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 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.

Find out if spots are available by clicking REGISTER NOW on the event you are interested in.

Safety 

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.

Cancellation & Refunds

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

Fee-Based Non-Residential Retreats (note: Donations are non-refundable)

>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

During this festive season, we are delighted to host a joyful afternoon with Trudy Goodman, Father Greg Boyle, Seane Corn, George Mumford & Jack Kornfield as a benefit for InsightLA.

Join us for heartfelt stories, transformative inner practices and inspiring conversation about the ways we can uplift our own hearts by embodying love in a world that needs our care. It is clear that in these divisive times our mindful loving awareness must include the liberation, dignity and justice for all beings. As Dr. Martin Luther King reminds us, we are not free until all are free.

Like breathing in and out, the gift of mindful loving awareness first helps us to quiet our mind and open our heart. And then it shows us each how to wisely and courageously respond to the troubles of the world.

Come be a part of this loving and uplifting annual benefit for InsightLA! The funds raised from your participation will support our mission of calming minds, opening hearts and changing the world. Some of the ways we carry this mission out is by making mindfulness more accessible through:

   – the Insight in Action program that offers free mindfulness training to non-profit organizations on the frontlines of suffering, 

   – the Mudita Fund which offers financial support to people of color, and

   – through providing financial support to others from marginalized groups and those in financial hardship.

InsightLA is a non-profit organization supported by the generosity of a community moved by compassion and love for the world.

Please purchase your ticket today, or consider making a donation to help us continue sharing the gift of mindfulness.

Saturday December 14th 1-5pm. Doors open at noon. 

Special Note: BTN (Buddhist True Network) will be taping the benefit to air on their network in South Korea. 

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

The Liberated and Joyful Heart: How to Embody Love in a World that Needs Our Care

 During this festive season, we are delighted to host a joyful afternoon with Trudy Goodman, Father Greg Boyle, Seane Corn, George Mumford & Jack Kornfield as a benefit for InsightLA. Join us for heartfelt stories, transformative inner practices and inspiring conversation about the ways we can uplift our own hearts by embodying love in... Read more

Seane Corn Visiting Teacher

Seane Corn is an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and public speaker known for her social activism, impassioned style of teaching, and raw, honest and inspired self-expression. Over her 25-year teaching career, Seane has created many instructional DVDs, including her groundbreaking series The Yoga of Awakening with Sounds True. Featured on over 40 magazine covers and... Read more

George Mumford Dharma Council, Visiting Teacher

George T. Mumford has taught meditation since 1986 in a range of environments, from prisons to Harvard Medical School. Also known as The Mindfulness Performance Whisperer, George is a highly acclaimed and leading expert in sports psychology and performance. He is the author of The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance and is Phil Jackson’s... Read more

Jack Kornfield, PhD Dharma Council, Visiting Teacher

Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967 he joined the Peace Corps and worked on... Read more

Pricing Options
General Admission - Benefit Pricing $100
Preferred Seating - (mid-section) Benefit Pricing $225
Priority Seating - (front section) Benefit Pricing $425
Priority Seating - (front section) Benefit Pricing + Reception with Trudy & Jack $1000

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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