ONLINE:  Grieving While Queer

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In this three part series we will hold space for change, loss and the unknown.

Grieving While Queerwith Tania Triana and Ream3 Monday EveningsNovember 5th, 12th, 19th, 20265:30 - 7:00 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>)ONLINE ONLYClosed Captioning Provided on Zoom In this three part series we will hold space for change, loss and the unknown. Grief is a powerful emotion that can lead us towards meaning, connection and freedom if we tend to what it’s asking for. Working through the queer body we will ask ourselves this simple question:  what is needed now? And allow what’s here to be felt and known within a container of support and belgoning. This class combines dharma teachings with the methodology of generative somatics.

CostThe teachings are regarded as priceless. So they are offered without a fee. You are invited to support the teachings and our efforts by contributing voluntary donations (the practice of “Dana”) for the expenses of the meditation center and the support of the teachers.The ticket prices are listed as different tiers with suggested donations based on income ranges. For those who wish to give more, you may choose an "add-on" to your ticket. For those unable to give, there is an option for that.Note that all financial gifts received here go directly to EBMC, and we invite you to give separately to our teachers, using the information below. Other ways to give:To make a gift to sustain the work of East Bay Meditation Center, you may do so at <a href="http://bit.ly/ebmc-give" title="http://bit.ly/ebmc-give" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">bit.ly/ebmc-give</a> 100% of our programming on a sliding scale and no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds. Please also consider giving a financial gift to our teachers as well, who do not receive a salary for their work, and give their teachings freely to all. Tania TrainaVenmo: @Tania-TrianaAll dana will be shared amongst the teachers. 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. For Zoom participation, these are our Universal Access Guidelines:1. When speaking, introduce your name, pronouns, and (optionally) a brief physical description of yourself.2. If using virtual backgrounds, please use static, simple, high-contrast backgrounds.3. Please keep your camera still while your camera is on.4. Please repeat your name when you speak to help those with visual impairment.5. The host/volunteer will attempt to read any comments that appear in the chat out loud.6. Please strive for clear audio and mute when you are not speaking. Phone access is also available.7. If you have unmet access needs, please send a message to the volunteer or host in the chat. If the chat is not accessible to you, please offer them briefly in one minute or less via voice. Please do not send access requests directly to other participants.

Tania Triana [pronouns: she/they/ella/elle] is an educator, activist, and translator raised in Rochester, NY. She joined EBMC in 2014 soon after relocating to Oakland, and accepted the Bodhisattva vows and precepts at a ceremony at EBMC in 2017, and renewed them in 2020. Tania is grateful to have found a spiritual home and social justice community here, and currently serves on the L-Sangha as Board Secretary. When she’s not teaching at the College Preparatory School, Tania enjoys yoga, traveling, cooking, reading, and being tía to the best sobrinitos ever, Javier and Nicolás.

Ream (pronoun: they) is a queer organizer and somatics practitioner of European ancestry on unceded Ohlone Land, working for over 25 years in the labor movement, currently as the Strategic Campaigns Director for the United Domestic Workers’ Union. Ream is a co-founder of EBMC’s Social Justice Sangha, and the Deep Refuge Group “Racial Justice Skills for White Practitioner’s” and graduated from Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner’s Program in 2016. Ream is a teacher and practitioner with Generative Somatics. They began practicing in the Western Insight Tradition in 2006, and with Generative Somatics in 2011.

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