Join with local Mindful Aging friends for a Half-Day Sense and Savor Retreat amidst the green and wild beauty of InsightLA’s Benedict Canyon Retreat House in North Beverly Hills.
All activities will take place outdoors and on patios. We’ll walk, we’ll ... Read more
Awareness and Wisdom: An Abbreviated Retreat for Daily Life
“Do you know that [right now] you are reading? Yes? Good! That’s awareness. How much energy did that require? Was it tiring or difficult? No? So, you can meditate.”
-Sayadaw U Tejaniya
When our relationship to practice becomes tight, tedious, or fille... Read more
[Updated] Living Dharma
This class has been updated to online only. To register click here.
In the Living Dharma class series, we study the traditional Buddhist teachings from the Insight meditation tradition and learn how to apply them to daily life for greater ease, clarit... Read more
Living Deeply Amidst the Season
Lets come together during this season of gratitude and generosity by spending two nights rediscovering and affirming what helps us live our lives most deeply. Placing attention on what we value most is like giving ourselves a North Star to guide us thr... Read more
Awakening Joy: Recognizing and Knowing Joy in the Holidays
In this 4-week series, based on the renowned Awakening Joy class created by James Baraz, we’ll be discovering all the wholesome, natural and tangible joys, always available in the present moment, even in challenging holiday times where many personalitie... Read more
Awareness and Wisdom: An Abbreviated Retreat for Daily Life
In-Person Meeting at Benedict Canyon (outdoors and shaded with optional masks) on Nov 21 12:00-12:45pm In-Person and Zoom and 12:45-2:00pm In-Person only.
We are deeply grateful to our community members for their understanding, patience, and... Read more
InsightLA Holiday Volunteer Service Project: Ballona Wetlands Restoration
Roll up your sleeves and build in-person sangha with the InsightLA staff, teachers, and community at this special outdoor holiday volunteer service event!
Were partnering with the Bay Foundation to help restore Ballona Wetlands, the last coastal wetlan... Read more
The Power of Love: Metta Daylong Retreat
Give yourself the gift of an entire day spent practicing mindfulness and lovingkindness and deepen your practice within community.
In this daylong retreat we’ll explore the Buddhas teachings on boundless love- in particular the teachings of Metta and C... Read more
The Three Marks of Existence and You
The three marks of existence are Buddhism’s basic description of reality - they are impermanence, suffering, and non-self. Insight into these three simple truths, which characterize all things, can create greater liberation and ease. How can an understa... Read more
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