Group Offerings
I teach a free weekly online Embodiment Mindfulness Meditation class on Thursday mornings. I also periodically offer a mindfulness and movement event called Presence in Motion at my home studio in Oakland, CA, as well as Mindfulness, Embodiment & Tango workshops for tango dancers. Details below:
Presence in Motion:
Mindfulness & Movement
Next date: May 19, 2025
7-8:30pm
at my home studio in Oakland, CA
Presence in Motion is an opportunity to explore, practice, and deepen awareness and embodiment in the shared space of community. Each time we will explore different modes of presence — guided sitting, walking meditation, and a variety of movement practices, explored with both silence and music. A theme will be woven throughout each evening with invitations to experience groundedness, embodied presence, and various subtle qualities of movement, as we deepen somatic awareness and explore the vibrations of being. We will guide and nourish our moving bodies while returning to explore our changing inner landscape. The practice is a chance to show up for ourselves, and be just as we are, allowing our bodies and beings to unfold organically.
This class is open to mindful explorers and movers of all levels, no prior experience required. Please come as you are, with a heart and mind open to whatever ways your experience unfolds. We practice together, nurturing connection to ourselves, others, and the broader world of beings..
Cost:
sliding scale $10-15 Early Bird registration by May 12
sliding scale $15-25 general registration by May 18
Payment via Venmo to @Mira-Barakat or via Paypal to mirab3@gmail.com (friend & family option only please!)
Please note date & event with your payment.
Limited spots available. Pre-registration required. To register, please complete payment and sign up here:
Embodiment Mindfulness Meditation:
Weekly Online Meditation Class
Every Thursday
9-9:30am Pacific Time // 12-12:30pm Eastern Time
free!
(check back here for occasional class cancelations or updates)
Join me for a free weekly online meditation focused on embodied presence. I’ll guide a 25-30 minute practice that invites and cultivates embodiment, through awareness of the breath, body, emotions, and thoughts. This practice can help reduce stress and anxiety, and foster greater calm, body awareness, and presence. No experience is necessary—new and seasoned meditators welcome. Each session includes time for brief check-ins and reflections before and/or after the session.
This class is freely offered. You may make a donation if you wish via Venmo to @Mira-Barakat (last 4 digits 0160) or via Paypal to mirab3@gmail.com. Thank you!
Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85770658733
To join: simply click the button below a few minutes before the start time to join the class. You can also save the link above to use each time.
Mindfulness, Embodiment & Tango workshop
Next date: June 7, 2025
10am-noon
at my home studio in Oakland, CA
In this workshop we will explore silence, gravity, space, our hands and feet, as they relate to our axis, stillness and movement. We will inquire into our inner experience as we meditate, walk, and dance on our own and with partners. This is as much a mini meditation retreat as a movement workshop, more of a guided awareness practice than a tango class.
Some tango dance experience required: the workshop is intended for tango dancers, and we will use tango as one of our methods of exploration. The workshop will be held in silence (no talking) to foster mindfulness and awareness of our inner experience.
Cost:
sliding scale $15-25 Early Bird registration by May 24
sliding scale $30-40 general registration by June 6
Payment via Venmo to @Mira-Barakat or via Paypal to mirab3@gmail.com (friend & family option only please!)
Please note date & event title with your payment.
Limited spots available. Pre-registration required. To register, please complete payment and sign up here:
"I truly enjoyed Mira's largely silent guided meditation today. It was restful and helped me to be centered. I felt safe in the space and I felt welcome within a community that is new to me. Thank you all for the practice." – Karen M.
"I was going through an extremely difficult period of time in my life. I decided to register for a full day Mediation Workshop with Mira focusing on Mindfulness & Movement. I had hoped that this would aid me in coping with some of the anxiety, low self-esteem and confusing emotions that I was experiencing. This workshop ended up having a profound impact on my life. In this highly supportive setting, I was able to explore many different techniques of mediation. Each aspect of my journey brought me into Mindful awareness and into the present moment. This simultaneously helped eliminate painful and negative thoughts and my mental state iteratively and progressively achieved calmness by being in the present moment. I slowly began to acknowledge and accept my self worth and in return I started to feel comfortable in my own skin." – Ozzie G.