Matthew Brensilver

Matthew Brensilver

Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD teaches retreats at the Insight Retreat Center, Spirit Rock and other Buddhist centers. He was previously program director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Matthew worked as a clinical social worker, serving severely and persistently mentally ill adults and adolescents. He subsequently earned a PhD from the Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at USC where he was a Provost’s Fellow. His dissertation examined the mechanisms of risk and resilience in maltreated adolescents in a large, longitudinal study in South Los Angeles. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. Each summer, he lectures at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center on the intersections between mindfulness, science and psychotherapy. He serves on the Board of Directors at Spirit Rock. Matthew is the co-author of two books about meditation during adolescence and continues to be interested in the unfolding dialogue between Buddhism and science.

Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD teaches retreats at the Insight Retreat Center, Spirit Rock and other Buddhist centers. He was previously program director for Mindful Schools and for more than a...Read more

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Evening Reflections Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.22 06:41 06:41
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Talk: Spiritual Friendship and Sila as Our Practice Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.22 48:28 48:28
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Guided Meditation: Mostly Quiet Sit Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.21 34:14 34:14
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Talk: Knowing, Not-Knowing, Selfing Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.20 47:56 47:56
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Evening Reflections - A Poem Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.20 04:08 04:08
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Guided Meditation: Life without Words Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.19 41:37 41:37
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Talk: Whys and Hows of Effort - Energy & Bhava Tanha Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.18 50:11 50:11
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Guided Meditation: Being Held, Settling In Matthew Brensilver 2025.03.17 50:10 50:10
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Sunday Dharma Talk Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.01 49:23 49:23
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Saturday Guided Sit Matthew Brensilver 2024.08.31 46:35 46:35
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Friday Dharma Talk Matthew Brensilver 2024.08.30 49:38 49:38
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Thursday Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2024.08.29 41:27 41:27
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Formal Opening Part 2 (welcome and theme) Ines Freedman, Matthew Brensilver 2024.08.28 48:51 48:51
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Formal Opening Part 1 (sit) Ines Freedman, Matthew Brensilver 2024.08.28 18:37 18:37
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Moral Elevation, Moral Disgust and the Vastness Required to Open to Dukkha Matthew Brensilver 2024.08.17 36:11 36:11
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Introduction to Theme - Abiding in Care Matthew Brensilver 2024.08.17 57:32 57:32
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Not-self and self expression Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.26 48:14 48:14
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Guided Meditation - Deep Letting Go Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.26 34:49 34:49
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Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Feeling Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.24 40:06 40:06
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Mindfulness, Mind-wandering, and Equanimity Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.23 48:46 48:46
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Guided Meditation - Landing in the Breath Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.22 55:31 55:31
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Dharmette 2 - Love, Helplessness, Equanimity, and Affect Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.02 37:09 37:09
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Guided Meditation - Love and Grief Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.02 28:09 28:09
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Guided Meditation - The Warmth of Love Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.02 40:02 40:02
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Dharmette 1 - Aspects of Love Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.02 21:15 21:15
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