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
Creativity + Insight Weekend Immersion
“In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts mind there are few.
-Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
When we learn to pay attention with mindfulness to our moment to moment experience as it really is, we see things with new eyes, we experienc... Read more
The Awakened Heart: Drop in Classes
The intention of this session is to welcome our sangha (community) across time zones to practice together.
This weekly 30 minute guided meditation will be centered around awakening the heart through the practices of Lovingkindness, Compassion, Apprecia... Read more
Mindful Self-Compassion
Note: This series started on April 19th. To join starting class 2 on April 26th, click register to the left, and email angeliked@gmail.com and heidishawlcsw@gmail.com for any makeup work.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is a program developed by Kristin ... Read more
Mindful Self-Compassion
Note this class started on April 5th. To start on class #2 on April 12th please register and email support@insightla.org to receive make up work from class #1 from the teachers.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is a program developed by Kristin Ne... Read more
Mindfulness Based-Stress Reduction
MBSR students come from all walks of life, but they share one thing in common: the desire to find more balance, peace and happiness in their lives. If you share these aspirations, MBSR can be a valuable resource for you.
Two decades of published resear... Read more
The Eightfold Path: Loving Awareness in Body, Speech, and Mind
All practitioners welcome! Beth and Celeste have expanded their annual summer Insight retreat to a week in the service of deepening our practice together. This retreat also meets the requirements for participants in Jack Kornfield + Tara Brach’s Mindful... Read more
Celebrating the Fruits of Practice: Post-Retreat Gathering (Prerequisite Required)
Prerequisite: at least one 6-night retreat or longer
Join us for a post-retreat sangha-building gathering where well connect/reconnect with a short guided meditation, small group activities with prompts, and have a large group discussion.
Join us ever... Read more
Power of the Loving Heart: A Day of Practice with Sharon Salzberg and Krishna Das
As longtime friends and colleagues, KD and Sharon share a deep respect for each other’s practices and have explored them as a complement to their own lineage over the years. Sharon has her own affinity to different mantras and has chanted with KD for ma... Read more
Cultivating the Garden of Our Hearts
Please note this retreat meets the requirements for participants in Jack Kornfield + Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification program through Sounds True.
Held in the wisdom and compassion of the Dharma, this weeklong retreat will foc... Read more