Amana Brembry Johnson is a Core Teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, CA and a Guiding Teacher for the center’s Spiritual Teacher and Leadership (STL) training. Four decades of contemplative practice in multiple traditions contributes to a form of teaching, meditation guidance and mentoring, that offers a diverse range of access to practice. Amana’s life work emerges from the intersections of spirituality, social justice, body awareness, and intuitive creativity.
Events with Amana Brembry Johnson
July 14 - 19, 2025
“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” —Pema Chodron Nature moves within us, as us, and speaks through the body. In these times of ecological crisis and deep division we have become disconnected from our innate, living wholeness. This silent meditation retreat will be rooted in teachings on the Four Elements—earth, air, fire and water. Together we will cultivate a wise, tender awareness that listens to and practices with these elemental energies. Reclaiming an intimate connection with our own bodies and the body of the earth, we will reawaken our belonging to the wide, wild world. Our…