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Restoring the Heart: Healing the Oppressor Within

June 24, 2017 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

|Recurring Event (See all)

An event every day that begins at 9:30 am, repeating until June 25, 2017

A Retreat for People of Color

Led by Amana Johnson & Konda Mason

Saturday, June 24, 2017
9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Sunday, June 25, 2017
9:30 am – 12:30 pm

There are many causes and conditions that create suffering in our lives.  Mostly, we think of things that exist outside of ourselves: racism, poverty, gender bias, job challenges, etc.  In this daylong we will examine how internalized conditioning unconsciously contributes to our own suffering.  We will explore Ahimsa (non-harming) and the Buddha’s teachings on impermanence, suffering, and no self – and how, with wise understanding, we can ease the suffering caused by internalized oppression.

Registration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here or on the link below to register:

https://june17restore-poc.eventbrite.com

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)
* 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.

Fragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC.

EBMC is wheelchair accessible.

Details

Date:
June 24, 2017
Time:
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Event Category:

Venue

East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612 United States
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Phone:
510-268-0696

Details

Date:
June 24, 2017
Time:
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Event Category:

Venue

East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612 United States
+ Google Map
Phone:
510-268-0696