Events for April 23, 2022 - March 12, 2022

with Mark Epstein

Thursday, January 13th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In his new book, The Zen of Therapy, Mark Epstein reflects on a year’s worth of selected sessions with his patients and observes how, in the incidental details of a given hour, his Buddhist sensibility influences the way he works. How are minds jolted in therapy? How is the ego disrupted and the soul made aware? How can Buddhism enhance (or obstruct) therapy?

with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue, PhD

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

So many people find themselves stuck in unhealthy and or uncomfortable relationships with food, weight, or body image! Learn about an evidence-based model of habit change that can help you develop sustainable patterns of self-care for eating and relating to your body.

with Celeste Brooke Young

Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join InsightLA core teacher, Celeste Young for an engaging evening exploring some of the traditional Buddhist teachings on how to work mindfully with emotion, as well as modern approaches drawing on the latest research in positive psychology and neuroscience.

with Seth Zuiho Segall

Thursday, February 17th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Buddhism is a living tradition that has, throughout its history, adapted to the needs of the cultures that have adopted it. This evening will focus on how the goals of Western Buddhist practice are evolving, and how meditation can be understood within this evolving context.

with Kimber Simpkins-Nuccio & Noliwe Alexander

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

Join us for an afternoon/evening of discovering what it means to belong to ourselves and each other through the lens of deep reflection and Lovingkindness practice. Starting wherever you are, we’ll look at how to meet ourselves with friendliness in our own hearts and extend that grounded awareness into the world.

with Aaron Solomon

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Understanding and transforming the personal, collective, and ancestral trauma—unresolved suffering—that lives in our bodies and shapes our minds and lives, is essential for us to be able to respond to the layered ecological and social crises of the 21st century.

with Dr. Paul Epstein

Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

How we are with and relate to our pain and life's difficult challenges is as important as what we do to treat them. This workshop will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness and compassion practice can be integrated in the process of facing and healing the dis-eases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits.

with Paul Fulton

Thursday, April 21st, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

We commonly feel that our experiences of insecurity or doubt are evidence of personal weakness or failure, to be overcome by the cultivation of confidence or self-improvement. Join us for a evening exploring different frames for understanding – and meeting – these unwelcome experiences.

with Bodhipaksa

Thursday, May 5th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join Bodhipaksa for this evening exploring how the practice of kind eyes can transform our practice of lovingkindness, giving us effortless access to feelings of warmth, appreciation, and caring both for others and for ourselves. Even after a brief experience of these approaches to meditation, your practice may never be the same again.

with Vance Pryor

Thursday, May 26th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

The path of Dharma practice is said to consist of ethical conduct, continuity of awareness, and discerning wisdom. This talk will emphasize the relationships between these three courses of training, and the benefits of making these pillars of our spiritual path.