Connect with the natural world and bring your inner nature into harmony with outer nature. This half-day retreat will take place mostly outdoors, on the back patio of the Benedict Canyon Retreat House.
Mindfulness practices will include seated meditat... Read more
Recognizing Black History: Honoring our Ancestors through our Food (Open to All)
This year’s annual theme for Black History Month is Health and Wellness. In celebration, this event will explore how health-promoting food practices are one of many ways to honor those that came before us. The event consists of a 20-minute yoga session ... Read more
Unwinding Anxiety: Mindfulness-Based Habit Change
This class series offers CE’s and offers a smart phone app as optional reference material.
For the NY Times Article A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle featuring Judson Brewer, MD (creator of Mindfulness-Based Habit Change) click here
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Mindful Eating: Mindfulness-Based Habit Change
This class series offers CE’s and offers a smart phone app as optional reference material.
This program is an invitation to foster greater present moment awareness in everyday life through the lens of mindful eating. We will explore common everyday st... Read more
Living Dharma – The Wise Heart: Further Teachings on Buddhist Psychology
Please note: This series started on April 26th. To join starting class #2 on May 3rd, please click register to the left and email celeste@insightla.org for any makeup work.
In the Living Dharma class series, we study the traditional Buddhist teachings ... Read more
Death & Happiness: A Meditation Practice
Do you ever contemplate your own death? Just the thought often fills us with fear, even revulsion. Sports is a $71 billion dollar industry in the US alone simply because people prefer to be distracted from their mortality. However, undertaking a pract... Read more
[Cancelled] No Time Like the Present
This retreat has been cancelled. Please join us for another online 6-night retreat starting (all are MMTCP approved):
Mon June 13th The Original Body Scan: 32 Parts of the Body Meditation Discovering Freedom within the Body
Sat Aug 27th Turning Inward... Read more
Calm Mind, Resilient Heart: Finding Balance – A Retreat for BIPOC Women
Please note this retreat meets the requirements for participants in Jack Kornfield + Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification program through Sounds True. Please read the Criteria for MMTCP Retreat Attendance Requirements.
A Retreat fo... Read more
Día de Renovación y Florecimiento Primaveral: Retiro Presencial
Cada primavera, la tierra se despierta de su letargo invernal a medida que los días se vuelven más cálidos y largos. Al tomarnos tiempo para hacer una pausa podemos renovar nuestras energías, cuidarnos mejor y a los quienes nos rodean.
Los retiros de m... Read more