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Trauma and Transformation: A Journey into Compassion, Healing, and Wisdom

January 7, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Open to self identified people of color

with Arisika Razak

If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual practice?
– Maha Ghosananda
Memory is the selection of images; some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain.
. . . But truth changes color depending on the light. Andtomorrow can be clearer than today.
– Kasi Lemon, from the film Eve’s Bayou
Our experiences of grief and trauma may be invitations to deepen our self-awareness,healing, compassion and transformation. Using Buddhist teachings, guided meditation, movement, writing, embodied exercises and trauma studies, we will explore the gifts and challenges found in these difficult and provocative experiences.
Please bring something for the altar.

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

https://jan17transformation.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:
January 7, 2017
Time:
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

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

Details

Date:
January 7, 2017
Time:
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

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