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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). 

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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We work to protect the safety of all students. We reserve the right to remove any student from any class, sitting group, retreat, or any event if the student is disruptive to the safe learning environment we maintain for all.

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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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  • Location Online
  • Experience Levels All
  • Date/Time Saturday, February 13, 2021
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT

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In this talk, Francesca will explore what it means to be with our grief, and how we may let our waves of emotion arise and fall. Using mindfulness, we will practice how our spacious, loving awareness can make space for the range of our feelings, including despair, hopelessness, a sense of stuckness, and more.

We’ll explore what’s known as the five stages of grief, including denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, start to identify these first as sensations in the body, as well as any narratives and preferences that may be attached to those sensations, and begin to keep them company in their distress.

We’ll create space for loss, longing and resentment, getting curious about what those emotions may have to teach us. We’ll invite our own direct experience of what it means to turn towards these feelings that are often labeled “bad,” and see what happens – often paradoxically – as we come together in our common humanity and share our challenges and insights in a contained, collective space.

We’ll begin our conversation on the Buddha’s teaching on the parable of the mustard seed.

A few resources:

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This event will be recorded and emailed to everyone who registers.

Active Mourning: Transforming Grief, Loss, Longing, and Resentment

In this talk, Francesca will explore what it means to be with our grief, and how we may let our waves of emotion arise and fall. Using mindfulness, we will practice how our spacious, loving awareness can make space for the range of our feelings, including despair, hopelessness, a sense of stuckness, and more. We’ll... Read more

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Class Fee $35

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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