Archives: Workshops
How to Do Mindfulness Meditation
Learn the foundational practice of mindfulness meditation from UCLA Mindful's director Diana Winston, discovering how paying attention to present moment experiences with openness and curiosity can reduce stress and anxiety, increase self-awareness, and help you show up more fully for life instead of living on autopilot.
Mindfulness and the Buddha’s Eightfold Path
Discover how mindfulness is one jewel in a family of eight interconnected practices for living a good life, exploring the Buddha's eightfold path as a complete approach to bringing meditation and awareness into every aspect of daily existence — from action and speech to livelihood, effort, and intention — applicable to whatever your life situation may be.
How to Practice Mindful Assertiveness
Learn to advocate for yourself more effectively by combining mindfulness meditation with practical on-the-spot techniques, discovering how to work with reactivity, create space for responsiveness, and show up with clarity and compassion in difficult situations requiring assertiveness.
How to Do Mindfulness-Awareness Practice
Discover your natural human capacity for steady presence and open awareness through traditional mindfulness-awareness meditation, learning to reclaim your innate power of attention in a culture of endless distraction while cultivating qualities that enrich your everyday life, relationships, and work.
How to Practice Self-Compassion
Learn the practice of tonglen (exchanging self and other) meditation specifically directed toward yourself, discovering why self-compassion is essential rather than selfish, and exploring the three key components — empathy, care, and agency — that build genuine compassion for both yourself and others
How to Befriend Your Body
Develop a compassionate, unconditional relationship with your body through practices that shift your focus from appearance to appreciation, learning to inhabit the body you have rather than struggling to fit cultural ideals — especially valuable as your body continues to change through aging, illness, and life’s challenges.
Transforming Anger Into Wisdom
Explore how to work skillfully with anger in an increasingly angry world, learning Buddhist perspectives on the wisdom within anger and practicing compassionate abiding — a powerful technique to transform hatred and aggression while maintaining the clarity needed for compassionate action.
How to Cultivate Awareness Through Zen Meditation
Learn the traditional practice of zazen (Zen meditation) from Zen priest Karen Maezen Miller, as shared via the same instructions handed down since 13th-century Japan, teaching simple, direct guidance on posture, breath, and mind for sitting meditation.
How to Cultivate Friendliness through Metta Meditation
Mary Stancavage teaches the transformative practice of metta meditation, to develop genuine friendliness toward yourself and others, creating wellbeing, patience, and connection while releasing harshness and resentment.
Shamatha Meditation for Well-Being
Meditation teacher Gullu Singh teaches you how and why to do shamatha (or "calm-abiding") meditation for more calm and clarity.
Demystifying Meditation & Mindfulness
Learn the foundational skills of mindfulness meditation with practical instruction on posture, breath awareness, and working with thoughts - designed to be accessible whether you're a complete beginner or returning to practice after time away. Beth Wallace of Lion's Roar, an established mindfulness teacher, is your guide.
How Insight Dialogue Cultivates Mindfulness, Compassion, and Liberation
Discover how Insight Dialogue's six guidelines can deepen your mindfulness practice by bringing meditative awareness into relationships, cultivating embodied presence that serves both personal liberation and compassionate connection.
Working with Buddhism’s “Three Poisons”
Explore Buddhism's foundational understanding of human psychology through the three poisons - attachment, aversion, and ignorance - learning how these fundamental mental patterns shape our actions and discovering how awareness can transform our relationship with them.
How to Develop Insight through Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana (Insight) meditation teacher Mary Stancavage offers a friendly introduction to the practice and its grounding, calming benefits.
What Is a Zen Koan?
Discover how ancient Zen koans can awaken you to present-moment awareness and free you from mental confusion through guided practice with experienced teacher Karen Maezen Miller.
Appreciate Your Food More With Mindful, Joyful Eating
Transform your relationship with food by moving beyond diet culture's anxiety-inducing rules to discover your body's natural wisdom, pleasure, and satisfaction through mindful eating practices.
Confident Presence: A Mindful Approach
Explore true confidence through Buddhist wisdom and mindfulness practice, learning to "hold your seat" through life's inevitable ups and downs with presence and equanimity.
Breaking Free from Harmful Habits: A Buddhist Approach to Lasting Change
Discover the Buddhist science behind habit formation and learn powerful meditation techniques to transform destructive patterns using mindfulness, body awareness, and the wisdom of "samvega."
Mindfulness for Relief and Resilience
Discover how mindfulness practice offers timeless tools for stress relief and resilience building, drawing from Buddhist wisdom and techniques proven effective with first responders to help navigate life's unpredictability.
Mindfulness for Anxiety
We all carry some degree of anxiety within us — but its antidote is also found within. Diana Winston helps you harness your mind's power and address your stress with evidence-based mindfulness techniques. Break the anxiety cycle and cultivate stability, emotional awareness, inner wisdom, and self-compassion in moments of stress.