ONLINE Restorative Practices: Deep Listening in Circle in Uncertain Times

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

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 […]

ONLINE: Queer Joy and Resilience – A Class Series for the LGBTQIA2+ Community

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

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, […]

ONLINE: Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love, Compassion, Joy & Equanimity

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

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 […]

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

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, 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, […]

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

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

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 […]

ONLINE: 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 […]

ONLINE: Queer Joy and Resilience – A Class Series for the LGBTQIA2+ Community

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

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, […]

ONLINE: Pandemic Precepts: Buddhist Ethics during COVID-19

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

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

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

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 […]

ONLINE: May Day Meditation

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

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 […]