The Insight Center is dedicated to teaching mindfulness meditation to professionals and the general public.

We offer meditation classes, workshops, meditation groups, private consultations, and individual and group psychotherapy.

Our mindfulness meditation classes are taught in a friendly, accessible and non-ritualized fashion that is free of dogma and promotes insight and reflection.

Our classes focus on mindfulness practices and use research and formal teachings to enhance students understanding of their own meditative experience.

We present the essence of ancient teachings, research, and response-side therapy to improve the lives of our students and those who receive their care.

Photo Credit: Michael Shiffman 2006

L.A. Dharma is a non-sectarian Buddhist organization founded in 1999. The core of our vision is to communicate Buddhist teachings, build sangha, and develop innovative ways to share our work.

We teach mindfulness meditation classes grounded in the early Pali canon of the Theravada tradition. Mindfulness meditation classes or insight meditation classes assist us to increase our capacity to cultivate attention in a focused way.

The Insight Center provides individual, couple and group psychotherapy and integrates insight meditation and mindfulness counseling as appropriate.

We offer counseling, psychotherapy, and consultations at two locations in West Los Angeles near UCLA and Westwood Village. Our specialties include mindfulness counseling and therapy, addictions or substance abuse, chronic pain, chronic and life threatening illness, stress management, anxiety and fear, loss and grief, family of origin issues, trauma and PTSD.

For information about counseling and individual meditation sessions
call 310-479-7996, opt. 3.

The Insight Center provides continuing education to psychologists, nurses, MFTs, LCSWs, and alcohol and drug abuse counselors.

The Insight Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Insight Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Insight Center is an approved provider with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider Number 38300), the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider Number 14914), and the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (Provider Number 2N-06-140-0910).

Our classes, workshops, and individual sessions are held in an intimate environment near UCLA. We limit our classes and workshops size to 12-14 students.