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
Essentials of Mindfulness: Building and Maintaining a Practice
NOTE: this series started on Oct 3rd. To join starting on class 2 on Oct 10th please register using the button to the left and email the teachers for any make up work from class 1: jdlloydabides@gmail.com and kate@insightla.org
This is InsightLA’s popu... Read more
[Cancelled] Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Due to low enrollment from COVID-19, this event has been cancelled and replaced with Stress-Less starting Sept 14th 5pm.
We are deeply grateful to our community members for their understanding, patience, and support through this challenging ... Read more
The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion
Learn the skills we all need to meet life’s challenges with more wisdom and kindness.
Our new and abridged course, The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion (SC-MSC), will teach you how to hold yourself with tenderness and compassion when you need it... Read more
Sound Healing: A Very Special Sound Bath Meditation
This event is cancelled until further notice.
We invite you to a very special sound bath meditation with Helane Anderson. In meditation, anchor the mind to the sound of Helanes voice, gong, singing bowls and various other instruments.
Join us at Bened... Read more