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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 self-identified people of color, members of marginalized groups (queer people, transgender people, and  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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We work to protect the safety of all students. We reserve the right to remove any student from any class, sitting group, retreat, or any event if the student is disruptive to the safe learning environment we maintain for all.

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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

Non-Residential Retreats

>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 Online
  • Experience Levels All
  • Date/Time Thursday, November 17, 2022
    7:00 PM - 8:15 PM PT

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Cultivating compassion stirs the heart, allowing us to embrace the joys and sufferings present in our world. 

Join Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, Thailand’s first fully ordained Theravada Buddhist nun in conversation with InsightLA Founder Trudy Goodman and author Cindy Rasicot on the development of compassion.

We will do a short meditation and discuss practices for compassion, both for the self and for the world. There will be ample time for participants to join in casual conversation with Venerable Dhammananda about their practice. This workshop is open to beginning and experienced practitioners alike.
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Dhammananda Bhikkhuni Visiting Teacher

Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni is the first fully ordained Theravadin nun in Thailand. As a lay person and a monastic, she has worked tirelessly for more than forty years to establish the Theravada bhikkhuni lineage in Thailand so that women may become fully ordained. Last year, the BBC named her to its list of 100 most... Read more

Cindy Rasicot

Cindy Rasicot is an award-winning author and retired psychotherapist.  When she and her family moved to Bangkok, Thailand for three years in 2005, she met her spiritual teacher, Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni ⎯an encounter that led her to writing her debut memoir Finding Venerable Mother: A Daughter’s Spiritual Quest to Thailand, a #1 best seller in... Read more

Trudy Goodman, PhD Founding Teacher

Trudy Goodman, PhD, is the Founding Teacher of InsightLA, the first center to combine training in Insight (Vipassana) Meditation and in non-sectarian mindfulness and compassion practices, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). The fourth teacher ever of MBSR, Trudy taught with its creator, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and studied Buddhist meditation for 40... Read more

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Class Fee $35

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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