Erica Lubliner, MD Interview

Erica Lubliner, MD Psychiatry, Director, UCLA Spanish Speaking Psychosocial Clinic

Erica Lubliner, MD Interview

For National Stress Awareness Month, InsightLA just wants to let you know that we are here for you. Take time for you, slow down, breathe, go outside and meditate. This week we present an Interview with Erica Lubliner, Director of UCLA Spanish Speakin... Read more

Author: Melissa McKay

Intimacy with the Mind

There is an intimacy with the mind (consciousness, thoughts, feelings, emotions) that I have gained from practicing vipassana meditation. In that intimacy an understanding was developed of just how frequently the mind goes negative, producing thoughts... Read more

Buddhist healing impermanence Eileen Ybarra

Author: Eileen Ybarra

Life, Death, & Change – the Gift of Impermanence

Many years before I began my meditation practice, I unconsciously considered my feelings related to loss and grief a personal failure, as if I somehow should have understood and been prepared for death automatically. My grandmother died in my early tw... Read more

Eres Medicina Interview

In celebration of Earth Day, all are invited to Floreciendo con Pachamama- or Blooming with Pachamama (International Mother Earth Day) a special bi-lingual, half day retreat at Benedict Canyon Retreat House with meditation & music led by Rosamaría... Read more

How to Find a Better Balance

What is equanimity, and how can we invite more of it into our lives? Equanimity is being willing and able to accept things as they are in this moment—whether they’re challenging, boring, exciting, disappointing, painful, or exactly what we want. Equan... Read more

Finding Seva during National Volunteer Month

AUTHOR: DARIN MCFADYEN This month is national volunteer month, but what does that mean for mindfulness practitioners? It can mean different things to each of us, but as meditators the very concept of spending our time and energy helping others with n... Read more

Author: Allyson Pimentel, EdD

Resonance

What is it about meditating with other people that feels so… good? I was recently asked this by a meditator I had never met before, who approached me after a drop-in sit. There was awe and reverence in her question. She said that her experiences in... Read more

Author: Julian Kehs

Living Together with Open Hearts

In a world full of difficulty, it can be challenging to show up without closing off our hearts. This is especially true for members of the trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming and gender-expansive community, whose rights to access medical care and e... Read more

International Women's History Month Blog - Meditation on Women's History by Sidney Wegener

A Meditation on Women’s History

Honoring the women who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion and the Dharma For National Women’s History Month, InsightLA thanks and honors all the women around the globe who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion, and the Dharma in its many for... Read more