Upcoming Events
Lotus Vine Journeys: Echoes of the Ancestors, 8-Day retreat (Bipoc-only)
You’re invited into sacred space with Spring Washam, Andrés, and the Lotus Vine Journeys team in Philo, CA for an 8-day retreat designed to honor and uplift people of color in their journey toward healing, belonging, and reclaiming heart wisdom. Through three sacred plant medicine ceremonies, we'll engage in a powerful process of healing and remembrance, reconnecting with the dignity and resilience of our lineages.
Andrés at POC Sangha with East Bay Meditation Center (Online-Only)
The People of Color Sangha at EBMC is a group of people of color waking up and getting free! Every Thursday, POC sangha gathers to meditate, share teachings of liberation, and celebrate this precious life. Andrés will be guiding the practice and sharing a short Dharma reflection for our times.
Loving Nature and Finding Joy: a Silent Insight Meditation Nature-Based Retreat
This four night retreat with JD Doyle and Andrés at Big Bear Retreat Center will deepen our connection to loving awareness for ourselves and for the earth. Each day will include time to meditate in nature, immersing ourselves in the natural beauty of the mountains and cultivating embodied mindfulness which engages all of our senses.
Liberation Spirituality for Our Times: Sacred Strategy in an Age of Unraveling
This vital, 4-week journey of Dharma-informed practices is in response to increased political, social and environmental upheaval. Our spiritually aligned container will navigate the undoing of democracy and rise of systems rooted in domination while co-visioning liberatory ways of being & engaging. Rooted in Dharma, enduring spirit, ancestral wisdom, and somatic awareness, we will gather to build clarity & courage while shaping a collaborative vision for wise and compassionate transformative engagement & renewal.
Pride: Embracing Love and Beauty in the Midst of Trouble
Amana Brembry Johnson & Andrés warmly welcome those self-identified as BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ (QTBIPOC) to join for a very special hybrid (in-person + online) Pride daylong event at East Bay Meditation Center. Through silent and guided meditations, talks, discussion and reflective writing we will deepen our practices of liberation and skillful means. All experience levels are warmly welcome. Movement will be offered in ways that are accessible for all types of bodies.
Lotus Vine Journeys: Medicine of the heart, 8-DAY RETREAT
Join Spring Washam, Andrés, and the Lotus Vine Journeys team in Philo, CA for an immersive 8-day retreat into the heart, a sacred space where ceremony, mindfulness, and heart-centered wisdom come together to offer healing. "Medicine of the Heart" is an inclusive retreat that welcomes those who are ready to explore the depths of their own hearts and experience the transformational power of plant medicine, love, & inner peace.
Andrés at POC Sangha with East Bay Meditation Center (Online-Only)
The People of Color Sangha at EBMC is a group of people of color waking up and getting free! Every Thursday, POC sangha gathers to meditate, share teachings of liberation, and celebrate this precious life. Andrés will be guiding the practice and sharing a short Dharma reflection for our times.
Maintaining the Calm Within the Storm: Anxiety in Times of Elections (Hybrid)
Join Andrés, Kinshasa Bennett, Renata Moreira, and Anjali Sawney for a 3-part series where we will have stationary practice, dharma talks, and discussion as related to using the dharma and mindfulness to relate differently to anxiety as it arises in the mind and body (physical, emotional and energetic) during times of elections.
Andrés at Maha Sangha with East Bay Meditation Center (ONLINE)
Creating freedom in community, the EBMC Maha Sangha for All People and Communities is a meditation and dharma group with an emphasis on radical inclusivity and social justice. 12/20 from 7-8:30p PST, Andrés will offer a guided practice and short Dharma reflection for our times.
Andrés at Alphabet Sangha with East Bay Meditation Center (online)
EBMC’s Alphabet Sangha is a Tuesday evening weekly meditation group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Two-Spirit, Queer, Intersex, Same-Gender Loving, Questioning (LGBTQIA+) and all of the other letters of the queer alphabet communities. 10/22 from 7-8:30pm PST, Andrés will offer a guided practice and short Dharma reflection for our times.
Andrés at Maha Sangha with East Bay Meditation Center (Online)
Creating freedom in community, the EBMC Maha Sangha for All People and Communities is a meditation and dharma group with an emphasis on radical inclusivity and social justice. 9/20 from 7-8:30p PST, Andrés will offer a guided practice and short Dharma reflection for our times.
Andrés at POC Sangha with East Bay Meditation Center (Online)
The People of Color Sangha at EBMC is a group of people of color waking up and getting free! Every Thursday, POC sangha gathers to meditate, share the teachings of liberation, and celebrate this precious life. 9/5 from 7-8:30p PST, Andrés will be co-creating the practice and dharma reflection with Kimi Mojica.
Andrés at POC Sangha with East Bay Meditation Center (online)
The People of Color Sangha at EBMC is a group of people of color waking up and getting free! Every Thursday, POC sangha gathers to meditate, share the teachings of liberation, and celebrate this precious life. 7/25 from 7-8:30p PST, Andrés will offer a guided practice and short Dharma reflection for our times.