Guided Meditations from Senior teacher Celeste Young.
 
Titles include: 

10 minute Mindfulness of Breath Meditation

15 minute Mindfulness of the Body Meditation

15 minute Mindfulness of Emotions Meditation

15 minute Loving-Kindness (Metta) Meditation

24 minute Loving-Kindness (Metta) Meditation

25 minute Choiceless Awareness Meditation

25 minute Mindfulness of Thinking Meditation

27 minute Compassion (Karuna) Meditation Meditation

30 minute Equanimity (Upekkha) Meditation

Celeste Young: Guided Meditations.

Guided meditations used by Senior Teacher Christiane Wolf MD, Ph.D,  in her popular Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Classes at InsightLA.  Titles include:

03 minute Breathing Space for MBSR
07 minute Body Scan with Gratitude for MBSR
15 minute Body Scan for MBSR
20 minute Mindfulness of Breathing for MBSR
45 minute Floor Yoga for MBSR
45 minute Body Scan for MBSR
45 minute Choiceless Awareness for MBSR
36 minutes, Floor Yoga 2 for MBST

Christiane Wolf: MBSR Guided Meditations

Guided meditations and exercises taught by Senior Teacher Lisa Kring in her popular Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) classes at InsightLA.   Titles include

03 minute Breathing Space Exercise
12 minute Mountain Meditation
13 minute Mindful Check-In Exercise
20 minute Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation
20 minute Mindfulness of Emotions Meditation
20 minute Mindfulness of Thoughts Meditation
30 minute Choiceless Awareness Meditation
36 minute Floor Yoga Routine
38 minute Body Scan Meditation

Lisa Kring: MBSR & MSC Guided Meditations

A selection of dharma and retreat talks offered by InsightLA Founding Teacher, Trudy Goodman.

Trudy Goodman: Dharma Talks

Community Insights Podcast Episode 1 - Justine Dawson joins InsighLA's Bria Royal for a conversation on the revolutionary act of listening to one's own desire in the bedroom and in the construction of a meaningful life.

Register for upcoming courses with Justine: https://bit.ly/3dqFW5s
Learn more about InsightLA: https://bit.ly/2QWYmU3

Justine Dawson is a guide of dharma and intimacy who teaches The Mindful Bedroom, an upcoming mindfulness series at InsightLA. Check out our first ever Community Insights Podcast episode ​featuring Justine for an in-depth look at how cultivating desire can add a valuable new realm of experience to your mindfulness practice.

What Have We Overlooked? with Justine Dawson - Community Insights Podcast Episode 1

In this 20 minute guided meditation, Trudy Goodman, offers a very simple way to send loving kindness to your body. This practice can help you love and accept your body just as it is.  Loving awareness of the body is a great practice for busy people to calm down and release stress compassionately, even when there isn’t time to go away on meditation retreats or practice more intensively. Our body and breath are always with us and as we go through the ups and downs of life, becoming more joyfully conscious of the aliveness of the body, we realize our kinship with all life.

Loving Awareness Towards the Body:  A Guided Meditation by Trudy Goodman

Examples of compassion in action, from here in Los Angeles and around the world, as we examine some of the meanings and manifestations of compassion.

Included in the discussion are such topics as:  alleviating suffering; compassion and kindness; self-compassion; inclusiveness.  

And we are reminded to embrace tender and fierce compassion!

10/07/18 Compassion In Action ... with Trudy Goodman & Jack Kornfield

Dealing with serious illness in a compassionate way, from the view point of the person with the illness as well as knowing how to be a truly supportive friend or family member to that person.
Personal experiences with the experience of Cancer are particularly discussed.
This talk is from the Thursday group.

10/11/18 Compassion And Serious Illness by Trudy Goodman & Shahara Joy

The joy of alleviating suffering for our own selves and for others.  And how to cultivate joy in very simple moments of our everyday lives.

This is a continued look at the "Looking at the Brahmaviharas from a Different Angle".

10/14/18 From Compassion To Joy with Trudy Goodman

How joy leads to equanimity.
Cultivating metta (loving kindness).
Looking into the Brahmaviharas.
Relaying conversations with Ram Dass on death and dying.
Learning a Buddhist chant/melody in English.

From the Thursday night group.

10/18/18 Equanimity ... withTrudy Goodman

Life passes away and hides, appears again as a new life---
Where do we come from?
Where do we go?
Birth and death.   What is this 'WHO' I think I am?
Sunday Dharma Talk by Trudy Goodman
11/18/18

11/18/18 Life Plays Hide & Seek ... with Trudy Goodman

“Gather your attention around the intention to cultivate metta in the heart and mind.” "Metta", or Lovingkindness is a meditation practice in which we deliberately cultivate the capacity for caring and kindness. It is an aspect of the awakened heart, known as the "boundless abodes" or "Brahma Viharas" in Buddhist psychology. In this practice, we work with the repetition of phrases as our anchor, gently resting attention in the heartspace.

