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Matthew Brensilver
Matthew Brensilver, PhD, is a member of the Guiding Teachers Executive Committee and the Teachers Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He previously served as Program Director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. He lectures at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center about the intersections between mindfulness and mental health. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine and is interested in the unfolding dialogue between dharma and science. Matthew is the co-author of two forthcoming books on meditation during adolescence.
Sunday Closing Dharmette Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-13 24:05 Download Stream
Saturday Dharma Talk: Freedom to Love Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-12 50:43 Download Stream
Friday Morning Instructions: The non-compulsion of awareness Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-11 53:58 Download Stream
Thursday Dharma Talk: Not-Self Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-10 54:34 Download Stream
Wednesday Evening Reflection: Rohini's Enlightenment Poem Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-09 8:47 Download Stream
Wednesday Morning Instructions: Clarifying Body Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-09 51:12 Download Stream
Tuesday Dharma Talk: Practicing Freely Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-08 52:53 Download Stream
Monday Evening Reflection: A little bit freer Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-07 9:55 Download Stream
Monday Morning instructions Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 2020-12-07 54:35 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Solid, Liquid, Gas 6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver 2020-10-16 45:52 Download Stream
Improvisation and the Messiness of Experience 6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver 2020-10-15 45:59 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Radical Permission to Arrive 6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver 2020-10-14 57:02 Download Stream
Preparing Citta not to Burn - IRC mini-retreat
2020-08-26 21:48 Download Stream
Morning Instructions Insight Retreat: Oct 3-6 2019, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver 2019-10-05 40:02 Download Stream
The Role of Sila, Samadhi and Panna in Interpersonal Life Insight Retreat: May 2019, Matthew Brensilver & Max Erdstein 2019-05-18 58:05 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: The Ground of Loving Acceptance Insight Retreat: May 2019, Matthew Brensilver & Max Erdstein 2019-05-17 45:09 Download Stream
Removing the Thorns of Memory and Becoming Insight Retreat: May 2019, Matthew Brensilver & Max Erdstein 2019-05-16 56:08 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Settling through Love, Deepening through Sound Insight Retreat: May 2019, Matthew Brensilver & Max Erdstein 2019-05-15 48:35 Download Stream
Seven Factors of Awakening Insight Retreat: May 2019, Matthew Brensilver & Max Erdstein 2019-05-14 59:20 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Settling into the Pleasure of the Breath Insight Retreat: May 2019, Matthew Brensilver & Max Erdstein 2019-05-13 49:45 Download Stream
Concluding talk and Q&A Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-25 46:36 Download Stream
Talk: Guided Meditation: Insight Into Not-self Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-24 52:29 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Letting Go of Becoming Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-23 48:24 Download Stream
Talk: Insight into Dukkha Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-22 45:40 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Emotions and Inner Safety Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-21 47:45 Download Stream
Talk: Cultivating Well-being for Insight Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-20 45:28 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Settling, Body, Breath Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-19 56:25 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: The Clouds are Sky Too Aug 17-20: Max Erdstein & Matthew Brensilver 2017-08-19 43:01 Download Stream
Perils and Promises of the First Day Aug 17-20: Max Erdstein & Matthew Brensilver 2017-08-18 56:48 Download Stream
Clinging, letting go and the path of sila, samadhi and panna Feb 23-26: Ines Freedman, Matthew Brensilver 2017-02-25 47:00 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Breath Feb 23-26: Ines Freedman, Matthew Brensilver 2017-02-24 29:07 Download Stream
Romance, Relationship, Sexuality & Dharma Oct 7-10: Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver 2016-10-09 57:26 Download Stream
Morning instructions - Breath and Body Oct 7-10: Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver 2016-10-08 51:36 Download Stream
Guided Meditation (Day 6): Poems, Reflections, Silence Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016-04-09 39:02 Download Stream
Tranquility Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016-04-08 50:34 Download Stream
Guided Meditation (Day 4): Emotion in the Body Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016-04-07 37:42 Download Stream
Energy Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016-04-06 40:03 Download Stream
Guded Meditation (Day 2): Breath Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016-04-05 50:45 Download Stream
Mindfulness Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016-04-04 39:34 Download Stream
Insight as the Mechanism of Change January 16-18, 2016: Matthew Brensilver & Alexis Santos 2016-01-17 44:35 Download Stream
Morning Instructions - Awareness and Objects January 16-18, 2016: Matthew Brensilver & Alexis Santos 2016-01-17 46:23 Download Stream
Guided Meditation - Awareness and Relaxation January 16-18, 2016: Matthew Brensilver & Alexis Santos 2016-01-16 26:09 Download Stream
Opening Talk - Welcome to Retreat January 16-18, 2016: Matthew Brensilver & Alexis Santos 2016-01-15 50:34 Download Stream
Not-Self May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver 2015-06-03 49:52 Download Stream
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Mind May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver 2015-06-02 44:59 Download Stream
Cultivating Confidence in Practice May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver 2015-06-01 44:49 Download Stream