Join us for an in person retreat in the beautiful San Bernardino mountains and deepen your practice within this secluded setting in nature. We will tend to the heart and mind with compassionate mindfulness and strengthen our connection with ourselves an... Read more
Spring Renewal: The Blossoming of Insight
If registrations for this retreat are closed, please email andreas@bigbearretreatcenter.org asap with your room preference (single/double and male/female/no preference) for a registration link.
The structure of an Insight meditation retreat includes t... Read more
Re-Entry (Together) Right Now
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
Together Again: Mindful Aging Half-Day Retreat at Benedict Canyon
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
Mindfulness in Stillness and Movement for a Dynamic World
Navigate a complicated, dynamic world with nourishing, accessible practices that combine both stillness and movement.
Join InsightLA teachers Elliott Law and Robert Lurye plus Kathy Yep for a half-day of mindfulness practices that include guided medita... Read more
The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion
NOTE: This class series started on July 28th. To start on class 2 on August 4th please register by clicking the green button to the left and email wendysschmelzer@gmail.com for any makeup work from class 1.
Learn the skills we all need to meet life’s ... Read more
Healing Shame
Of all of the painful emotions, shame can be the most challenging. We all yearn for belonging. Shame is tied up with a deep and profoundly innocent need to be loved, and along with that the fear that we could somehow become “banished from the tribe.” ... Read more
UPDATED The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Deepening Retreat for Practitioners of MBSR, MSC, and Other Secular Mindfulness Programs
This retreat has been changed to Oct 31-Nov 6. Click here for the new event page. Read more
Deepening Self-Compassion (Prerequisite Required)
This series started on Sept 2. To join starting class 2 on Sept 9 please click register (to the left) and then emailwendysschmelzer@gmail.com for any makeup work from class 2.
Prerequisite: completion of a Mindful-Self Compassion course or Short Cours... Read more
Mindful Writing Daylong: A Compassionate Journey into Self-Expressive Resilience
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”—Maya Angelou
“Dont be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”—Rumi
Mindful Writing Daylong: A Compassionate Journey into Self-Expressi... Read more