You are invited to welcome the New Year in community at East Bay Meditation Center's Annual New Year's Eve Meditation & Potluck. Let's practice together and welcome the New Year that awaits us. NYE Schedule*: 6:00PM Circling Round with Gratitude and Aspirations** 7:30PM Community Potluck 8:30PM Meditation 9:00PM Music, "10 Years of EBMC" Interactive Exhibit […]
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 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 […]
EBMC Teen Sangha – Winter / Spring 2018 Wednesdays: Jan 3rd - March 28th 7:00 - 8:45PM Open to teens, ages 14-19 EBMC Teen Sangha is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19. Our focus will be on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each other. Learn […]
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
This fun, three-hour class explores how Jedi insights on life from the Star Wars movies reflect wisdom teachings of real meditation and martial arts teachers, particularly Takuan Soho (a 16th century Buddhist monk) and Miyamoto Musashi (a 16th century samurai). Guided meditation and gentle movement suitable for most bodies and abilities will supplement the experience. If you […]
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 […]
All of us carry large amounts of mental clutter and loads of junk in the mind. Are you ready for the ultimate mental cleanse to let it all go? If so then join us for this powerful class series meant to jump-start the New Year. For 30 days we will develop a mindfulness practice, cultivate […]
with Mushim Ikeda Are you looking for a way to start a mindfulness meditation practice, but don’t quite know how? These classes will give you the basics of sitting and walking/movement meditation in the vipassana (insight) style, and metta (goodwill) meditation. Don’t worry about “getting it right” – if you can sit – on a […]
with Shahara Godfrey "Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated." - Coretta Scott King Working with judgments, and/ or a judgmental mind that are toxic can be liberating. The Buddha said, “All that we are is the results of what we have thought. What […]