24 minute Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation with Celeste Young

Lovingkindness is a meditation practice in which we deliberately cultivate the capacity for caring and kindness. It is an aspect of the awakened heart, known as the "boundless abodes" or "Brahma Viharas" in Buddhist psychology. In this practice, we work with the repetition of phrases as our anchor, gently resting attention in the heartspace.

Celeste Young Meditations

15 minute Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation with Celeste Young

In this meditation we learn to practice opening to the full range of our emotional experience with open, non-judgmental, and kind attention. As we rest in mindful awareness, we can experience emotions directly- recognizing feelings, allowing them to be as they are, and investigating the experience with curiosity and presence.

15 minutes Mindfulness Of Emotion Meditation  with Celeste Young

The Buddha taught mindfulness of the body as the first foundation of our practice. In this meditation, we learn to work with the direct experience of sensations as they arise and pass away and to inhabit the body fully with presence and caring attention. “There is an immediate experience of sensation - this river of sensation -- and that immediate experience of sensation is where we learn to rest our attention when we are practicing mindfulness of the body.”

15min Mindfulness of the Body Meditation with Celeste Young

Take ten minutes to connect with your breath and realign your body in this light and restorative guided mediation. With characteristic clarity and calm, Senior Teacher Celeste Young gently guides you to rest and relax into the center of your own natural tranquility. “The moment you notice you’re lost in the mindstream, you’re no longer lost."

10 minute Mindfulness Of The Breath Meditation with Celeste Young

Maintain moment to moment nonjudgmental awareness and explore your boundaries in a safe and gentle way. Designed for seamless integration into the MBSR curriculum, this Yoga Series 2 guided practice is informed by traditional Hatha Yoga and isn the perfect way to nourish and yoke together your body and mind.

MBSR CD 2

36 minute Yoga Series 2 for MBSR

Learn to let go and dissolve your discomfort by diving into the cool, cleansing water of pure experience and now-ness. By bringing your attention first to the breath, and then to the whole body, Dr. Christiane Wolf expertly guides your awareness from the physical, to the emotional, to the mental, before opening up into boundless -- and choiceless -- awareness. A powerful way to access your inner Sky-Mind. "Watching thoughts...Let them go. Watch them like clouds move through the sky...The sky is not bothered by the clouds."

MBSR Class - InsightLA

45 minute Choiceless Awareness Meditation for MBSR

A brief check-in for whatever is already here, this body scan is designed to sharpen the tool of your awareness of the Now.

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InsightLA - Guided Meditations

45 minute Body Scan for MSBR

This guided yoga sequence is an integral component of MBSR training and is designed to be used in conjunction with the workbook. Remember that you are the expert on your body and that you are the only one who can decide when to move deeper into the pose and when to back off.

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45 minute Floor Yoga (Long) for MBSR

Let go of trying to manipulate the breath and learn to just let the breath breathe itself. In this simple, playful, and profound guided experience, Dr. Christiane Wolf teaches you to treat and train your mind like a boisterous puppy. The puppy will run off, over and over, but this practice will help you to bring it back with patience and compassion, understanding that this is just what puppies do. “The brain produces thoughts like the mouth produces saliva so there is nothing we need to take personally here."

InsightLA Meditations mp3s

20 minute Mindfulness of Breathing for MBSR

A brief check-in for whatever is already here, this body scan is designed to sharpen the tool of your awareness of the Now.

InsightLA Meditations 

15 minute Body Scan for MBSR

This short, but powerful, guided Body Scan with gratitude will help to foster conditions so that gratitude will arise by itself naturally over time. An effective antidote for taking your body for granted, this practice is will enkindle a sense of deep and abiding sense of thanksgiving for every organ, system, part and sinew. “Congratulate yourself for showing up to your life as it is, moment to moment.”

07 minute Body Scan with Gratitude for MBSR

A powerful and brief meditation you can do anytime, anywhere, without anyone ever knowing. This short teaching will give you the tools to track the sensation of breathing and show you how to use them.

03 minute Breathing Space Meditation for MBSR

Tap into the natural brightness and buoyancy at the center of your being by practicing loving kindness for yourself. This brief -- and deeply personal -- guided experience will help to anchor yourself in a glowing present. “May I know that I am good enough.”

Self-Compassion Meditations

20 minute Lovingkindness (Metta) for Ourselves for MSC

Find a nice, quiet space to get comfortable, lie on your back, and sink into the floor as your are invited to send healing waves of warmth and kindness flowing to each part of your body. In this guided experience, you will learn how to shine your awareness like a flashlight and to anchor yourself right where you are. This Lovingkindness Body Scan will be particularly powerful for those who need a little extra attention to an area that may be in pain. “May your foot be happy. May your foot be at ease.”

35 minute Lovingkindness (Metta) Body Scan for MSC

Feed yourself the love you need. In this creative guided visualization. Dr. Christiane Wolf teaches you how to fine tune your practice to provide the precise soul-medicine to heal whatever it is you are going through. This meditation will be particularly powerful for those who have been struggling with keeping their attention on their breath, or for those who could use a fresh infusion of vitamin C for their spirit. “Imagine a quality that would feel lovely to receive…Now imagine that quality all around you in the air. Feed yourself this quality on the breath the way you feed yourself oxygen…this quality rides along the oxygen molecule. Soak it up.”

