Black People Meditate: Compassion Practice for The Resilient Heart

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East Bay Meditation Center

A day of reflection, compassion, and mindfulness, to support self-identified Black/African/African American people of all identities

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An Online Retreat with Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith and Fresh “Lev” WhiteSaturday, Feburary 24, 202410:00 am - 4:00 pm PT (<a href="https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/" title="https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Time Zone Converter</a>) Closed Captioning ProvidedLet’s get together as self-identified Black/African/African American people of all identities, genders, shades, blends, and sexualities for a day of reflection, compassion, and mindfulness, to support our resiliency at this time, in this life.Please join Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith and Fresh Lev White for a day of practice for Black people of the African diaspora. We will practice compassion and introduce equanimity as tools for strengthening our hearts. We will offer silent and guided meditation, accessible movement and periods of discussion.All levels of practitioners are welcome. You’re invited to prepare snacks, drinks, and have a notebook nearby for your convenience. We will take a 45 minute break.To make a gift to sustain the work of <a href="http://www.eastbaymeditation.org" title="http://www.eastbaymeditation.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">East Bay Meditation Center</a>, please do so via Paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.me/eastbaymeditation" title="https://www.paypal.me/eastbaymeditation" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">paypal.me/eastbaymeditation</a> or our website: <a href="http://eastbaymeditation.org/dana" title="http://eastbaymeditation.org/dana" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">eastbaymeditation.org/dana</a> 100% of our programming is sliding scale and no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds. Thank you for the gifts of your generosity and for supporting the work of East Bay Meditation Center and our beloved teachers who have volunteered their time.

Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith, MBA, brings over 25 years of cumulative meditation practice and spiritual studies to her livelihood as a Spiritual Teacher and Leader. Silent Vipassana (insight) meditation retreats, Theravada Buddhist studies and earth-based indigenous spirituality and healing arts are at the heart of her practice. Ramona Lisa is passionate about spiritual studies and sharing wisdom teachings. She is a MTI Certified Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Cloud Sangha Mentor, as well as a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Dedicated Practitioners Program (DPP6) and East Bay Meditation Center’s (EBMC) Commit to Dharma Program (C2D3) and Spiritual Teacher and Leadership training. She will complete her certification in Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy (IFOT) in Spring 2023. Ramona Lisa serves as a mentor, facilitator and/or teacher for multiple organizations, including EBMC, Cloud Sangha, Dhamma Dena Retreat Center, Peace At Any Pace, Inc.’s Deep Time Liberation ancestral healing journey retreats, Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley, Marin Sangha, Mills College Love and Liberation Sangha, Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center-BiPOC Sundays. Ramona Lisa offers classes, retreats and mentoring through her business, <a href="https://www.freespiritofferings.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FREE SPIRIT</a>

Fresh “Lev” White is a lover of life and all beings, who lives to reflect and offer the possibilities of unconditional love and self-compassion to his diverse global community through his writing, mindfulness offerings, and Diversity Trainings. A graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leadership Program, Lev offers Dharma at centers around the SF Bay Area, including his sangha home at the East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC). He is founder of the Bay Area’s first <a href="https://www.meetup.com/TGQMM-Trans-Genderqueer-Mindfulness-Meetup-Oakland/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trans and GQ Mindfulness Sangha</a>, and contributor to the following: of <a href="http://www.powells.com/book/-9781943451401" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Real World Mindfulness for Beginners</a>, edited by Brenda Salgaldo, Trans Buddhist Anthology (Nov. 2019); and <a href="http://transbodies.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trans Bodies; Trans Selves</a>, a resource guide, edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth, for the Transgender community and those who support them socially and professionally. Learn more about Lev on LinkedIn at: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fresh-lev-white-cpcc-7b36084/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">“Fresh “Lev” White”</a>

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