - 20:45, 2020-04-15 19:00 - 20:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Bay Meditation Center, 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
EBMC Teen Circle ONLINE
Spring Session
Wednesdays, April 1st to June 10th 2020 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm PST
EBMC Teen Circle is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Teens do not need to commit to the entire session.
Our focus is on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in creative experiential ways. No experience necessary. We are committed to maintaining a sangha (community) that is welcoming to people of all identities, cultures and backgrounds.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom prior to the start of the event.

ONLINE: People of Color Yoga
2020-04-02 17:45 - 18:45, 2020-04-09 17:45 - 18:45, 2020-04-16 17:45 - 18:45
Weekly Yoga Practice for Self Identified People of Color led by Satya de la Paz
5:45PM – 6:45PM
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.
To participate via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/558610086
To donate to the Teacher via Venmo use ID: @satyabodyworks
To donate to EBMC click HERE.

ONLINE: People of Color Sangha
2020-04-02 19:30 - 21:00, 2020-04-09 19:30 - 21:00, 2020-04-16 19:30 - 21:00
The People of Color Sangha is a growing tribe of people of color waking up and getting free!
Thursdays
7:30 – 9:00 PM
Zoom Link will be shared via: POC SANGHA WEBSITE

ONLINE: People of Color Sangha
2020-04-02 19:30 - 21:00, 2020-04-09 19:30 - 21:00, 2020-04-16 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: Unhurried & Unbothered: Yoga for Radical Restoration
2020-04-03 18:00 - 18:45, 2020-04-10 18:00 - 18:45
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 of us face to move quickly and do more will be greeted with the call to move slowly, do less, and treat our bodies and minds with great tenderness. We will practice poses that are slow, sometimes repetitive, and restorative in nature. Multiple expressions of each pose will be offered and participants are invited to practice lying down, seated, or standing, according to their own body wisdom and access needs.
To Attend via Zoom Video:
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/382617023
Phone +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 382 617 023

4 Divine Abodes in Challenging Times: An Online Retreat
2020-04-04 09:30 - 15:30
4 Divine Abodes in Challenging Times: A 1-day Silent Retreat
with Rev. Liên Shutt
In these challenging times, the teachings on the 4 Divine Abodes can help us to stay centered and uplifted.
While we all have a sense of Kindness, Compassion, Inclusive Joy, and Equanimity, it can be hard to access to these qualities when there’s a lot of internal or worldly turmoil. Therefore, these Abodes are best practiced as guided meditations; with phrases to connect to — for ourselves and to be able to send out to others.
Join for the full day or come in/out as you’re able. There will be short teachings and 2 short meditations per Abode quality. However, please try to TIME your entering/exiting to coincide with the times below to allow for the managers/moderators to be able to participate also.
NOTE: Teachings on each Divine Abode are only at the times marked. Therefore, if possible, please join at the beginning for the Introductions & 1st Teachings to get the full sense of how these are best practiced. ALL Meditations are visualized guided meditations. The 2nd in each Abode section will be more in silent for your own personalization. Registered participants will receive the full schedule with their confirmation email from EventBrite.

ONLINE: Every Body Every Mind Sangha
2020-04-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2020-04-12 18:00 - 19:30
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 learn more about the dharma. There is no need to register for these weekly meetings, just come and share this path together!
Teachers include Charlie Johnson, Deb Kerr, Mushim Ikeda and others.
For more info, visit the Every Body Every Mind Sangha Website.

ONLINE: Dharma for Challenging Times
2020-04-06 18:30 - 20:00
with Anushka Fernandopulle
What are the Dharma lessons that we can take from this time of global challenges? Let’s practice together and see how we can learn from the change and uncertainty that life has delivered this year. If we hold events with wisdom, we can grow stronger and emerge from this period with even more resilience than before. Join us to find some relief through meditation and reflecting on the Dharma in community.
Registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom prior to the start of the class.

ONLINE: Embodying Karuna: Access Centered Yoga Class
2020-04-07 18:00 - 18:55, 2020-04-14 18:00 - 18:55
with Jess Dene Schlesinger
Karuna Flow is a Trauma-Informed and “Access-Centered” Yoga class— centering access for all bodies and minds. Connecting breath with movement, we will be invited to embody Karuna (compassion) for our complete selves, reminded that all bodies and minds are perfect and whole as is. Each class will focus on regulating our nervous systems, gentle alignment, connecting to the earth, developing resiliency, and embodying compassion for all living beings.
Drop In Format. No Advance Registration Required. Please Wear Comfortable clothing.
To Join Online:
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/382617023
Phone +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 382 617 023
Learn More.

