Practicing with Strong Emotions

Practicing with Strong Emotions

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

Practicing with Strong Emotions : Seeing our Difficulties as Opportunities for Growth Open to all with John Mifsud Undeniably, strong emotions cause great stress. Suppressing them can increase our suffering. Spaciousness helps us make healthful choices during difficult times. Buddhist teachings offer many tools to work with challenging feelings and increase ease. Overwhelming feelings are […]

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow

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

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow with Jessy Kondo Zapanta Malaya means freedom in Tagalog. Malaya Flow allows you freedom of movement, to inhabit your body, to reconnect to spirit. Weaving indigenous Filipino community wisdom with years of physical therapy, somatic practice, and training in trauma-informed Raja yoga, qi gong, and 5-element acupressure, Jessy will guide you […]

What is Enough? Liberation from Capitalism with the Dharma

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

with JD Doyle and Lisa Moore During this daylong we will use our dharma practice (or Buddhist practice) to interrogate and undo some of the suffering caused by consumerism and capitalism. By bringing deep understanding and inquiry, we can create sustainable solutions to the sicknesses of our society and build nurturing interconnected communities that focus […]

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow

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

Dharma in Motion:  Malaya Flow with Jessy Kondo Zapanta Malaya means freedom in Tagalog. Malaya Flow allows you freedom of movement, to inhabit your body, to reconnect to spirit. Weaving indigenous Filipino community wisdom with years of physical therapy, somatic practice, and training in trauma-informed Raja yoga, qi gong, and 5-element acupressure, Jessy will guide you […]

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

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

Open to All expressions of love: friends, partners, siblings, parent/child, roommates, etc. with Rev. Liên Shutt We all want love. And, having and holding love and loving feelings can be challenging. Join us in exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States of Equanimity, Kindness, Compassion, […]

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

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

Join us for our first Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series!  For five Wednesdays this Summer, July 11 - August 8th, we will walk to Lake Merritt from EBMC and explore the beauty of mindfulness practice outdoors. For this series, we will be investigating the beauty and wonder of mindfulness practice while utilizing the naturally stimulating […]

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

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

Open to All expressions of love: friends, partners, siblings, parent/child, roommates, etc. with Rev. Liên Shutt We all want love. And, having and holding love and loving feelings can be challenging. Join us in exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States of Equanimity, Kindness, Compassion, […]

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

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

Join us for our first Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series!  For five Wednesdays this Summer, July 11 - August 8th, we will walk to Lake Merritt from EBMC and explore the beauty of mindfulness practice outdoors. For this series, we will be investigating the beauty and wonder of mindfulness practice while utilizing the naturally stimulating […]

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

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

Open to All expressions of love: friends, partners, siblings, parent/child, roommates, etc. with Rev. Liên Shutt We all want love. And, having and holding love and loving feelings can be challenging. Join us in exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States of Equanimity, Kindness, Compassion, […]

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

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

Join us for our first Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series!  For five Wednesdays this Summer, July 11 - August 8th, we will walk to Lake Merritt from EBMC and explore the beauty of mindfulness practice outdoors. For this series, we will be investigating the beauty and wonder of mindfulness practice while utilizing the naturally stimulating […]