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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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Meaning And Nonconceptualization Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.14 14:28 14:28
2022.04.14
Lightly Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.14 29:54 29:54
2022.04.14
Grief and Love Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.13 15:11 15:11
2022.04.13
Lightly Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.13 30:35 30:35
2022.04.13
Renunciation and Enjoying Pleasure Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.12 13:36 13:36
2022.04.12
Lightly Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.12 29:56 29:56
2022.04.12
Helplessness and Power Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.11 14:05 14:05
2022.04.11
Lightly Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.11 30:25 30:25
2022.04.11
Reflections on Thich Nhat Hanh's Teachings Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.10 37:57 37:57
2022.04.10
Lightly Guided Meditation Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.10 36:27 36:27
2022.04.10
Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health & Science Part 2 of 2 Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.02 1:25:21 1:25:21
2022.04.02
Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health & Science Part 1 of 2 Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.02 1:07:12 1:07:12
2022.04.02
Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health & Science Matthew Brensilver 2022.04.02 2:32:33 2:32:33
2022.04.02
Mindfulness, Thinking, Mindlessness, Rumination Matthew Brensilver 2021.12.05 42:37 42:37
2021.12.05
Guided Meditation: Letting Go Cultivates Stability Matthew Brensilver 2021.12.05 36:15 36:15
2021.12.05
Affect and the Interpersonal Realm (5 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.19 17:46 17:46
2021.11.19
Guided Meditation: Don't Let Greed And Aversion Lurk Behind the Technique Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.19 30:13 30:13
2021.11.19
Guided Meditation: Not Reiterating or Reimaging Self Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.18 29:57 29:57
2021.11.18
Strength and the Surrender to Goodness (4 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.18 13:43 13:43
2021.11.18
The Pain of the Other Spins Our Mind (3 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.17 15:04 15:04
2021.11.17
Guided Meditation: Clinging Complicates Everything Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.17 29:58 29:58
2021.11.17
Not-knowing is the Most Intimate (2 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.16 14:54 14:54
2021.11.16
Guided Meditation: Sound and the Openness of Awareness Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.16 30:56 30:56
2021.11.16
Interpersonal Life as Dharma Practice (1 of 5) Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.15 15:49 15:49
2021.11.15
Guided Meditation: Grounding and Opening Matthew Brensilver 2021.11.15 29:11 29:11
2021.11.15

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