Online Sangha and Refuge Groups
All Practitioners
East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC): Midday Sangha | Wednesdays | 12 pm – 1:35 pm PT / 3 pm – 4:35 pm ET
Spirit Rock: Monday Night Meditation & Talk | Mondays | 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm PT / 10:15 pm – 12:15 am ET
Spirit Rock: Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk | Wednesdays | 10 am – 12 pm
LGBTQIA2S+
EBMC: Alphabet Sangha, Tuesdays, 7 pm – 8:30 pm PT / 10 pm – 11:30 pm ET
Spirit Rock: Rainbow Sangha, 6 pm – 7:30 pm PT / 9 pm – 10:30 pm ET
BIPOC
Spirit Rock: Weekly Sunday Sangha | Sundays | 9 am – 10:30 am PT / 12 pm – 1:30 pm ET
EBMC: People of Color Sangha | Thursdays | 7 pm – 8:30 pm PT / 10 pm – 11:30 pm ET
White practitioners
EBMC: Racial Justice Skills for White Practitioners, Peer-Led Deep Refuge Group | Third Thursday of every month | 6 pm – 7 pm PT / 9 pm – 10 pm ET
Women
Spirit Rock: Thursday Morning Women’s Group | Thursdays | 10 am – 12 pm PT / 1 pm – 4 pm ET
Practitioners living with disabilities, limitations, and chronic illnesses
EBMC: Every Body Every Mind Sangha | Sundays | 6 pm – 7:30 pm PT / 9 pm – 10:30 pm ET
Caregivers
EBMC: Parent-Caregiver Sangha | First Monday of each month | 8 pm – 9:15 pm PT / 11 pm – 12:15 am ET
Yoga Justice
nisha ahuja on Exploring Yoga and the Impacts of Cultural Appropriation
Maisha Z. Johnson & nisha ahuja, “8 Signs Your Yoga Practice is Culturally Appropriated—And Why It Matters”
SAAPYA (South Asian American Perspectives on Yoga in America) Brecht Forum Panel in Manhattan
Interview with Roopa Singh, founder of SAAPYA for HuffPost, “Restoring Yoga to Its South Asian Roots”
Yoga Service Collective, Yoga and Resilience Interview Series with over 15 key leaders in Indigenous, Black, South Asian, LBGTQ+, and Nigerian-American communities
Free Guided Meditations
Introduction to Mindfulness series by Gil Fronsdal offered by Insight Meditation Center
Dharma Talks
Foundations of Buddhist Mindfulness, a free 4-week introductory class led by Sacred Mountain Sangha teacher Gullu Singh
“Mindfulness and the Possibility of Freedom: Angela Davis and Jon Kabat-Zinn in Dialogue,” fundraiser for EMBC