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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.

Cancellation & Refunds

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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Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD Teacher

Greg Serpa, PhD

Location Online
Experience Levels All
Dates
- ~~Thursday, October 8, 2020 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PT~~

Refund and Event Policies

In the midst of social distancing and a pandemic, social injustice and inequality, and political polarization and threats to democracy, so many are suffering. If you haven’t lost a dear one to COVID, or become unemployed and un-housed, or attacked by tear gas during a peaceful protest, it might be all too easy to minimize your own suffering even during these difficult times. This may lead to a complete denial or minimization of the real difficulties in our lives.

Or maybe one of the above mentioned events – or something else devastating – has happened to you. Perhaps the impact of these times threatens to overwhelm and you hesitant to burden those around you. These times, and these events, can lead even seasoned practitioners to not show up fully and acknowledge your own suffering.

These “hierarchies of pain” show up often and present a barrier to living our lives fully and with meaning. The truth is that there is no hierarchy of pain. Pain is pain, and painful experiences need to be acknowledged and felt to live fully and with grace.

In this series, we will explore our patterns of managing these painful experiences and the impact on our sense of well-being. We will use mindfulness, compassion and self-compassion practices to find new ways to hold and experience our own pain and the pain of others, individually and collectively.

This is not a class for people new to mindfulness. We expect that you are familiar with basic mindfulness meditation skills and emotion regulation tools through mindfulness practice.

Schedule
October 8th
October 15th
October 22nd

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD Teacher

Berlin to Los Angeles to InsightLA I started my professional life as a Gynecologist at the University Hospital in Berlin, Germany. I had fallen in love with the universality of the Buddhist teachings as a searching teenager and it surely helped me stay sane through medical school and residency. In 2003 my husband, baby daughter... Read more

Greg Serpa, PhD

J. Greg Serpa, PhD, is a clinical psychologist for the US Department of Veterans Affairs. He is honored to teach mindfulness to America’s veterans and is the first full-time mindfulness teacher and trainer in the federal system. He is developing a national mindfulness certification program for VA clinicians based upon his book, co-authored with Christiane... Read more

Pricing Options
Class Fee	$105

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