This morning I found myself weeping for our beautiful, heartbreaking world. We’re on the cusp of inaugurating a new president and a historic Black, female vice president. This is a hopeful and exciting moment for our nation. The Presidential Inaugurat... Read more
A Murmuration of Starlings
https://youtu.be/L8BZmx9zJ1E
This past week, I went north of San Rafael to Terra Linda at sunset to stand in an empty parking lot, looking for starlings. As the light fades, huge flocks of the glossy, black birds swirl high above the trees, streaming a... Read more
Thank you, 2020
As we bid 2020 a relieved farewell, I want to thank everyone who made 2020 an extraordinary year at InsightLA.
If you were able to come to classes and programs often, thank you for your steady engagement.
If you are part of a regular sitti... Read more
The Starry Sky
This is a time to remember vastness and mystery. The year is ending with a cosmic conjunction unseen on Earth for 800 years. InsightLA held an important community gathering and ritual for letting-go of our Olympic and Melrose centers and envisioni... Read more
To Thine Own Self Be True
I would call Metta World Peace an alchemist, except there was nothing magical about the hard work he did to transform his troubles into triumph with the help of therapy, meditation, yoga. He stepped out of where he came from into where he truly wanted... Read more
Keeping Enlightenment
Yesterday I received a message written by one of the world’s great epidemiologists Dr. Larry Brilliant urging us to “please, please consider everything we do in light of how dangerous this pandemic is right now”. He and other public health colleagues ... Read more
Video: Beyond the Dilemma: Unpacking Solutions to The Social Dilemma
Since its Netflix release in September, the film The Social Dilemma has been viewed by 38 million people. It speaks of the tech benefits we know while explaining exactly how its design creates unintended suffering and divisiveness caused by social m... Read more
Beyond Your Fear
What a tense, roller-coaster of an election week this has been! And what a vivid illustration of how the mind reacts wildly to what it wants - and doesn’t want. However you voted, for me, it was a Tuesday night of tears from not getting what I wanted,... Read more
Breathing in Bravery
As the election approaches and the eyes of the world are fixed on America, tension is building here at home. When was the last time you slowed down, checked in with yourself, listened to your own troubled heart, worried brain, and stressed out body, ... Read more
Healing Society Through Our Relationships
Have you ever sat in silent meditation, focused on the breath, and wondered, how does this practice help dismantle oppression and make the world an equitable place for all? I know I have. Especially these days of so much loss, infuriation, uncertainty... Read more