Beth Sternlieb

Senior Teacher

Beth has been involved with InsightLA from the start and seeing our community grow from an idea into a reality has awakened in her a deeper appreciation for what an unexpected transformation mindfulness and commitment can bring into our lives. As a member of InsightLA’s teacher council, she explores ways of bringing mindfulness and metta practice to our community in creative and innovative ways.

While as director of the Buddhist studies program, she shares her interest in how ancient wisdom can support us through our everyday life struggles. She also teaches MBSR, where she is excited to observe how each new group of students learns through their own experience to embrace the present moment. Beth began her meditation practice years ago at Ordinary Dharma with Catriona Reed in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings on compassion and inter-being and his profound capacity for forgiveness, Beth began her regular practice which now consists of long retreats with Joseph Goldstein at IMS and Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock. She is a member of the IMS/Spirit Rock Dedicated Practitioners’ program for teachers.

Beth has been co-investigator on several research intervention studies at UCLA that looked at the impact of Iyengar yoga on breast cancer survivors with persistent fatigue and young adults suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and depression. She began studying yoga when she sought help for a serious medical condition from Manouso Manos, a San Francisco-based senior teacher in Iyengar yoga therapeutics. She assisted Manouso for several years in his therapeutic classes and traveled to India to assist in the medical classes taught by BKS and Geeta Iyengar at the Ramamani Iyengar institute in Pune.

Having experienced the healing benefit of Iyengar yoga firsthand – and eager to help others suffering from pain – she became a member of the UCLA Pediatric Pain Program clinical team and Whole Child LA, where she continues to teach mindfulness and yoga to children and young adults with chronic pain and health problems in an integrative medical setting.


Upcoming Events

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
August 26, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
August 27, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
August 28, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
August 29, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
August 30, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
September 2, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
September 3, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
September 4, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
September 5, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
September 6, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
September 9, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
September 10, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
September 11, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
September 12, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
September 13, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
September 16, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
September 17, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
September 18, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
September 19, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
September 20, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
September 23, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
September 24, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
September 25, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
September 26, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
September 27, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
September 30, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
October 1, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
October 2, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
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Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
October 3, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
October 4, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
October 7, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
October 8, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
October 9, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
October 10, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
October 11, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Monday
October 14, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Tuesday
October 15, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Wednesday
October 16, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Thursday
October 17, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)

Online Morning Community Sit – Every Monday through Friday

Friday
October 18, 2024
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM PT
Buddhist Teachings (Single Class)