Essentials of Mindfulness

This is InsightLA’s popular Essentials of Mindfulness Class! This is our premier introduction to creating and incorporating an effective and ongoing insight meditation practice in all aspects of your life. This 6-week class is appropriate for beginners... Read more

Living by Love and Kindness

In this daylong retreat we will spend the day practicing Metta meditation.  This ancient technique taught by the Buddha frees our minds from afflictions that bring us pain and stress like self-doubt, judgment, rigidity, worries and fears.     The Budd... Read more

The Heart Unconfined: A 2-Night or 4-Night Retreat

To make a donation to Pascal, click the green Donate button to the left.        There is a way to release the mind  — and heart ! — from confusion, afflictive emotions and wrong understanding about reality. Wise mindfulness can disent... Read more

Deepening Self-Compassion (Pre-Requisite Required)

Prerequisite: completion of a Mindful-Self Compassion course or Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion. Welcome back to Mindful Self-Compassion. Join us as we deepen and enliven our practice amidst the thorny realities of day-to- day life. This class ... Read more

Mindful Self-Compassion

NOTE: This class started on Jan 25th. To join starting class to, click the Register button to the left and email angeliked@gmail.com for any makeup work. You may also make up class 1 at a future MSC course.  Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is a program d... 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

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

Midweek Mindfulness

Find some balance and reconnect with your intentions each Wednesday. This weekly drop-in class offers brief teachings, group discussions and Q&A periods, anchored by one or two guided meditation practices per session – focused on basic mindfulness a... Read more