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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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Dharmette: The Divine Abodes (5 of 5) Equanimity Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.13 16:17 16:17
2024.12.13
Guided Meditation: Mostly Quiet Sit Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.13 28:18 28:18
2024.12.13
Dharmette: The Divine Abodes (4 of 5) Sympathetic Joy Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.12 16:34 16:34
2024.12.12
Guided Meditation: Self-acceptance Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.12 29:00 29:00
2024.12.12
Dharmette: Dereification of Self-Model Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.11 15:05 15:05
2024.12.11
Guided meditation: Affect and the Lure of Thought Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.11 27:46 27:46
2024.12.11
Dharmette: Mindfulness: Acceptance and Change Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.11 11:59 11:59
2024.12.11
Dharmette; The Divine Abodes (3 of 5): Compassion Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.11 16:21 16:21
2024.12.11
Guided Meditation: Attention and Love Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.11 30:21 30:21
2024.12.11
Dharmette: The Divine Abodes (2 of 5) Metta Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.10 15:08 15:08
2024.12.10
Guided Meditation: What can you stop doing? Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.10 15:08 15:08
2024.12.10
Dharmette: The Divine Abodes (1 of 5) Orienting to Love Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.09 15:44 15:44
2024.12.09
Guided Meditation: Putting Down the Project of Your Life Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.09 29:12 29:12
2024.12.09
The Divine Abodes Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.09 3:32:03 3:32:03
2024.12.09
Dharmette: Believing that Special People Exist Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.04 13:25 13:25
2024.12.04
Guided Meditation: It's all come to this Matthew Brensilver 2024.12.04 29:10 29:10
2024.12.04
Dharmette: Fear and Love and Dana Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.27 14:32 14:32
2024.11.27
Guided Meditation: Letting the Dharma Soak into You Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.27 29:12 29:12
2024.11.27
Dharmette: Aperture of Attention in Meditation and Life Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.20 13:58 13:58
2024.11.20
Guided Meditation: Vitality and Release, In Breath, Out Breath Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.20 29:02 29:02
2024.11.20
Dharmette: Sensitivity to Suffering vs. Fear of Suffering Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.13 14:40 14:40
2024.11.13
Guided Meditation: Vulnerability & Courage Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.13 28:21 28:21
2024.11.13
Dharmette: Post-Election Reflections Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.06 16:48 16:48
2024.11.06
Guided Meditation: Soothing, Space, Love Matthew Brensilver 2024.11.06 28:12 28:12
2024.11.06
Dharmette: Giving Love the Last Word Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.30 13:11 13:11
2024.10.30

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