A weekly women’s gathering for connection, conversation and insight on desire, intimacy, honesty, self expression, and other igniting yet challenging things of life. Circles are mature, safe, confidential and thought provoking spaces to discover more of what you really want and how to live it through the wisdom of your body and innate knowing.

Each week we explore new ideas, tools and perspectives on intimacy with all aspects of life. You bring real life questions and quandaries to coaching with Justine, and learn through witnessing others being coached as well. Circles are a nourishing, connected and low cost way to get the support you need on your journey.

Class Fee: $249/6 weeks

September 12, 19, 26, Oct 3, 10, 17 - 5:30-7pmPT, 8:30-10pmET

Register Here: https://www.justinedawson.com/womenscircle

A weekly women’s gathering for connection, conversation and insight on desire, intimacy, honesty, self expression, and other igniting yet challenging things of life. Circles are mature, safe, confidential and thought provoking spaces to discover more of what you really want and how to live it through the wisdom of your body and innate knowing.

Each week we explore new ideas, tools and perspectives on intimacy with all aspects of life. You bring real life questions and quandaries to coaching with Justine, and learn through witnessing others being coached as well. Circles are a nourishing, connected and low cost way to get the support you need on your journey.

Class Fee: $249/6 weeks

Thursdays 11AM-12:30pmPT, 2-3:30pmET, 7-8:30pmBST August 10, 17, 24, 31, Sept 7 & 14

Register Here: https://www.justinedawson.com/womenscircle

Join me and the women* of InsightLA, as we meditate, connect, reflect, and receive the vitality of the midsummer moment. There is power and nourishment in community!

Amidst the natural beauty of InsightLA’s Benedict Canyon Retreat Center, we will move between silent individual practice, embodied movement, reflective journaling and community dialog. Feel free to contact Justine with questions about the day at justine@justinedawson.com.

Appropriate for both beginning and experienced mindfulness practitioners.

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of all those who identify as women.

Class Fee: $85/person

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/in-person-womans-daylong-july-2023/2023-07-15-10-00/

What might we discover about ourselves if we learn to ask the right questions? And how deep might the learning go if we could move beyond the familiar answers?

On Saturday, June 25th, join me and the InsightLA sangha for a day of spiritual inquiry. Learn to use the power of reflective questions to move beyond habitual patterns of thought and access fresh perspective, insight & understanding.

We will spend the day moving between silent meditation practice, embodied partnered and group inquiry, and warm-hearted connection in community. Let go of the familiar stories and discover new possibilities within life’s quandaries.

Everyone is welcome to join for the day, including beginners. Mindfulness, meditation and inquiry practices are suitable for all levels.

Class Fee: $85/person

Location: InnerWay LA, Culver City, 90045

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/spiritual-inquiry/2023-06-25-10-00/

Join me and the Sangha Live international community in a morning of practice in connection.    

While much deep meditation practice happens in stillness, silence, and solitude, there is great nourishment and insight available when we mindful awareness into connection.

We begin this process with a foundation of connection to self, rooting into our body and inner states, moment to moment. We establish our anchor, knowing we can always return to this safe harbour within.

From there, we learn to share our inner arising experiences with others – and to receive theirs – softening the divide between inner and outer, mine and yours. This is where a realization of interconnection often emerges. In this state, we can turn our attention and hold others as the focus of our awareness.

What do you see when you take another in, with a beginner’s mind? What supports you to stay open to the sensation and emotion of being received by another?

This will be our practice – beautifully, imperfectly human together – led by intimacy and awakening expert Justine Dawson. This 3-hour live session will move between solo sitting meditation, group dialog, partnered inquiry, and meditative practices designed to cultivate inner- and inter- connection in our daily lives.

Introverts and those shy to connect are most welcome, as are extroverts and every nuance in between. Interdependence is the reality we all live inside of!

Fee: Suggested donation $25

Register Here: sangha.events/Justine17Jun

A weekly women’s gathering for connection, conversation and insight on desire, intimacy, honesty, self expression, and other igniting yet challenging things of life. Circles are mature, safe, confidential and thought provoking spaces to discover more of what you really want and how to live it through the wisdom of your body and innate knowing.

Each week we explore new ideas, tools and perspectives on intimacy with all aspects of life. You bring real life questions and quandaries to coaching with Justine, and learn through witnessing others being coached as well. Circles are a nourishing, connected and low cost way to get the support you need on your journey.