ONLINE: Alphabet Sangha
2020-04-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-04-14 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@eastbaymeditation.org to request Zoom link to join online.
For more information, visit the ALPHABET SANGHA WEBSITE

ONLINE: Midday Sangha
2020-04-08 12:00 - 13:35, 2020-04-15 12:00 - 13:35
Midday Sangha at EBMC Wednesdays at Noon!
Join our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building.
To join via Zoom video:
https://zoom.us/j/770028979
To join via Zoom audio (phone):
1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 770028979#
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:
Bang Nguyen, Darren Lee Brown, emiko yoshikami, Karen Jackson, Marge Sussman and Yvette Flores

ONLINE: Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love, Compassion, Joy & Equanimity
2020-04-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-04-15 19:00 - 20:30
with Mushim Ikeda
Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum
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 limitless qualities of loving goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity, in time we harvest true happiness, spiritual strength, and awakening insight. These practices are considered complementary to insight (mindfulness) meditation. Dharma talks, discussion, interactive exercises. Instruction provided for beginners in meditation.
Please register in order to receive a Zoom link & join us online!

Cost: There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events. However, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving, or “dana”). Please donate generously, in proportion to your ability:
* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process to donate to EBMC; the teachers will not receive any part of this online donation).
* Or at the event, in the two baskets at EBMC, one for the Center, the second for the Teacher.
Thank you for your generosity. EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity.

ONLINE Compassionate Dharma Deep Refuge: 8 Step Recovery Buddhist Meeting
2020-04-11 10:00 - 11:30
Compassionate Dharma Deep Refuge Buddhist meetings focus on ways to heal addiction. Based on the Eight Steps to Recovery developed by Dr. Mason-John M.A (hon.doc) and Dr Groves, we believe this inclusive approach can build a solid foundation for those at any level of recovery and for those who have yet to seek help.
Through these practices we hope you gain a practice that can sustain you in your recovery.
We ask that you attend sober on the day with respect for others that may be active in recovery. Open to all in Recovery.
Advance Registration is not required.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/133635556

For additional information, please contact:
Shawna Adkins blublackb@gmail.com
Walt Opie waltopie@gmail.com

ONLINE: The Neuroscience of Lovingkindness
2020-04-11 13:00 - 15:00
with Dr. Helen Weng and Mushim Ikeda
Your voice matters! Mapping the lived experiences of lovingkindness practice during times of uncertainty
1-1:50pm Webinar – Come learn about the neuroscience of lovingkindness meditation, and how UCSF is partnering with EBMC to study how lovingkindness is practiced by diverse meditators. Any experience level is welcome. Featuring a guided lovingkindness meditation with Mushim Ikeda.
2-3pm Working group (10 spots) – Help us brainstorm questions for focus groups to understand how lovingkindness is practiced, taught, and embodied during times of uncertainty. Working group members will be paid $30 (grocery gift card), and the session will be recorded for scientific purposes.
Note: Video capability is needed to see slides and questions
Please RSVP here.
Focus groups will be conducted in April-June 2020, and sign ups will be posted.
Join Us on Zoom:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/528398871
Password: 367845

ONLINE: Multiracial Peer-Led Deep Refuge Group
2020-04-11 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: Queer Joy and Resilience - A Class Series for the LGBTQIA2+ Community
2020-04-13 18:00 - 20:00
with Jessy Zapanta and JD Doyle
Join in a LGBTQIA2+ community for a three part series to focus on cultivating joy as a source of resilience and resistance. In these challenging times, learning how to nourish ourselves and interrupt the reactive mind is essential for well being. During this series, we will engage in meditation, inquiry, discussions, and radically inclusive movement, focusing on self-care and community-care. We will discover how cultivating joy is a way to support the healing of day-to-day difficulties, as well as intergenerational traumas, and in doing so bring greater freedom to ourselves and our communities.
All registered participants will receive a link to join us via Zoom.
