During times like this, it’s natural to feel afraid, anxious, or threatened. The brain has evolved to react quickly to threats, and it’s easy for there to be a sense of helplessness associated with problems that appear far beyond our control.
But being... Read more
Dharma for Challenging Times with Anushka Fernandopulle
What are the Dharma lessons that we can take from this time of global challenges? Lets practice together and see how we can learn from the change and uncertainty that life has delivered this year. If we hold events with wisdom, we can grow stronger and ... Read more
Mindful Self Compassion
NOTE: this course started on April 27th. To join starting May 4th please register and email support@insightla.org to ask for makeup work from the first class.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is a program developed by Kristin Neff, the pioneering... Read more
Tending Our Grief
Tending Our Grief: How Community Ritual, Mindfulness and Nature Connection help us soften around our pain.
Grief is a given in this life, meant to be experienced with others, communally not in isolation. Throughout time, people have come together ritua... Read more
Being with Grief
Being with Grief: How Mindfulness, Self-compassion, and Nature Connection can help us to live with our pain
There are some pains that cannot be taken away. The grief we feel when we lose someone or something of great significance to us may be overwhelm... Read more
The Art of Not-Clinging with Shaila Catherine
This talk will highlight the subtle dynamics of clinging and not-clinging as we practice the art of letting go. The Buddha described four kinds of clinging:
1) clinging to sensual pleasures
2) to views and opinions
3) to rituals and observances
4) t... Read more
Making Peace with the Unknown: An Intimate Conversation & Meditation with Sandra Oh & Trudy Goodman
A month ago, we were living familiar lives with calendars that told us where we’d be for weeks to come. Today we’re all sailing in uncharted waters, alone and together. How do we chart a course into the unknown? Most of you know Sandra Oh as a talented... Read more
Sunday Test Dev
Mindfulness and Deep Suffering (H.O.P.E.) Practice Group
Come together to meditate and talk about supporting the people in our lives (including ourselves) who may be struggling with deep suffering, hopelessness, helplessness, disconnection, mental health and health challenges, and/or suicidal thoughts.
Join ... Read more
The Bodhisattva Prayer: May this Serve to Awaken Compassion
Join Tara Brach for a meditation and inquiry about how the suffering of the Pandemic can open our hearts wide.
All of the revenue generated for this special event will serve as a fundraiser for InsightLA so that we can continue to offer programs onlin... Read more