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Unplug and Tune-In: A Day of Meditation Practice with Ian Challis

Aug 5, 2018

In the busy-ness of daily life, how often do we get a chance to really slow down? How often are we able to give ourselves the gift of stillness and presence for an extended period of time? Join ICD Guiding Teacher, Ian Challis for this daylong retreat where the focus...

Mindful Self Compassion

May 27, 2018

Insight Community of the Desert and Mindful Way will be offering Mindful Self Compassion: an eight week program designed to bring greater ease and well being to your life; offering skills to help you make changes with kindness instead of self criticism. Join ICD...

Fierce Compassion: A Day long Workshop for Women

Apr 19, 2018

Join ICD Teacher Beth Mulligan for this 6 hour retreat-style workshop where we’ll explore what it means to have a “Strong back and a soft front” in other words what might it look like to go through the world with an open heart and strong clear boundaries?...

The End of Craving: A Practical Workshop-Retreat

Apr 8, 2018

On May 19, 2018 • 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, join Cheryl Slean for this one day workshop-retreat . The Buddha taught that freedom from suffering can be realized simply by letting go of craving. Sounds good, but simple doesn’t necessarily mean easy! In practice we find...

Cultivating Joy as a Practice: A Daylong Retreat for LGBTQI and Gender Fluid

Mar 17, 2018

Join Arinna Weisman for this Daylong Retreat for the LGBTQI and Gender Fluid Community: Cultivating Joy as a Practice. Neurologists, psychologists and even medical doctors now acknowledge that the energies of appreciation, joy and gratitude are key elements for...

Directions of Buddhism in America

Feb 5, 2018

Greetings and blessings. Please take a moment to read this insightful article from Lion's Roar on the directions of American Buddhism pointing to the work of ICD Teacher Larry Yang and many others throughout the United States. Written by Ann Gleig, a Buddhist...

Living The Four Noble Truths: A Daylong Retreat with Pablo Das

Feb 4, 2018

Join Pablo Das who returns to Insight Community of the Desert on March 17, 2018 for this daylong retreat. The central message of the four noble truths is that every human life has an ever changing balance of pleasure and pain within it. Buddhist practice is a call to...

ICD Teacher Larry Yang on Worldwide Insight Live Telecast

Jan 16, 2018

ICD Teacher Larry Yang on Worldwide Insight - “Beautiful and beloved communities in the Dharma – the practice of inclusive and diverse sanghas.” In case you were unable to watch ICD Teacher Larry Yang in a live world wide stream on Sunday, January 14, 2018, you can...