Events Archive

Buddhism & The Twelve Steps: A Weekend with Kevin Griffin

In this weekend retreat we will practice mindfulness meditation and explore recovery and the Twelve Steps through an archetypal lens. While the Steps use theistic language, Buddhism gives us a way to understand them in more universal terms, taking us... Read more

Mindful Strategies for Managing Anxiety

Location: NOW House, 31324 Via Colinas Unit 111, Westlake Village, CA 91362 “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” – ... Read more

Annual Summer Insight Meditation Silent Retreat

JOIN INSIGHTLA’S BETH STERNLIEB & CELESTE YOUNG FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL 3-NIGHT (4 DAY) SILENT RETREAT AT MARY & JOSEPH’S RETREAT CENTER IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES. Time in retreat allows us to step out of the complexity of our life, to listen deeply... Read more

Making Peace With Your Ego: Finding Freedom Through Letting Go

“Live in the nowhere you come from even though you have got an address here.” -Rumi During this retreat, we will explore the nature of our identity and sense of self we use to live in the world, as well as the wise space of heart and mind that lets go.... Read more

The Dharma of Homecoming: A Day of Practice for People of Color

Meditation Coalition and InsightLA are honored to host Lama Rod Owens in this day of practice for people of color. Maya Angelou once wrote: “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” James... Read more

(LGBTQI & GNC) Cultivating and Awakening Through the Practice of Compassion; In these Uncertain Times

The theme encompasses all aspects of cultivating a compassion (Karuna) practice; self-compassion, cultivating compassion as daily practice, meeting suffering with open hearted compassion, awakening to our true nature through meditative approaches of min... Read more

Reserved for Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)

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MBSR/MSC Printed Booklet

If you would like a printed copy of your MBSR or MSC booklet please click the Register Now button below to pay $20. You will receive the printed copy at the first day of your class. All students will receive a PDF (electronic) copy via email regardless ... Read more

Wise View: Relating to What Is With Compassion

This has been a rough time. These last months but in particular these last weeks. If you are feeling on edge, you are in good company. We want to use this day to stop, pause, disconnect from the news and our phones and connect with each other and oursel... Read more