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We reserve the right to cancel a class or special event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable. If InsightLA cancels an event you’ve registered for, you will be offered a full refund. If an event has to be postponed for any reason, you will have the option to either receive a full refund or transfer your registration to the same event at the new, future date. If you cancel, we apply a 5% credit processing fee and the refunded amounts are listed below:

MBSR, MSC, & MBHC, Mindfulness for Beginners & Special Events

7 days – 95% Refund
<7 days – No Refunds – Credit given if requested or donation to InsightLA

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>7 days – 95% Refund
<7 days – No Refunds – Credit given if requested or donation to InsightLA

Residential Retreats

> 8 weeks – amount paid less $100
4-8 weeks – amount paid less $175
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $300
< 2 weeks – No refund

Residential Retreats with Financial Support:

> 8 weeks – amount paid less $75
4-8 weeks – amount paid less $100
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $200
< 2 weeks – No refund

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  • Location Santa Monica Meditation Center
  • Experience Levels All
  • Dates
    • Thursday, December 5, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
    • Thursday, December 12, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
    • Thursday, December 19, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT

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“All poetry and art are offerings to the Buddha.”

In this mini-class we will create space to awaken through reading (and creating) poetry. We will consider what a meditative poem is and does, and how it functions as a form of meditation. We will study the many ways a poem might be sustained, opened up, and expanded. We will listen to what the poem itself is suggesting about what it’s needs are from the reader. So our poems are full of real presences that allow us to pay attention to the essential stillness and inwardness that exists in both practice and poems. We will be reading poets from diverse experiences and backgrounds and hope you will share some of your favorites, too. We will read and discuss meditative poems and/or poetic sequences and endeavor to have a grounding in the poetics of sustained meditation, but also an understanding of how we can mindfully read (and maybe, write) poetry. This is class is suited for experienced and newer meditators and searchers who are interested in and have been touched by poetry. Each class will have periods of guided meditation, quiet reflection, reading of poetry and small and large group discussions.

This class is co-led with Angela Stubbs, InsightLA’s Digital Communications and Content Producer. She has an MA an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetry. 

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD Teacher

Berlin to Los Angeles to InsightLA I started my professional life as a Gynecologist at the University Hospital in Berlin, Germany. I had fallen in love with the universality of the Buddhist teachings as a searching teenager and it surely helped me stay sane through medical school and residency. In 2003 my husband, baby daughter... Read more

The Art of Poetry & Mindfulness

“All poetry and art are offerings to the Buddha.” In this mini-class we will create space to awaken through reading (and creating) poetry. We will consider what a meditative poem is and does, and how it functions as a form of meditation. We will study the many ways a poem might be sustained, opened up,... Read more

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Base $90

Financial Support

Our mission is to make all of our programs accessible. Every fee-based offering has a limited number of pay-what-you-can spots available to support members of marginalized groups (people of color, queer people, people with disabilities) and those in financial need (those for whom the cost to attend is not financially possible).

These spots are offered on a first come, first served basis. Please pay at the highest level you can afford. In order for this support to be available, we rely on those who can afford to pay the full price to do so.

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