Youngish Adults Silent Half-Day Retreat

Safety

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Cancellation & Refunds

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Donations are not refundable.

Michael Karakashian, PhD Teacher

Eileen Ybarra Teacher

Lulu Toselli Teacher

Dina Aish, EdD Teacher

Location Santa Monica Meditation Center
Experience Levels All
This class is a donation based class. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Date/Time Saturday, November 2, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT

Refund and Event Policies

Insight Meditation in Community (More details to come)

YA Daylong Example Schedule

10am-10:10 Intro to the day and noble silence invitation
10:10-10:40 Group check-in
10:40-11:10 Guided mindfulness practice
11:10-11:15 Review of loving-kindness/metta
11:15-11:45 Guided loving-kindness/metta
11:45-11:55 Short break
12:00pm-12:15 Dharma talk
12:15-12:45 Sitting meditation (mostly silent)
12:45-12:50 Eating meditation instructions
12:50-1:35 Silent lunch
1:35-2:05 Sense and savor walk
2:05-2:30 “Choiceless awareness” meditation
2:30-2:45 Loving-kindness walking practice
2:45-3:00 Dharma talk
3:15 – 3:30 Silent practice
3:30-3:55 Breaking the silence, dyads about their experience, group share and question/response
3:55-4:00 Closing circle

Michael Karakashian, PhD Teacher

Michael joined the InsightLA community in 2014 and has been practicing insight meditation and a commitment to inner self-development since 1998. His initial/primary teacher at that time was a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, among others. He has a deep commitment to inner self-development and to bringing practice from the cushion into daily life. Michael’s... Read more

Eileen Ybarra Teacher

Eileen Ybarra began studying Theravadan Buddhism meditation practice in 2004. Her first meditation teacher was Trudy Goodman. Since 2004, she has also studied with a variety of dharma teachers through the Against the Stream Meditation Society, Insight Meditation Center of Redwood City, Durango Dharma Center, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Her profession is public librarianship,... Read more

Lulu Toselli Teacher

Lulu Toselli has been sharing sound-baths since 2015, with a group she co- founded in L.A. called, Forestkind. She has since graduated from InsightLA’s Mindfulness Facilitator Training program, guiding sitting groups at InsightLA East. In 2018, she started Farout Meditation, to merge mindfulness with her love of sound and visuals. After a decade of long,... Read more

Dina Aish, EdD Teacher

Dina is an educator and mindfulness teacher with a doctorate degree in education and teaches methods and social emotional learning professionally at the college level and to elementary school faculties throughout Los Angeles, CA. She is a founding teacher with the Insight in Schools program and has a passion for supporting teachers with mindfulness and... Read more

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