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Rosetta Saunders: “EBMC is medicine.”

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When Rosetta Saunders talks about EBMC, her whole face lights up. For her, EBMC isn’t just a place to meditate. It’s a space where people can come as they are, breathe more freely, and experience the rare kind of care that changes lives.

“It’s transformative,” she says. “EBMC is a safe sanctuary. A place where folks know they’re cared for. I don’t know of another space that offers the opportunity to sit together like EBMC does.”

Rosetta describes EBMC as a kind of medicine — the kind that eases isolation, strengthens community, and gives people a place to land when life feels overwhelming. Her words remind us why this center exists in the first place and why our community continues to show up for one another with such generosity.

As we enter our Season of Gratitude, we invite you to join Rosetta in supporting EBMC’s mission. Your gift directly sustains our classrooms, our teachers, our access-centered programming, and the collective refuge so many depend on.

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Together, we make this possible.

Season of Gratitude 2025

The Season of Gratitude is EBMC’s annual celebration of community care and shared generosity. As we close out 2025, your support helps sustain everything that makes EBMC a place of refuge, practice, and belonging.

Your gift ensures that our center remains accessible to all, especially those who rely on EBMC as a space for healing, justice, and spiritual connection. Every offering helps provide:

• Trauma-informed and culturally responsive programs
• Weekly practice groups that nurture connection and collective care
• Accessible meditation teachings rooted in liberation
• A welcoming space where everyone can practice, regardless of financial means

EBMC has always been powered by community generosity. Your donation today helps us continue our mission of offering transformative programs without financial barriers. With your support, EBMC can stay strong, sustainable, and open to everyone who seeks a place to practice.

Thank you for being part of this community. Your generosity truly makes a difference.

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PiTA 2.0! A New Iteration of “Practice in Transformative Action”

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PiTA 2.0: Practice in Transformative Action

We’re excited to announce the next iteration of PiTA (Practice in Transformative Action) 2.0, a 6-month, in-person program at EBMC facilitated by past PiTA Apprentice Teachers and endorsed by EBMC Founding Teacher Mushim Ikeda.

PiTA 2.0 empowers participants to integrate mindfulness and Buddhist principles into their social justice work through healing, practice, and community.

 


Who This Program Is For

PiTA 2.0 is open to individuals who:

  •  Practice (or are curious about) mindfulness and Buddhist-informed practices such as meditation, mindful eating, movement, metta, and self-compassion.
  • Are engaged in—or seeking to engage in—justice-centered activism as organizers, educators, healers, cultural workers, or other transformative roles.
  • Desire community and collective learning, rooted in the spirit of beloved community.
  • Can commit to two in-person sessions per month over six months (3.5 hours each; at least 8 of 10 sessions).
  • Are willing to bring time, energy, and emotional capacity to shared practice.
  • Embrace shared leadership and collective responsibility.
  • Are open to co-creating across differences with attention to healing, conflict transformation, and equitable practices.

 

Program Objectives

Together, PiTA 2.0 participants will:

  • Practice mindfulness in many forms, including meditation, movement, mindful eating, metta, and self-compassion.
  • Embody and share how Buddhist principles strengthen personal resilience and collective justice movements.
  • Co-create spaces for healing, transformation, and beloved community.
  • Apply mindfulness-informed strategies to build non-violent, joyful, and liberatory relationships and systems.
  • Connect with and be inspired by the intergenerational PiTA network past and present.

Application Details

  • Applications open September 1 – November 15, 2025
  • Notification of acceptance by December 1, 2025
  • If you’ve been part of a previous PiTA cohort, you are welcome to apply again.

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If you value inner practice as a foundation for outer change and are seeking a mindful, relational, and justice-rooted learning community, we warmly invite you to apply to PiTA 2.0

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