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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

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>7 days – 95% Refund
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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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  • Location InnerWay LA Culver City
  • Experience Levels Experienced, Introductory
  • Date/Time Saturday, September 17, 2022
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PT
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Join mental performance coach Christian Straka–who has worked in professional sports for over 30 years–for this special talk on how we can utilize mindfulness to improve our performance–both on the playing field and in everyday life. 

Many of us find that as we navigate the various stressors of modern life, we lose our connection to the present. Mindfulness helps us to bring our mind and body into harmony so that we can fully experience what is happening in the moment. Christian has touched on this wisdom for years to deliver evidence-based mindfulness skill development to the athletes he works with as the Global Mindset Coach for Adidas Runners.

In this talk, Christian will show how mindfulness can be as helpful to a professional athlete prepping for an event as it is to a college student looking to ace their next exam. As we undertake this journey of integrating mindfulness into our daily lives, Christian will help us to explore how we develop our mindfulness skills in order to create a game-plan for performance improvement. 

This event is the fourth part of our five part New Voices: An InsightLA Benefit Series (read more). Be a part of this special celebration to support our future brilliant programming! 

Schedule: 
6 PM: Doors Open
7:00 PM: Talk Begins
8:00 PM: Q&A
8:30 PM: Talk Ends

This is an in-person event: To uphold our COVID safety protocols, capacity will be limited at InnerWay LA in Culver City. Proof of vaccination with boosters will be required along with masks. 

This event will be recorded and emailed to everyone registers. 

Christian Straka

Christian Straka is a mental performance coach and has been working in professional sports for over 30 years, during which time he has been training World Champions across different sports and developed a unique approach through methodologies for applying evidence-based mindfulness techniques in sports to optimize performance. Christian has been practicing mindfulness for many years,... Read more

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Class Fee $47

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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