InsightLA Schedule
| Retreats are for deepening your practice. We have non-residential daylong and weekend retreats every month. Retreats are quiet times; you'll be guided in silent sitting and walking meditation, hear dharma talks and have time for sharing and discussion. | ||
| Retreat | Date | Teachers |
| Valentine's Day: Metta Half-day | Feb 14 (Sun) | Beth Sternlieb |
| The Metta-Sutta: Study, Reflection, Meditation. Non Residential Weekend Retreat | Mar 12 (Fri) - 14 (Sun) | Aryadeva Peterssen |
| Daylong Retreat: Awakening Joy with James Baraz | Mar 28 (Sun) | James Baraz |
| One-Day Retreat for Professional Health Caregivers | Apr 7 (Wed) | Trudy Goodman |
| Spring Vipassana Retreat in Yucca Valley | Apr 30 (Fri) - May 9 (Sun) | Trudy Goodman, Jack Kornfield and others |
| Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire Retreat at IMS | May 14 (Fri) - 19 (Wed) | Trudy Goodman, Lila Kate Wheeler, and others |
| One-Day Retreat for Professional Health Caregivers | Jul 14 (Wed) | Trudy Goodman |
| One-Day Retreat for Professional Health Caregivers | Oct 6 (Wed) | Trudy Goodman |
| We offer lots of classes: secular mindfulness classes, in Buddhist meditation practices, working with 12-step programs, mindfulness for health professionals - so come try one! | ||
| Class | Date | Teachers |
| Qigong Self-Healing Class | Feb 12 (Fri) | Michael Sieverts |
| Sutra Session with Ken McLeod | Feb 15 (Mon) | Ken McLeod |
| Morning Metta: The Practice of Lovingkindness | Feb 17 (Wed) - Mar 17 (Wed) | Beth Sternlieb |
| Relational Mindfulness Practices | Feb 19 (Fri) | Marvin Belzer |
| Basics of Mindfulness Meditation 1 - Santa Monica & Venice | Feb 17 (Wed) - Mar 24 (Wed) | Allen Weiss |
| Basics of Mindfulness Meditation 2 - Santa Monica & Venice | Feb 22 (Mon) - Mar 22 (Mon) | Beth Sternlieb |
| Sutra Session with Ken McLeod | Mar 2 (Tue) | Ken McLeod |
| Relational Mindfulness Practices | Mar 19 (Fri) | Marvin Belzer |
| Conscious Couples Recovery Workshop | Mar 13 (Sat) - May 1 (Sat) | Beverly Berg |
| Qigong Self-Healing Class | Mar 26 (Fri) | Michael Sieverts |
| Mindfulness Together for Children and Teens | Feb 13 (Sat) - Apr 3 (Sat) | Susan Kaiser Greenland |
| Drop-in sitting groups are a great way to start or maintain your mindfulness practice, and usually consist of a 30-40 minute silent sitting meditation followed by walking meditation, a short dharma talk, and discussion. Our main sitting group is Thursday nights with Trudy Goodman. | ||
| Group Sitting | Date | Teachers |
| at InsightLA: People of Color Sitting Group | TBA | Peer-led |
| at InsightLA: Friday Mornings Sitting Group | Friday Mornings | Ava Louise Stanton |
| at InsightLA: LGBTQI Sitting Group | Second Saturday of each month | Peer-led |
| at InsightLA: Tuesday Mornings Sitting Group | Tuesday Mornings | Peer-led |
| Sitting Group at LMU | Second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month | Maureen Shannon-Chapple |
| Sitting Group in Laurel Canyon | Tuesday Evenings | Peer-led |
| Sitting Group on Beach | Friday mornings | Peer-led |
| at InsightLA: Sitting Group with Trudy Goodman | Thursday Evenings | Trudy Goodman |
| CLICK HERE TO FIND A SITTING GROUP NEAR YOU | ||
| You can come meet us at one of our InsightLA special events - we have mindfulness workshops, Growing Spirit (our family program), and community suppers. | ||
| Special Event | Date | Teachers |
| Benefit Concert for Haiti | Feb 20 (Sat) | |
| Weekend Workshop: I Ching, Entering the Symbolic Life | Feb 26 (Fri) - 28 (Sun) | Stephen Karcher, Ph.D. |
| MBSR Workbook Book Release Party | Feb 28 (Sun) | |
| Stephen Batchelor: Reflections of a Buddhist Failure | Mar 17 (Wed) | Stephen Batchelor |
| James Baraz | Mar 27 (Sat) | James Baraz |
| We offer lots of classes on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which empower participants to take an active role in the management of their health and wellness. | ||
| Class | Date | Teachers |
| Intro to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Feb 14 (Sun) | Christiane Wolf |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Depression | Feb 19 (Fri) - Apr 16 (Fri) | Christiane Wolf and Elisha Goldstein |
| MBSR day long | Mar 6 (Sat) | Trudy Goodman and Christiane Wolf |