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Mindfulness Meditation for Habit Change
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May 24, 2026 at Local Economy in Oakland, CA
Local Economy, Oakland, California
Rewire stress. Strengthen attention. Create habits that actually stick. In this four-week course, we explore mindfulness not as a trend or a quick fix — but as a trainable skill grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience.
NOTE! Signing up for this event means committing to 4 sessions!
Habits don’t change because we “try harder.”
They change when we understand how stress, emotion, and attention shape behavior — and when we learn how to work with them skillfully.
Each 60-minute session includes:
A guided meditation practice
Accessible neuroscience and psychology
Reflection and discussion
Practical tools for daily life
More information is available here.
This course may be supportive if you:
Feel stuck in habits that don’t align with your values
Struggle with stress-driven behaviors
Want a science-grounded approach to mindfulness
Prefer practical tools over abstract philosophy
Are curious about how attention and the nervous system shape
behavior
No prior meditation experience required.
This class will be taught by Robin Baltrushes, a physician who serves as Chief of Health Education and Lifestyle Medicine for Kaiser Permanents in the East Bay. This class is part of her training at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley.
Featuring:
Local Economy
Date:
May 24, 2026
Time:
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Participants & Organizers
Event website: https://luma.com/4i2ah4m8
Event type:
Health and Wellness
Originally posted to:
Rockridge District Association Events Calendar
Published: May 2, 2026 1:08 PM
Local Economy is a small, flexible community space on the College Avenue stretch of Rockridge, a few doors from East Bay Booksellers. It looks and feels like a bright neighborhood storefront set up for people to gather rather than a traditional venue. Inside, most things are organized around a long central table where talks, workshops, book clubs and game sessions all happen in close quarters. more...
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