Class Fee: $249/6 weeks

June 15, 22, 29 & July 6, 13, 20. 11am-12:30pmPT / 2-3:30pmET / 8-9:30pmCET

Register Here: https://www.justinedawson.com/womenscircle

The Buddha taught that the entirety of the teachings can be discovered through our bodies. We’ve all experienced a moment when the chattering of our mind has stopped and we’ve felt more deeply connected to ourselves and the moment. It’s a true exhale. We see, hear, taste, touch and feel the world with greater richness and clarity. Life becomes saturated with aliveness. We’re nourished in our reception. Our relationship to wonder, connection, food, sex and simply ‘being’ all benefit.

We can access more of this embodied presence more of the time with practice.

So come spend the day, inside and outside on the beautiful Benedict Canyon land, moving through varied forms of meditation to explore mindfulness of touch, sound, sight, taste and smell. Tap into the direct experience of your body, and awaken your innate vitality, awareness and insight.

Everyone is welcome, including beginners.

Class Fee: $85/person

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/awakening-senses/2023-05-20-10-00/

A weekly women’s gathering for connection, conversation and insight on desire, intimacy, honesty, self expression, and other igniting yet challenging things of life. Circles are mature, safe, confidential and thought provoking spaces to discover more of what you really want and how to live it through the wisdom of your body and innate knowing.

Each week we explore new ideas, tools and perspectives on intimacy with all aspects of life. You bring real life questions and quandaries to coaching with me, and learn through witnessing others being coached as well. I support your inquiry with deep questions and lived insight. Circles are a nourishing, connected and low cost way to get the support you need on your journey.

Class Fee: $249/6 weeks

May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13 & 20th. 7:30-9:00pmPT.

Register Here: https://www.justinedawson.com/womenscircle

Bring the presence and power of mindfulness into your intimate relationship(s) with a day of simple practices for enlivened intimacy. 

Skillfully guided by InsightLA Senior Teacher Justine Dawson, engage in a playful, approving and respectful exploration of:

• Moving from your head into your body, fully inhabiting yourself in erotic intimacy

• Becoming mindfully connected to and expressive of your desires and boundaries

• Awakening your attention to notice and attune more deeply to your partner 

• Creating vibrant and resonant touch and connection

• Feeling more sensation, vitality and intimate aliveness 

• A mindful life that includes your sensuality

Amidst the natural beauty of InsightLA’s Benedict Canyon Retreat Center, we will move between silent individual practice, reflective dialog, and partnered meditations & exercises (clothes-on). Feel free to contact Justine with questions about the day at justine@justinedawson.com.

Appropriate for both beginning and experienced mindfulness practitioners.

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of partnered adults of all genders and sexual orientation in any relationship form – couples, intimate friends, ‘it’s complicated’ and beyond. Please sign up with someone(s) you plan on partnering with for the reflections and exercises.  

Class Fee: $85/person

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/in-person-mindful-intimacy-connection-practices-for-couples/

Dates: April 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 7:30-9pmPT
Location: Zoom

Desire is one of the most potent forces in human experience. More than just a sexual urge, the energy of desire sparks inspiration, nourishes vitality, and fuels creativity. It’s life’s call into aliveness and connection. When we disconnect from desire, it’s common to feel listless, uncertain and lost. These experiences may sound familiar to you. But the experience of desire can also stir confusion, touch shame, and activate clinging. There’s a reason we fear it. So how do we engage with desire skillfully? What does it look like to turn towards desire, become curious about its nature, and integrate its intelligence and aliveness? 

When we include desire in our practice, and apply our mindfulness, we discover it is the foundation of healthy boundaries and intuitive knowing. We access its energy. We deepen our intimacy. And we may even find it to contain the seeds of our awakening – acting as an agent that shakes up our narrow sense of self, our ideas of who we “should be”, and revealing something more authentic and whole. 

In this highly interactive and practical online class hosted by InsightLA, explore how to skillfully come into relationship with desire in all its manifestations. Through conversation, meditation, inquiry practices and optional paired exercises, develop your capacity to:

• Become aware of what you desire, tuning into the subtle whispers and sensations of your body and engaging them as a guide

• Be with the experience of longing, without collapse or reactivity

• Develop understanding of (and practices for) the fear and shame that keep you from working consciously with desire

• Express desire skillfully, discovering its connection to healthy boundaries

• Discern between the intelligence of desire and the suffering of greed and clinging

• Cultivate the energy of desire to bring more vitality into your life and mindfulness practice

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations.

