Events Archive

Recovery as a Wheel to Freedom

The Wheel of Life, or Bhavachakra, is a complex mandala depicting Buddhist notions of repetitive cycles of craving, rebirth and the Path that leads to Liberation. When we engage and embody this teaching we see how it lies at the heart of both Dharma pra... Read more

The Four Great Efforts of Recovery

Recovery from the hell realms of addiction requires the deep engagement of body and mind. The Buddhist teaching on the Four Great Efforts guides us on how to approach this challenging work. These powerful tools teach us to relinquish harmful mental ... Read more

BIPOC: Intro to Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication

This event is for self-identified people of color. To attend the September 22nd 6:30-8:30pm PT event open to all communities click here. To attend this BIPOC event, please register by 6:30pm on Saturday August 29th. Using a trauma-informed and ... Read more

The Original Body Scan: 32 Parts of the Body Meditation Discovering Freedom within the Body

Please note this retreat meets the requirements for participants in Jack Kornfield + Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification program through Sounds True. This Online Meditation retreat is suitable for both beginning and experienced me... Read more

Undoing Patriarchy And Unveiling the Sacred Masculine: For Men and Masculine Identified Folks

We are living in a time of unprecedented disruption. The coronavirus pandemic has deeply disrupted our sense of stability. And even during this pandemic we are still called to do the work of dismantling systems of power that continue to create violence ... Read more

Mindfulness & Emotional Intelligence

Research increasingly points to Mindfulness’s contribution toward increased emotional intelligence. The overall principle is that if we could see below the line of what we are normally conscious of, then we can discern what is present and subtly influen... Read more

Is Racism an Addiction? Is There Such a Thing as the Co-Dependency of Racism?

Buddhist Recovery Network and Insight LA Bring together a Zen Monk and founder of 12 steps for unconscious racial bias, the founder of Internal Family Systems, the co-founder of 8 Step recovery, the co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network, and the f... Read more

Mindfulness and the Bodhisattva Path

Mindfulness involves taking care of our minds and hearts with affection. But in dramatic times -- which means at any time!-- we also need to take care of one another, which is what bodhisattvas do. How can mindfulness practice support our caring for oth... Read more

Mindfulness of Body, Energy, and Emotions: An Introduction to the Nine Bodies

As a support for increasing your capacity for more subtle awareness of your experience, this daylong will explore the three manifest levels of the Nine Bodies meditation series: the physical, vital, and emotional bodies. As we intentionally direct our a... Read more

This Vulnerable Human Life with Frank Ostaseski

Vulnerability is not weakness; it is non-defensiveness. The absence of defense allows us to be wide open to our experience. Less defended, we are less opaque and more transparent. Then both the horror and beauty of our world can impress itself on our so... Read more