(Hybrid: Online) Special Event with Teacher Joseph Goldstein - InsightLA Meditation

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Joseph Goldstein Visiting Teacher

Melissa McKay Teacher

Location Online
Experience Levels All
This class is a donation based class. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Date/Time Saturday, August 24, 2024
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM PT

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This event is the online version of a hybrid event which will take place both in-person and online. To register for the in-person version of this event, click here.

Join us on August 24th for a special meditation Joseph Goldstein. Joseph is one of the pioneers of bringing mindfulness and Buddhist practice to the west and co-founder of Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. He is also the author of several books including “Seeking the Heart of Wisdom” (co-authored with Jack Kornfield), “Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom” and “Mindfulness: A Practical Guide of Awakening”.

Joseph will lead us in a meditation practice and Q & A session hosted by Melissa McKay until 11:30am. Joseph will be joining us online and Melissa will be hosting in person at Santa Monica. Guests can join either online or in person.
After 11:30, Melissa will lead practice until 3pm.

Schedule (Pacific Time):
10am-10:30 Meditation with Joseph
10:30-11:30 Q & A with Joseph
11:30-12:30pm Lunch
12:30-1:15 Meditation with Melissa
1:15-1:45 Walking Meditation
1:45-2:30 Meditation with Melissa
2:30-3pm Dharma talk with Melissa

Suggested donation:
$35 for Joseph only event
$70 for whole day

Joseph Goldstein Visiting Teacher

Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where he is one of the organization’s guiding teachers. In 1989, together with several other teachers and students of insight meditation, he helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.... Read more

Melissa McKay Teacher

Melissa began her path of meditation in 1998 with a small group of dedicated practitioners in Oakland, CA with her beloved, though not known, teacher named Barbara Janus who introduced her to the teachings of Sayadaw U Pandita of Burma. Her first retreat was with Sayadaw U Pandita and the profound changes she saw in... Read more