20 minute Giving, Receiving, Compassion Exercise for MSC

Allow the breath to breath itself in this soothing exercise and explore different ways to warm up your experience and practice. A perfect way to experience, afresh, the silence, simplicity, and loving affection at your radiant core.

20 minute Affectionate Breathing Exercise for MSC

Part of a series of guided meditations and exercises taught by Senior Teacher Lisa Kring, in her popular Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) classes at InsightLA.

20 minute Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation

MBSR Disc 3 -- Lisa Kring

12 minute Mountain Meditation

38 minute Body Scan Meditation

InsightLA Meditations

13 minute Mindful Check-In Exercise

Meditations

20 minute Mindfulness of Emotions Meditation

InsightLA

03 minute Breathing Space Exercise

A 12-minute forgiveness meditation led by Trudy Goodman.

12 minute Forgiveness Meditation with Trudy Goodman

Breathe confidence into your practice and courage into your life by learning to be with whatever experience life brings you. This fifteen minute offering to yourself is the perfect way to tap into your own aliveness in an energizing and inspiring way. "And when you follow the out-breath all the way to the end, it can draw you into a moment of stillness...by practicing in this way, over and over again, the breath can become a rudder to navigate the ups and downs of life with just a little bit more peacefulness, trust, and clarity." "Clearly knowing how it is for you right now -- and that however it is, it's not a mistake -- this is the truth of the moment. It couldn't be any other way. You couldn't be any other way than how you are right now. There is no right or wrong way to be; the beauty of this practice is what's happening right now, who and how you are, is exactly the way it was meant to be simply because it is...simply because it's so."

Meditation

15 minute Guided Breath Meditation with Trudy Goodman

Learn to be present in the here and now in this short, simple and clear guided meditation. Perfect for those struggling in their practice with maintaining focus on the breath, as well as for those who suffer chronic pain. "Discover a way of being with experience that really helps."

05 minute Being with Discomfort Meditation with Trudy Goodman

A 45-minute body scan meditation led by Trudy Goodman.

Body Scan 43 Minutes

45 minute Body Scan Meditation with Trudy Goodman

Cultivate, develop, and strengthen your awareness through the simple act of choosing to pay attention to each breath. This thirty minute plunge into the stillness of the body is the ideal way to do just that. In doing so, you'll discover that offering your best attention to the moment is actually an act of love. “By offering this time to yourself...to slow into the experience of your own being, you’re expressing your intention to be a better friend to yourself... to learn how to navigate the ups and downs of life with steadiness, with mindfulness, and with deep self respect.”

30 minute Mindfulness of Breath and Body Meditation with Trudy Goodman

Learn to love yourself just the way you are. In this aural infusion of healing and light, Founding Teacher Trudy Goodman dissolves any lingering doubt you may have about your metta practice, washing it gently away in the warm water of this reassuring meditation. The perfect place to begin for planting the seeds for a greater capacity to love. “May you have the inner and outer resources you need to meet each moment as a friend."

30 minute Guided Lovingkindness Meditation with Trudy Goodman

20 minute visualization exercise recorded for students in MBSR classes.

20 minute Mountain Meditation for MBSR by Christiane Wolf

Love, friendliness and a spirit of generosity and non-harming for others begins with love, friendliness and a spirit of generosity and non-harming for one's self.  What follows is a 20 minute metta-for-self meditation led by Senior Teacher Diana Gould.

20 minute Lovingkindness (Metta) for Self Meditation led by Diana Gould

07/12/19 –Lama Rod Owens: Grounding Practice (24 min).  Lama Rod Owens leads a basic grounding practice from the Tibetan tradition, working with breath, body, guilt, gratitude, mind and the earth.

00:00:00 Trudy Goodman: Intro.
00:23:40 Guided Meditation Begins.
00:24:38 Four Bells, Meditation Ends.
00:25:18 Trudy Goodman: Exit.
00:25:37 Program Ends.

07/12/19 Guided Meditation: Basic Grounding Practice with Lama Rod Owens

This very relaxing meditation by Jack Kornfield has much guidance with very short silent periods (the longest silence being five minutes long).  The complete meditation portion is a total of twenty two minutes long, preceded by a two and a half minute introduction by Trudy Goodman.

The approximate starting point of the meditation only portion is at 3:07.  It ends with the ringing of 3 beautiful bells.

To hear the Sunday Dharma Talk that followed this meditation, (including a New Year's Intention Setting Ritual), click on this link:  https://soundcloud.com/insightla_meditation/12-23-18godp-trgdjkkrf

12/23/18 MEDITATION:  'Going Deep' by Jack Kornfield (Introduction by Trudy Goodman)

InsightLA offers the highest quality training in mindfulness practices available in the Greater Los Angeles area.  For 16 years, we have offered classes, retreats, and special events, and an open and welcoming community of practitioners.  Though our work is rooted in ancient traditions, we offer classes in both  secular mindfulness as well as the Buddhist Insight Tradition.  All of our efforts are dedicated toward our mission of calming minds, opening hearts, and changing the world.

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