How Do I Hold My Grief? Exploring Grief and Loss with Tenderness

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

with Patrick Brown  This daylong will focus on how to work with the suffering of grief in it’s many stages. Together we will explore and practice with the difficult emotions of grief and loss.Centering our personal experiences and drawing practices from the dharma, the group will integrate learnings about the precepts, the refuges, and mindfulness. […]

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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Path of the Bodhisattva I & Bodhisattva Precepts Ceremony

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

with Mushim Ikeda  4 class series:  Path of the Bodhisattva 1, Weds, Oct 2 – 23, 6:30 – 8:30pm 4 class series:  Path of the Bodhisattva 2, Weds, Oct 30 – Nov 20, 6:30 – 8:30pm Daylong: Receiving or Witnessing the Bodhisattva Precepts & Vows, Dec 14, 10am – 4:30pm  *Separate registration is needed for […]

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Path of the Bodhisattva 2 & Bodhisattva Precepts Ceremony

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

with Mushim Ikeda  4 class series:  Path of the Bodhisattva 2, Weds, Oct 30 – Nov 20, 6:30 – 8:30pm Daylong: Receiving or Witnessing the Bodhisattva Precepts & Vows, Dec 14, 10am – 4:30pm  *Separate registration is needed for each part of the Path of the Bodhisattva class series (Part I, Part II + Precepts […]

Cultivating Solidarity and Building Stamina for Transformative Action (for White Practitioners)

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

Cultivating Solidarity and Building Stamina for Transformative Action (for White Practitioners) with Crystal Johnson, JD Doyle and Evan Hoppin 10:00AM -12:15PM and 2:00PM-4:00PM PST This is a moment in history when awareness of the harm of systemic racism and injustice is heightened and one of the challenges for us as white people is to stay […]

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ONLINE: Turning Towards Our Body During a Time of Turbulence, Suffering and Fear

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

A four class series exploring the four foundations of Mindfulness with Vimalasara Mason John. Wednesdays, July 15th, 22nd, 29th and August 5th   7:00-8:30PM PST  with Vimalasara Mason John The Buddha taught the four foundations of mindfulness as a way to gain freedom from the external and internal worlds that we live in. During times of […]

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

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

with Mushim Ikeda and Master Ellis Using practice, demonstrations, and discussions, this online retreat will use meditation and movement to explore how to create and maintain greater mindfulness and spiritual balance throughout the day. Simple meditation techniques are taught for a range of practitioners, especially beginners. Movements are taught standing, sitting and reclining, and are […]