Practice in Transformative Action

PiTA 2.1 is a 6-month, in-person program at EBMC facilitated by past PiTA Apprentice Teachers, endorsed by Founding Teacher Mushim Ikeda. We seek to empower our participants to integrate mindfulness & Buddhist principles into social justice work through healing, practice, & community.

Are you passionate about mindfulness, social justice, and collective healing? East Bay Meditation Center invites you to apply for PiTA 2.1 (Practice in Transformative Action)—a powerful 6-month in-person program rooted in Buddhist wisdom and liberation.

Designed for organizers, educators, cultural workers, healers or others engaged in transformative action, PiTA 2.0 will equip you with:

🧘 Skills to facilitate foundational mindfulness practices

📿 Tools to connect Buddhist principles with personal resilience and collective liberation

🌱 Support to co-create spaces of healing, transformation, and joyful, non-violent community

Join a vibrant cohort committed to deep practice, bold compassion, and transformative action. Let’s build the world we dream of—together.

Applications open early September to November 15th. You may apply to be in this iteration of PiTA even if you were previously in another PiTA cohort.

Apply here!

Program Objectives:

• Facilitate mindfulness practices including mindful eating, metta, movement, self-compassion, and stationary practices.
• Embody and share how Buddhist principles strengthen personal resilience and social justice movements.
• Co-create spaces for healing, transformation, and beloved community.
• Apply and share mindfulness-informed strategies to build non-violent, joyful, and liberatory relationships and systems.
• Engage and be inspired by the intergenerational PiTA network past and present.

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