Rene Rivera
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About René Rivera
René Rivera is a meditation teacher, restorative justice facilitator, and community leader whose work moves thoughtfully across the spaces between race, gender, and other perceived binaries. As a queer, Latinx, trans man, he brings lived experience, depth, and care to every setting he serves.
He teaches heart-centered, trauma-informed meditation at the East Bay Meditation Center and other meditation centers, offering practices that support presence, compassion, and inner steadiness. René has also co-led the first residential meditation retreats for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people, helping create spaces where participants can feel seen, supported, and welcomed exactly as they are.
In addition to his meditation work, René serves as a restorative justice facilitator for the Ahimsa Collective, where he contributes to healing efforts addressing sexual and gender-based violence.