Events Archive

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

[Postponed] Dedicated to the Dharma: Shelter from the Storm

Note: This event is postponed to 2022. We will add it to a newsletter once dates are set. Generosity is said to be the path that leads to the path. In this half-day retreat, we will focus on the cultivation of true happiness and explore generosity as... Read more

A Sensory Exploration of Emerging Possibilities

The Realm of Possibilities are Limitless. The pathway to change requires a deeper leap into intention, attention and awareness. In this day-long retreat, we intend to Co-Create with you an exploration of the practical and more accessible Realms of Pos... Read more

[Cancelled] Mindful Self-Compassion Half-Day of Practice (Prerequisite: MSC)

Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.” -Tara Brach Come practice together in community to open to the shared experience of our common humanity, being with what is and awakening to your own inner ... Read more

Outsmart Your Brain: Why Our Habits Control Us and How to Step Out of the Habit Loop

Can anxiety and worry be perpetuated like a habit? Anxiety levels are increasing individually and collectively in modern day. Faced with uncertainty, an overabundance of information (and misinformation), among other challenges, our minds struggle to kee... Read more

Sitting With Suicide: Mindfulness, Deep Suffering, and Hope

“The opposite of deep suffering is not just the absence of suffering. The opposite of deep suffering is connection.” Join Tuesday, December 7 @ 7:00-8:30pm (PST) for Sitting With Suicide: Mindfulness, Deep Suffering, and Hope with Special Guest: Jami... Read more

Sitting With Suicide: A Mindfulness and Strengths-Based Approach to Suicide Prevention

We 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/health challenges, and/or suicidal thoughts. We wil... Read more