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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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Whole Presence Samadhi Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver 2022.11.04 50:17 50:17
2022.11.04
Guided Meditation: Self and Space Matthew Brensilver 2022.10.28 45:26 45:26
2022.10.28
Restlessness, Worry & Compassion Matthew Brensilver 2022.10.27 55:16 55:16
2022.10.27
Guided Meditation: Affect and Motivation Matthew Brensilver 2022.10.26 53:24 53:24
2022.10.26
Ill-Will & Metta Matthew Brensilver 2022.10.25 56:23 56:23
2022.10.25
Dharmette: The Pleasure of Spiritual Friendship Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.30 14:36 14:36
2022.09.30
Guided Meditation: Attention & Awareness Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.30 29:52 29:52
2022.09.30
Dharmette: Turning Down the Dial Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.29 -- --
2022.09.29
Guided Meditation: Sound, Outer and Inner Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.29 30:38 30:38
2022.09.29
Dharmette: The Pleasure of Purification Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.28 15:06 15:06
2022.09.28
Guided Meditation: Faith in Awareness Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.28 30:18 30:18
2022.09.28
Dharmette: Sourcing our Motivation from Love Rather than Fear Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.27 14:24 14:24
2022.09.27
Guided Meditation: Unseduced by the Mirage of the Future Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.27 30:53 30:53
2022.09.27
Matthew Brensilver - September 2022 Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.26 3:29:48 3:29:48
2022.09.26
Dharma Pleasure - The Pleasure of Having a Path Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.26 14:13 14:13
2022.09.26
Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.26 29:48 29:48
2022.09.26
Seven Factors of Awakening Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.25 45:09 45:09
2022.09.25
Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2022.09.25 36:23 36:23
2022.09.25
Dharmette: Dharma as Existential Therapy Matthew Brensilver 2022.08.19 14:00 14:00
2022.08.19
Guided Meditation: Effort and Effortlessness Matthew Brensilver 2022.08.19 29:10 29:10
2022.08.19
Dharmette: Dharma as Exposure Therapy for Samsara Matthew Brensilver 2022.08.18 13:40 13:40
2022.08.18
Guided Meditation: Getting Somewhere by Going Nowhere Matthew Brensilver 2022.08.18 29:09 29:09
2022.08.18
Dharmette: Dharma as Cognitive Therapy Matthew Brensilver 2022.08.17 15:38 15:38
2022.08.17
Guided Meditation: Meditation as an Atelic Activity Matthew Brensilver 2022.08.17 30:00 30:00
2022.08.17
Dharmette: Dharma as an Attention Therapy Matthew Brensilver 2022.08.16 14:18 14:18
2022.08.16

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