Resourcing our Practice in Nature with René Rivera

GUEST:
René Rivera (he/him) is a meditation teacher and
restorative justice facilitator working and learning in all the
spaces in-between race, gender, and other perceived binaries, as
a queer Latinx trans man. René teaches heart-centered,
trauma-informed meditation, as a core teacher at the East Bay
Meditation Center. He has co-led the first residential meditation
retreats for transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive people,
and offers classes and retreats for many Buddhist centers and
groups. René is a restorative justice facilitator for the Ahimsa
Collective, working to heal sexual and gender based
violence.

Find René’s talks and guided meditations for EBMC’s
Alphabet Sangha on YouTube. Here are also a few of his talks and
conversations on Spotify on Gender and No Self,
Attachment Trauma Repair, Bringing our
Mindfulness to Powerand Bringing Compassion to
Conflict.
Article in Lion's Roar: Finding Nonself on My Gender
Journey

HOST
Dalila Bothwell (she/her), a Dharma practitioner in the
Insight Meditation/Theravada Buddhist tradition and a graduate of
Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader Program.  She served
as Deputy Director of New York Insight Meditation Center for
nearly a decade where she learned the priceless value of sangha
and the role relationships play in embodying the teachings and in
creating kinder human beings.  With a formal education in
food and nutrition, her practice meets at the intersection of
physical and emotional wellbeing while being Black and queer and
her love of recovery, nature, community, and justice. A native of
the Southwest, Dalila currently lives in Papago / Tohono O'odham
territory in Arizona with her handsome pup, Brisco.



To connect with Dalila in other
ways:www.dalilabothwell.comIG:
@moonearthlove