Practice in Transformative Action

PiTA 2.0 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 2.0 (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.

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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