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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: Faith in Letting Go (5 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.15 14:47 14:47
2024.03.15
Guided Meditation: Faith in Silence Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.15 29:13 29:13
2024.03.15
Dharmette: Faith in Ourselves (4 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.14 13:13 13:13
2024.03.14
Guided Meditation: Lightly Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.14 30:36 30:36
2024.03.14
Dharmette: Faith in Love (3 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.13 14:33 14:33
2024.03.13
Guided Meditation: Attention as Prayer Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.13 30:40 30:40
2024.03.13
Dharmette: Emerging From Doubt Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.12 13:06 13:06
2024.03.12
Guided Meditation: Attention and Sustaining Openness Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.12 30:01 30:01
2024.03.12
Faith in Our Dharma Path (1 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.11 12:44 12:44
2024.03.11
Facets of Faith Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.11 3:38:00 3:38:00
2024.03.11
Guided Meditation: Establishing Tranquility Matthew Brensilver 2024.03.11 29:07 29:07
2024.03.11
Not-self and self expression Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.26 48:14 48:14
2024.01.26
Guided Meditation - Deep Letting Go Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.26 34:49 34:49
2024.01.26
Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Feeling Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.24 40:06 40:06
2024.01.24
Mindfulness, Mind-wandering, and Equanimity Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.23 48:46 48:46
2024.01.23
Guided Meditation - Landing in the Breath Matthew Brensilver 2024.01.22 55:31 55:31
2024.01.22
Dharmette: Compassion & Equanimity Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.15 15:51 15:51
2023.12.15
Guided Meditation: Resting In Care Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.15 29:34 29:34
2023.12.15
Dharmette: Passivity & Action Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.14 15:52 15:52
2023.12.14
Guided Meditation: Resting In What We Cannot Stop Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.14 29:42 29:42
2023.12.14
Dharmette: Disenchantment & Engagement Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.13 15:03 15:03
2023.12.13
Guided Meditation: Letting the Moment Soften You Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.13 30:21 30:21
2023.12.13
Dharmette: Effort & Effortlessness Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.12 15:21 15:21
2023.12.12
Guided Meditation: Renouncing the Narrative Impulse Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.12 30:15 30:15
2023.12.12
Assertive and Receptive Qualities of Mind Matthew Brensilver 2023.12.11 3:46:36 3:46:36
2023.12.11

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