To support the connected nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

Fee: $120 for the 4 week series (Scholarships Available)

To Register: https://insightla.org/event/open-to-desire-april-2023/

You will be sent a confidential Zoom link from InsightLA upon registering.

Create more gratifying relationships with the Art of Mindful Connection.

In this InsightLA daylong retreat led by Senior Teacher Justine Dawson, join a heart-led sangha for inspiration, insight, and practical practices for relational intimacy. 

Learn to:

• Bridge the awareness & insight of your mindfulness practice with your daily relationships

• Grow your ability to stay present inside of yourself as you engage with others

• Notice others more deeply and open yourself to be more deeply seen as well

• Develop ease and playfulness whether one-on-one or in a group

• Practice simple ways to enrich connection with friends, family, loved ones and even strangers

• Make new connections and friendships within the sangha

We’ll spend the day together moving between periods of sitting meditation, group dialog, reflective journaling and experiential exercises all designed to cultivate connection with our own selves and others. Whether with friends, family and partners, the skills you’ll gain will help you have more of the enlivened relating you desire.

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations. 

Class Fee: $75

Location: InnerWay LA, Culver City, 90045

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/in-person-practices-for-mindful-connection-culver-march/

TO REGISTER: https://www.justinedawson.com/womenscircle

Weekly group coaching circles bring together inspired women committed to insightful learning through honest conversation about desire, intimacy, self-awareness, empowered expression and other igniting yet challenging things of life. Circles are safe, confidential and thought provoking spaces to discover more of what you really want and how to live it.

Each week we explore new ideas, tools and perspectives on living connected, creative, turned on lives. Justine teaches from stories, experience and lived insight. Participants bring real life circumstances to be coaching on, and learn through witnessing others being coached as well.

Join us. Tuition is $199/month (4 weeks; includes 90 minute calls every week)

"Justine has years of practice and experience and this really shines through. She has a great mixture of a clear backbone together with loving presence. She is not easily knocked off centre and her insights are very penetrative and true. Amongst all the noise and the loud voices online, it is rare to find someone like Justine who can really hold space to the depths. I love her coaching circle - it's a place for me to rest, replenish and receive high quality attention and guidance." - Julia Lally, U.K.

Meetings occur on zoom. You will receive your confidential link upon registering.

Dates: February 1, 8, 15, 22
Times: 7:30-9:00pmPT
Location: Zoom

Sex, intimacy and eroticism are potent areas for mindfulness practice. For most of us they are full of both pleasure and pain. So how do we enter this terrain consciously, and learn to bring the awareness of our mindfulness practice into the realm of human connection?

In this 4 week online class hosted by InsightLA, learn to:

• Fully inhabit yourself in erotic intimacy moving from your head into your body

• Become mindfully connected to and expressive of your desires and boundaries

• Develop mini ‘intimacy research’ projects to sustainably expand your capacity for mindful sex & connection

• Bring awareness to blocks of shame, fear and hesitation and engage practices to work with them

• Create vibrant and resonant erotic touch and connection
  

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations. 

To support the personal nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to participate with video on.

Class fee: $120 (Scholarships available)

Register here: https://insightla.org/event/the-mindful-bedroom-practicing-the-mindful-erotic/2023-02-01-19-30/

TO REGISTER: https://www.justinedawson.com/womenscircle

Weekly online group coaching circles bring together inspired women committed to insightful learning through honest conversation about desire, intimacy, self-awareness, empowered expression and other igniting yet challenging things of life. Circles are safe, confidential and thought provoking spaces to discover more of what you really want and how to live it.

Each week we explore new ideas, tools and perspectives on living connected, creative, turned on lives. Justine teaches from stories, experience and lived insight. Participants bring real life circumstances to be coaching on, and learn through witnessing others being coached as well.

Join us. Tuition is $199/month (4 weeks; includes 90 minute calls each week).

"Justine has years of practice and experience and this really shines through. She has a great mixture of a clear backbone together with loving presence. She is not easily knocked off centre and her insights are very penetrative and true. Amongst all the noise and the loud voices online, it is rare to find someone like Justine who can really hold space to the depths. I love her coaching circle - it's a place for me to rest, replenish and receive high quality attention and guidance." - Julia Lally, U.K.

