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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

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>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
  • Dates
    • Monday, October 30, 2023 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PT

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Develop more spaciousness in the body and mind, and a greater understanding of how embodied awareness practices intersect with the Buddhist path.

Join Buddhist meditation teacher Scott Tusa online for this 4-week class series on meeting the body with kindness.

Embodied Awareness

Isn’t it sometimes hard to understand what our bodies are trying to tell us? When we experience difficult emotions, it can feel like we’re lost in a labyrinth of feelings that we’d rather numb or avoid than face.

But just as a rose needs tending to bloom, our feeling body needs care and attention to thrive. Now imagine if we could reacquaint ourselves with our feeling body, not as something to battle against, but as a faithful friend who’s been trying to communicate with us all along.

This is the essence of embodied awareness practices – gentle practices for meeting our bodies where they are and for allowing a grounded wisdom to develop naturally.

Learn how to:

  • Reconnect safely with your body and emotions
  • Approach your feelings and past wounds with gentle kindness
  • Access a more grounded and open meditative awareness practice
  • Connect with a more embodied and spacious way of being in your daily life
  • Integrate core Buddhist teachings into direct experience

The session will include:

  • Key embodied awareness meditations for developing ease, openness, and wisdom in the body
  • Dharma talks on integrating core Buddhist wisdom with embodied awareness and somatic meditation
  • Plenty of time for your practice questions

Who is this class for?

This class on embodied awareness is for anyone who is ready to reconnect to their bodies and the sensations within as if meeting an old friend or comforting a loved one.

Everyone, regardless of experience, is welcome!

Where is this series located? 

This is an online event. Join us LIVE on Zoom from the comfort of your own home or another safe space. Zoom details will be sent automatically a few minutes after you register.

Scott Tusa

Scott Tusa is a Buddhist meditation teacher and practitioner who has spent the last 23 years exploring how to embody and live meaningfully through the Buddhist path. At age sixteen his mothers death sparked a deep longing for healing and spiritual wisdom that eventually led him to Tibetan Buddhism. He spent his early twenties seeking... 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.

Register Now

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