Classes & Events
Online Meditation:
Our online meditation classes utilize the Zoom video conferencing platform. Within a minute after you register, you’ll receive an email with the Zoom information. The Zoom info will also show on the event page (if you are logged in to your InsightLA account). To make an InsightLA account click here.
To help develop and deepen your practice, join a series for the best cumulative effect in a cohort setting.
Filters:
English: Introductory, Experienced, Buddhist Teachings, CEUs, Full Calendar
Spanish
In-Person Meditation:
In keeping with the principals of the dharma that underlies all of our activities, primarily non-harming, we are requiring that all attendees be fully vaccinated in order to attend any in-person event. If you certify that you meet this requirement please select ‘yes’ on the registration page.
To help develop and deepen your practice, join a series for the best cumulative effect in a cohort setting.
Filters:
English: East Side, West Side, Full Calendar
Spanish
NOTE: All events are listed in Pacific time.
Benedict Canyon Retreat House (Hybrid: In-Person) A Two-Part Series On Sayadaw U Tejaniya’s Daily Life Practice
September 6, 2025 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
Online (Hybrid: Online) A Two-Part Series On Sayadaw U Tejaniya’s Daily Life Practice
September 6, 2025 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
Online Intro to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
September 9, 2025 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
Introductory
Benedict Canyon Retreat House (Hybrid: In-Person) A Two-Part Series On Sayadaw U Tejaniya’s Daily Life Practice
September 13, 2025 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
Online (Hybrid: Online) A Two-Part Series On Sayadaw U Tejaniya’s Daily Life Practice
September 13, 2025 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Love and Rest
September 16, 2025
6 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Santa Monica Meditation Center (Hybrid: In-Person) Meditation and Buddhist Practice Program – 10 months
September 20, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT
Online (Hybrid: Online) Meditation and Buddhist Practice Program – 10 months
September 20, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT
Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Cultivating Kindness: A Women’s Retreat of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion through Practice, Writing, and Movement
September 25, 2025
4 days 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
First Presbyterian Church Santa Monica (Hybrid: In-person) A Joyful 80th Birthday Celebration for Jack Kornfield & Trudy Goodman
September 27, 2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Online (Hybrid: Online) A Joyful 80th Birthday Celebration for Jack Kornfield & Trudy Goodman
September 27, 2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
September 29, 2025
6 days 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
Online Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Habit Change
October 4, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Introductory
Big Bear Retreat Center (Hybrid: In-person) In Wisdom We Walk, In Liberation We Rise: A Women’s Retreat
October 5, 2025
8 days 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
Online Mindful Eating: Mindfulness-Based Habit Change
October 8, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PT
Benedict Canyon Retreat House (Hybrid: In-person) Understanding the Mind: A Vipassana Retreat (Camping Optional)
October 11, 2025
3 days 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT
Online (Hybrid: Online) Understanding the Mind: A Vipassana Retreat
October 11, 2025
3 days 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT
Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Sacred Refuge: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature
October 13, 2025
6 days 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
Online Intro to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
October 14, 2025 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
Introductory
Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Loving Nature and Finding Joy
October 18, 2025
5 days 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
