The yearning for refuge in the face of life’s challenges is universal. We long for a place of peace, connectedness, and inner freedom.
In this course, we will explore the teachings from Tara Branch’s book, “True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom In You... Read more
2021 InsightLA Meditation’s Annual End of Year Benefit – Our World in Transition: Finding Joy Amidst Uncertainty & Change
Spend a day in practice with the InsightLA Community!
Emerging from the pandemic and deciding how to re-engage with social and professional life calls for mindfulness and self-compassion as the pandemic rolls on. A trace of uncertainty still underlies ... Read more
Awareness and Wisdom: An Abbreviated Retreat for Daily Life
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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 become... Read more
Finding Quietude in Community
We are deeply grateful to our community members for their understanding, patience, and support through this challenging and life changing chapter of our journey together. We are eager to move into the next phase of our adventure. In keeping with the p... Read more
Living Dharma – The Wise Heart: Buddhist Psychology
NOTE: This series started on Nov 2.
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, clarity, and well being. There will be... Read more
Zoe Gillis BC Rental
Confirmed for Nov 7 Read more
Mindful Intermittent Fasting
There is a lot of research being done on the health benefits of intermittent fasting in recent years. And interestingly, the Buddha and his monks engaged in the practice all those years ago. Many modern retreat centers still continue with the practic... Read more
Rest in Sound: A Sound Meditation
We are deeply grateful to our community members for their understanding, patience, and support through this challenging and life changing chapter of our journey together. We are eager to move into the next phase of our adventure. In keeping with the p... Read more
Annual Summer Insight Meditation Silent Retreat (for Experienced Practitioners)
Please register by July 1.
Time in retreat allows us to step out of the complexity of our life, to listen deeply to our body, heart and mind.
A retreat provides an opportunity and a caring container deepening our meditation practice. The mindfulness p... Read more
Turning Inward: Fall International Insight Retreat
We are happy to share that this retreat has been thoughtfully formatted to accommodate international time zones so that we can practice together as a global community!
This retreat also meets the requirements for participants in Jack Kornfield + Tara ... Read more