Guided Meditations offered by InsightLA's Founding Teacher, Trudy Goodman.  

Trudy's practice has bridged the worlds of traditional Zen and Theravada practice in the US, and developmental psychology.  From From 1991 to 1998, Trudy was a resident Zen teacher at the Cambridge Buddhist Association.  Since 2002, she has been the senior Vipassana teacher in Los Angeles area; she was also the  fourth teacher ever of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which she taught with its creator, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn in the early days of the MBSR clinic at University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.  In her youth, she studied with major figures in developmental psychology, including   Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Carol Gilligan.  Prior to founding InsightLA, she practiced for developmental psychology for 25 years in Cambridge, MA, with children, teenagers, couples and individuals, before founding InsightLA in Los Angeles.  Meditations Include:

05 minute Being With Discomfort Meditation by Trudy Goodman
05 minute Grounding Meditation by Trudy Goodman
12 minute Forgiveness Meditation by Trudy Goodman
15 minute Breath Meditation by Trudy Goodman
30 minute Mindfulness of Breath and Body Meditation by Trudy Goodman
30 minute Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation by Trudy Goodman
40 minute Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation by Trudy Goodman
45 minute Body Scan Meditation by Trudy Goodman

Trudy Goodman: Guided Meditations

DJ Sol Rising @ Ecstatic Dance LA Feb 2016

A 12-minute forgiveness meditation led by Trudy Goodman.

12 minute Forgiveness Meditation with Trudy Goodman

Connect with the Earth and realign your energies in this brief but powerful grounding practice. A natural way to build and develop self-confidence and an unshakable sense of your place in the family of things. "Anytime, no matter what's going on, you can take a moment to feel your feet on the ground, to feel where you body is in space and to check in." "Taking these few minutes to be grounded in the present moment can actually open the door to feeling even better than you already were before you gave yourself the gift to of these moments."

Meditation

05 minute Grounding 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."

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

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

Strengthen our capacity to be loving...IT WORKS!!!

Trudy Goodman explains and then guides you through a meditation that expands loving kindness and compassion within you, for you, and for others.

This meditation and practice will increase these qualities within you, and increase this awareness more constantly in your everyday life.

This Meditation was originally given at a Sunday Dharma talk in 2018, and is forty minutes in length, including the explanation.

Loving Kindness Meditation With Explanation by Trudy Goodman (40 minutes)

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.

Loving Kindness Meditation With Explanation by Trudy Goodman (40 minutes)

InsightLA

Related tracks