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Unhurried & Unbothered: Yoga for Radical Restoration

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

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 […]

The Rhythm of Freedom – Healing through Drumming and Movement

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

with Melvin Escobar and Mitch Hall Join us for an afternoon of healing and community resonance. Participants will experience a deep sense of reset and relaxation via drumming, chanting and accessible movement (fusion of yoga, tai chi, qi gong). Drawing on the latest neuroscience, we’ll offer Dharma talks about how drumming can be used to […]

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Awakening Body Awareness: Dharma in Motion

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

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 […]

Spiritual Friendship: “The Whole of the Holy Life” Cultivating Wise Relations for Self Identified Women of Color

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

for Self Identified Women of Color  Led by Noliwe Alexander Join us for a day of celebrating the depth of Spiritual Friendships, the Whole of the Holy Life. Together we’ll explore this potent statement by the Buddha through the lens of our life-long, road buddies, confidants and everyday supports; our friends. While telling our stories, […]

Building the Beloved Community: A Day of Radically Inclusive Movement and Creativity

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

with Arisika Razak and Jessy Zapanta “Liberatory access . . . resists . . . the world we don’t want and actively builds the world we do want.” - Mia Mingus This workshop invites participants with a variety of abilities, disabilities and preferred modes of creative expression to come together to create a one-day sangha […]

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Silence Emboldens-A Weekend Meditation Retreat to Reconnect and Rejuvenate Your Practice

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

with JD Doyle and Jonathan Relucio This two-day retreat is dedicated to deepening your meditation practice through cultivation of mindfulness and loving awareness. Reconnect and rejuvenate with two days of silence to support the practice of going inward and focusing the mind/heart on the present moment. We will devote time to mindful movement to support the […]

Meditation & Movement: Creating Space in Your Body & Your Life

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

with Mushim Ikeda and Master John Ellis This class will use meditation and movement to explore how to create greater mindfulness and maintain spiritual balance throughout the day. Movements are taught standing, sitting and reclining, and are appropriate for people with diverse abilities. Class size limited to 50. Cost: There is no registration fee for attending this […]

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

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

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, […]

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Teen Circle

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

with Raul Betancourt, Sarwang Parikh, Sara Oakes, Louije Kim and Anthony "T" Maes EBMC Teen Circle is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19 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 […]

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 […]