Insight LA opens in Santa Monica (4/10)

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BuddhaFest is past but lives on at InsightLA.org

Easter (Ishtar) Sunday was an amazing rebirth for Los Angeles-based InsightLA.org. No longer is it limited to Beverly Hills (Benedict Canyon or online). Now it is coming to Santa Monica. It actually already arrived with a series of soft openings.

On sacred Sunday, luminaries Trudy Goodman (founder) and her newish husband Jack Kornfield (who founded Spirit Rock in the Bay Area and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society on the East Coast) spoke to a packed house of 75+ at the new reopening of the Santa Monica center (1430 Olympic) near the Santa Monica Co-op.

Trudy Goodman is semi-retiring and turning over day-to-day operations to Melissa McKay, who is going all donation-based for group activities in Santa Monica. (Meet and sit with Melissa on April 14).

Join InsightLA for its grand reopening on Wednesday April 10th for meditation Dharma and Community with some of InsightLA’s most senior teachers: LC Tran, Celeste Young, and Christine Wolf.

• This class is a donation-based class.
• No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
• Wed., April 10, 2024, 6:30-8:00 pm
• SMC, 1430 Olympic, Santa Monica

The evening will include a guided meditation, Dharma talk, Q&A, and ending in tea and social time to meet fellow community members and teachers.

Who is this practice group for?

InsightLA drop-in sitting groups are an opportunity for Angelenos to learn more about meditation practice in a welcoming environment.

All practice groups at InsightLA are drop-in and now donation-based. Let’s sit together! Register HERE to join in weekly Wednesday nights meditation practice group.

Where is this event located?

This event takes place in person at the Santa Monica Meditation Center and via Zoom online to the rest of the world.

For those attending in-person, find directions and accessibility information HERE. Please consider carpooling and click Sign Up for ride-share options. Suggested donation: $35

• SIGN UP: Santa Monica Community Dharma Nights (Grand Reopening) - InsightLA Meditation
• Sunday Morning Practice Group with Trudy Goodman (InsightLA Meditation)

RSVP for Sundays Youngish Adults Meditation

There are practice groups for everyone.

(InsightLA Meditation) Need a Sunday sangha ("spiritual community")? Interested in mindfulness meditation with a supportive hybrid in-person/online community of peer practitioners? Join in online via Zoom or in-person in the new Santa Monica Meditation Center. Share the collective wisdom related to sitting meditation practice. SIGN UP: Youngish Adults (20s, 30s, 40s) Practice Group

• Disclosure: Insight LA: Young-ish Adults Sitting Group (20s, 30s, 40s), Sunday, April 7, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup
• Valley Nature Center: InsightLA: Youngish Adults
• Pasadena Dharma: InsightLA: Youngish Adults
• Santa Monica Meditation Center, 1430 Olympic Bl.
• InsightLA, P.O. Box 7278, Santa Monica, CA 90406
• InsightLA.org; Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly