NVIM warmly welcomes Matthew Brensilver, PhD back to our sangha. Matthew began practice in the Tibetan tradition, and since 2003 has studied with Shinzen Young. He served as a Buddhist chaplain at USC for four years and teaches about the intersection of mindfulness and mental health at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center and with Mindful Schools.He completed the Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training program (2016) and regularly offers retreats at Spirit Rock and the Insight Retreat Center. He spent years doing research on addiction treatment at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine and continues to be interested in the unfolding dialogue between dharma and science.

Please join us Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm for discussion, music and meditation via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86476064826?pwd=U01VcEVpeXJmUVRQcXVPa3VBaWZZUT09