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 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.

Find out if spots are available by clicking REGISTER NOW on the event you are interested in.

Safety 

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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Refund and Event Policies

Join teaching team Beth Sternlieb, Allyson Pimentel and Eric McCullum for a day of practice and embodied community.  By drawing on the energy and support of the group we can deepen our own practice and move toward our collective awakening.  Our time together will include guided meditation, silent meditation, walking meditation in nature, and opportunities to connect as a community of meditators.  By attending this retreat you will have an opportunity to grow and evolve your practice with seasoned teachers who have many years of experience in cultivating awakening in a safe and supportive container. We hope you will join us for this day of shared resonance as we move toward awakening together.  

Notes for the day: 

  • Please bring comfortable shoes for walking and layered clothing for temperature variations. 
  • Please bring a lunch, snacks, and water bottle
  • We ask that phones and technology are turned off during the retreat, in order to unplug and connect. 

In keeping with the principals of the dharma that underlies all of our activities, primarily precepts of 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. We ask that out of respect and care for our immunocompromised friends, we all commit to masking indoors. Max capacity: 35. Please be sure to read the Benedict Canyon page for parking info and items to bring. 

To offer or join a ride share, click Sign-Up to the left. Thank you for supporting fellow practitioners.

Exciting news! InsightLA is running a Food Bank Program to offer our community the opportunity to support the Westside food bank and help folks dealing with low income living and/or experiencing  houselessness. To participate please click here.

Eric McCullum, MA Teacher

Eric McCullum first discovered meditation in the early 1990’s. In 2005 he began practicing in the Vipassana tradition with Trudy Goodman and Insight LA. Eric has completed InsightLA’s one-year Mindfulness Facilitator Training Program. He is currently a member of InsightLA’s Board of Directors, co-chair of the Ethics and Reconciliation Council and is a member of... Read more

Beth Sternlieb Teacher

Beth is a Spirit Rock and Insight Mediation Society retreat teacher. She teaches the Dedicated to Dharma program at InsightLA and The Morning Community Sit. You can drop in through InsightLA.org and meet her there Monday – Friday mornings. Beth’s Teachers are Dza Kilung Rinpoche and Joseph Goldstein. Beth has been a co-investigator on several... Read more

Allyson Pimentel, EdD Teacher

Allyson Pimentel, EdD is a psychologist, yoga teacher, and long-time Vipassana meditation practitioner and teacher who works at the intersection of mindfulness, mental health, healing, and social justice.  Allyson has been teaching mindfulness in clinical, secular and spiritual settings, as well as in her private psychology and consulting practice, for close to two decades.  She... Read more

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Class Fee $80

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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