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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: Giving Love the Last Word Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.30 13:11 13:11
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Guided Meditation: Thinking as coping Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.30 27:57 27:57
2024.10.30
Dharmette: Personality Disorder at the Individual and National Level Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.23 13:51 13:51
2024.10.23
Guided Meditation: Stabilizing; Compassion Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.23 28:42 28:42
2024.10.23
Dharmette: Crowdsourced Themes - Death, Grief, Anxiety, Love Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.09 14:30 14:30
2024.10.09
Guided Meditation: Relax into Alertness Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.09 28:16 28:16
2024.10.09
Dharmette: What is the Function of a Dharma Talk? Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.02 16:17 16:17
2024.10.02
Guided Meditation: Gentleness & Equanimity Matthew Brensilver 2024.10.02 27:20 27:20
2024.10.02
Dharmette: Between Gravity and Grace Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.18 13:47 13:47
2024.09.18
Guided Meditation: Tranquility Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.18 28:09 28:09
2024.09.18
Dharmette: Interpersonal Dharma (5 of 5): A Training in Loving Well Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.13 16:21 16:21
2024.09.13
Guided Meditation: Concentration, Clarity, Equanimity Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.13 27:31 27:31
2024.09.13
Dharmette: Interpersonal Dharma (4 of 5): Honoring the Neurosis/Pain of the Other Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.12 16:15 16:15
2024.09.12
Guided Meditation: Effort as Not-Self Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.12 28:15 28:15
2024.09.12
Dharmette: Reflections on Sexuality Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.11 17:13 17:13
2024.09.11
Guided Meditation: Intimacy with Breathing Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.11 28:18 28:18
2024.09.11
Dharmette: Interpersonal Dharma (3 of 5): Assertion and Surrender Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.11 16:24 16:24
2024.09.11
Guided Meditation: Breath, Pleasure, Opening Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.11 29:08 29:08
2024.09.11
Dharmette: Interpersonal Dharma (2 of 5): Not-Knowing and the Wildness of Loving Another Person Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.10 14:55 14:55
2024.09.10
Guided Meditation: Not Predicting Me Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.10 30:08 30:08
2024.09.10
Dharmette: Interpersonal Life (1 of 5): Introduction Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.09 14:59 14:59
2024.09.09
Interpersonal Dharma Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.09 3:43:17 3:43:17
2024.09.09
Guided Meditation: Relaxing into the Moment Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.09 29:21 29:21
2024.09.09
Dharmette: Reflection vs. Rumination Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.04 15:58 15:58
2024.09.04
Guided Meditation: Relaxing into Love Matthew Brensilver 2024.09.04 27:46 27:46
2024.09.04

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