Note: Registrations for this class is closed. Please join us for the drop-in practice group: https://insightla.org/event/whiteness-group/2020-06-12-18-00/
For many of us who identify as white, we hold the paradox of both benefiting from the inj... Read more
Practice in Times of Uncertainty: Drawing on the Dharma and Nature for Refuge
We are living in times of great social upheaval. Whether it is the pandemic, political division, systemic racism or the climate crisis we are having to face uncertainty, change and immense suffering.
How does our dharma practice support us in these... Read more
The Opportunity of Discomfort: Finding Freedom in Things that Challenge Us
We all reach those times in practice where our regular channels of comfort run dry. What we used to do to transcend agitation, soothe ourselves in the face of discontent or escape confrontation, no longer work. It might be that circumstances change. Or ... Read more
Recovering from Race-Based Traumatic Stress
Race based stress and trauma are so common in our culture that we are not always aware of the negative impact. Yet whether you are aware of it or not we have all had experiences, some of them painful that arise from our racial or ethnic identity. Even i... 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
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
Intro to Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication
Please register by 6:30pm on Saturday August 22nd.
Using a trauma-informed and decolonial lens, this workshop will explore how Non-Violent Communication fits within the context of systemic oppression and radical-relational change. This introductory ... Read more
Feeling the Body, Feeding the Soul: Meditation for People with Autoimmune Diseases
Living with an autoimmune disease or condition may present many challenge. From waking up every morning with enough energy to comply with all that there is in the agenda, to just being open to whatever arises in the body as we live to our best self. Let... Read more
Compassion Practice for Hard Times
Join Wendy Block for 5 consecutive Tuesdays from June 2nd through June 30th 10-11:15am. There will be an optional Q&A and group discussion from 11:15-11:45am.
Suggested reading (but not required): Compassion by Christina Feldman
Suggested Donation... Read more
Bouncing Forward: Finding Inner Strength in Crisis
The period we are in is an unprecedented challenge for all of us, but how we respond to it can make the difference between more suffering and a path to resilience.
Join long-time meditator and resilience researcher Michaela Haas, PhD, as she shares sto... Read more