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Our mission is to make all of our programs accessible. Every fee-based offering has a limited number of pay-what-you-can spots available to support self-identified people of color, members of marginalized groups (queer people, transgender people, and  people with disabilities) and those in financial need (those for whom the cost to attend is not financially possible). 

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We reserve the right to cancel a class or special event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable. If InsightLA cancels an event you’ve registered for, you will be offered a full refund. If an event has to be postponed for any reason, you will have the option to either receive a full refund or transfer your registration to the same event at the new, future date. If you cancel, we apply a 5% credit processing fee and the refunded amounts are listed below:

MBSR, MSC, & MBHC, Mindfulness for Beginners & Special Events

7 days – 95% Refund
<7 days – No Refunds – Credit given if requested or donation to InsightLA

Fee-Based Non-Residential Retreats (note: Donations are non-refundable)

>7 days – 95% Refund
<7 days – No Refunds – Credit given if requested or donation to InsightLA

Residential Retreats

> 8 weeks – amount paid less $100
4-8 weeks – amount paid less $175
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $300
< 2 weeks – No refund

Residential Retreats with Financial Support:

> 8 weeks – amount paid less $75
4-8 weeks – amount paid less $100
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $200
< 2 weeks – No refund

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Join us for a spacious daylong at Benedict Canyon Retreat House as the Youngish Adult community comes together to nurture presence and belonging. Throughout this retreat, we will be practicing how to connect to what’s arising as a means for cultivating resilience and self-compassion in daily life. The day will include– stationary meditation, walking meditation, noble silence, short talks, and optional periods of community connection before and after the retreat. 

After attending this daylong, participants may notice a greater sense of connection and a deeper understanding of what is arising within. We will be touching against what is true through the warmth of awareness. We will explore the quality of friendliness in our mindfulness practices to water the seeds of compassion and inner-resilience.

All levels of meditators are welcome. Please bring a packed lunch and snacks (there is a large refrigerator on-site) as well as layers and a hat (for walking meditation) as we will be outdoors. 

Lulu Toselli Teacher

Lulu Toselli has been sharing sound-baths since 2015, with a group she co- founded in L.A. called, Forestkind. She has since graduated from InsightLA’s Mindfulness Facilitator Training program, guiding sitting groups at InsightLA East. In 2018, she started Farout Meditation, to merge mindfulness with her love of sound and visuals. After a decade of long,... Read more

Eileen Ybarra Teacher

Eileen Ybarra began studying Theravadan Buddhism meditation practice in 2004. Her first meditation teacher was Trudy Goodman. Since 2004, she has also studied with a variety of dharma teachers through the Against the Stream Meditation Society, Insight Meditation Center of Redwood City, Durango Dharma Center, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Her profession is public librarianship,... Read more

Michael Karakashian, PhD Teacher

Michael joined the InsightLA community in 2014 and has been practicing insight meditation and a commitment to inner self-development since 1998. His initial/primary teacher at that time was a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, among others. He has a deep commitment to inner self-development and to bringing practice from the cushion into daily life. Michael’s... Read more

Elizabeth Stomp Teacher

Elizabeth Hernandez-Stomp (ella, ellas, she, hers) has been a dedicated mindfulness meditation practitioner since 2013. Her interest and love for the Dharma led her to pursue further studies in the Tibetan Buddhism lineage with Geshe Tashi Tsering of Jamyang Buddhist Centre, completing his international program ‘The Foundation of Buddhist Thought.’ She has also completed the... Read more

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Class Fee $85

Financial Support

Our mission is to make all of our programs accessible. Every fee-based offering has a limited number of pay-what-you-can spots available to support members of marginalized groups (people of color, queer people, people with disabilities) and those in financial need (those for whom the cost to attend is not financially possible).

These spots are offered on a first come, first served basis. Please pay at the highest level you can afford. In order for this support to be available, we rely on those who can afford to pay the full price to do so.

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