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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

Non-Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)

(Hybrid: Online) Exploring Emotional Balance (by Big Bear Retreat Center)

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Eve Ekman

Ryan Redman

  • Location Online
  • Experience Levels Experienced, Introductory
  • Date Starts Thursday, April 11, 2024
    Ends Sunday, April 14, 2024

    3 nights

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BBRC Logo Big Bear Retreat Center

Hosted by Big Bear Retreat Center
(note: this is not an InsightLA retreat)

*For any questions or support for registering or preparing for this retreat, contact guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org*

For more details and to register for this retreat, visit Big Bear Retreat Center: Anger, Sadness, Compassion and Equanimity, April 2024

WEEKEND RETREAT
[HYBRID RETREAT: IN-PERSON + ONLINE OPTIONS]
Thursday, April 11th – Sunday, April 14th
Registration for the online retreat closes April 10th at 11:59pm Pacific Time

This retreat is offered in-person and online. To visit and register for the on-land interactive retreat, visit here.

 
About the Online Retreat

This retreat is offered as a hybrid retreat, online and in person. The online community can expect an interactive online experience with the in person participants and trainers. Sessions will be offered and streamed live. All are asked to attend the morning sessions, there will be opportunities to receive the recordings during the retreat in case any sessions are missed, particularly for those in the European timezones (i.e. afternoon/evening sessions).

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Science can tell us a lot about our emotions, but does this knowledge really help us when we’re in the midst of an argument with a loved one or feeling deep loneliness? Knowing is one thing, but really understanding ourselves from the inside is another.

“Cultivating Emotional Balance” provides exercises and practices that help us see and understand our emotions in a completely new way. CEB is an elegant blend of contemporary emotion science and contemplative mind training based in Tibetan Buddhism. This unique training provided participants with a practical and transformative understanding of thier emotional life.

In this weekend retreat, we will focus on two emotions many of us struggle to deal with; anger and all its many forms, annoyance to rage; and sadness ranging from disappointment to agony.  We will use an emotion episode timeline to identify brief but powerful ingredients; the trigger that catalyzes the cascade, our felt experience of emotion in the body and mind. As well as the ways we respond externally and internally. This process can the reveal the common and old stories that color our perspective, where we hold emotions in the body, and habits of avoidance and we will explore much more. To do this meaningful exploration, we call on the ancient practices of Compassion and Equanimity, which offer exquisite antidotes to some of the hardest feelings and reveals parts of our emotional lives. Please join use for this powerful weekend of transformation.

During the class we will explore:

  • Periods of sustained meditation and silent practice
  • Guidance toward your overarching goals for living meaningfully
  • Techniques for developing attention skills and discerning mindfulness
  • Small group and personal reflective work mapping emotion episodes of anger and
    sadness
  • Learning how to move from destructive reactivity to supportive response to our emotions with awareness

Note: This is a hybrid course with in person and live, online options available. 

About Cultivating Emotional Balance

CEB was inspired by His Holiness the Dali Lama, and developed with eminent psychologist Dr Paul Ekman, Tibetan Teacher Lama Alan Wallace and second generation emotion teacher Dr Eve Ekman. Using insights and methods drawn from both Western psychology and Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices, CEB asks us to investigate our inner life in order to improve out outer life and build emotional awareness, intelligence and resilience.

This class is taught by emotional researcher, meditation teacher and senior CEB teacher Dr. Eve Ekman and Ryan Redman, CEB Senior teacher, meditation teacher and Founder of Flourish Foundation.

Learn more about CEB

COST:
*retreat fees include Teacher compensation, plus online access to the live retreat. 

Full: $300

Subsidized: $200

Fixed Income: $150
*Opportunities to donate more towards the registration fees of this retreat

For any questions please contact guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org or visit our website bigbearretreatcenter.org

Cancellation Policy: Please visit our website for more on the cancellation policy for this retreat- Cancellation Policy.

Online Retreat Cancellation Fee Schedule:

> 48 hours   20%
< 48 hours   No Refunds

Eve Ekman

Eve draws from an interdisciplinary set of skills and knowledge from her professional work and personal practices in clinical social work, integrative medicine, emotional awareness, contemplative science, and meditation. Eve began her career in art and journalism seeking to create social change through transformative media experiences. Eve became a trained social worker at UC Berkeley... Read more

Ryan Redman

At an early age, Ryan developed a keen interest in the mind and its influence on daily life. This interest led Ryan to India to study meditation and Yoga philosophy. Upon his return, Ryan began teaching contemplative based practices while at the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB).   In addition to completing an undergraduate degree... Read more

Pricing Options
Fixed Income $150
Subsidized $200
Minimum – Generosity: if you would like to donate more to support this retreat this goes towards the organizers (BBRC and CEB) $300

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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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