Meetings occur on zoom. You will receive your confidential link upon registering.

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Create more meaningful memories this holiday season, and more gratifying relationships the whole year round with the Art of Mindful Connection. In this 4 week online series hosted by InsightLA, join a heart-led sangha for inspiration, insight, and practical practices for relational intimacy.

• Ground yourself in your intention for the holiday season

• Grow your ability to stay present inside of yourself as you move through social engagements

• Learn & practice simple ways to deepen connection at gatherings of friends and family

• Create mindful connection-based holiday rituals that are meaningful to you and those around you

• Develop ease and playfulness whether one-on-one or in a group

• Cultivate to and express gratitude in ways that support intimacy

• Make new connections and friendships within the sangha

Whether with friends, family or partners, the skill you'll gain will help you have more of the enlivened relating you desire.

Dates: Tuesdays Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13

Time: 7:30-9pmPT

Suggested Donation: $120

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Create more meaningful memories this holiday season, and more gratifying relationships the whole year round with the Art of Mindful Connection. In this 4 week online series hosted by InsightLA, join a heart-led sangha for inspiration, insight, and practical practices for relational intimacy.

• Ground yourself in your intention for the holiday season

• Grow your ability to stay present inside of yourself as you move through social engagements

• Learn & practice simple ways to deepen connection at gatherings of friends and family

• Create mindful connection-based holiday rituals that are meaningful to you and those around you

• Develop ease and playfulness whether one-on-one or in a group

• Cultivate to and express gratitude in ways that support intimacy

• Make new connections and friendships within the sangha

Whether with friends, family or partners, the skill you'll gain will help you have more of the enlivened relating you desire.

Dates: Tuesdays Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13

Time: 7:30-9pmPT

Suggested Donation: $120

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Create more meaningful memories this holiday season, and more gratifying relationships the whole year round with the Art of Mindful Connection. In this 4 week online series hosted by InsightLA, join a heart-led sangha for inspiration, insight, and practical practices for relational intimacy.

• Ground yourself in your intention for the holiday season

• Grow your ability to stay present inside of yourself as you move through social engagements

• Learn & practice simple ways to deepen connection at gatherings of friends and family

• Create mindful connection-based holiday rituals that are meaningful to you and those around you

• Develop ease and playfulness whether one-on-one or in a group

• Cultivate to and express gratitude in ways that support intimacy

• Make new connections and friendships within the sangha

Whether with friends, family or partners, the skill you'll gain will help you have more of the enlivened relating you desire.

Dates: Tuesdays Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13

Time: 7:30-9pmPT

Suggested Donation: $120

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Create more meaningful memories this holiday season, and more gratifying relationships the whole year round with the Art of Mindful Connection. In this 4 week online series hosted by InsightLA, join a heart-led sangha for inspiration, insight, and practical practices for relational intimacy.

• Ground yourself in your intention for the holiday season

• Grow your ability to stay present inside of yourself as you move through social engagements

• Learn & practice simple ways to deepen connection at gatherings of friends and family

• Create mindful connection-based holiday rituals that are meaningful to you and those around you

• Develop ease and playfulness whether one-on-one or in a group

• Cultivate to and express gratitude in ways that support intimacy

• Make new connections and friendships within the sangha

Whether with friends, family or partners, the skill you'll gain will help you have more of the enlivened relating you desire.

Dates: Tuesdays Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13

Time: 7:30-9pmPT

Suggested Donation: $120

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/the-art-of-mindful-connection-practices-for-more-meaningfully-relating-with-friends-family-and-partners/2022-11-22-19-30/

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

Are you tired of endless Bumble swiping? Would you like to connect with others in a deeper, more fulfilling way? 

Join me for a 4-week exploration of mindful dating. Produced in collaboration with InsightLA. Through conversation, meditations, experiential inquiry and optional homework exercises, explore how to:

• Take on dating as a practice for growth and self awareness

• Create a dating profile that reflects your true self and desires

• Set up dates that are fun, meaningful and feel good

• Develop intimacy skills with every interaction

• Build connection with the power of your attention and honesty, getting to the good stuff sooner

• Respectfully bring conversations to a close when you’re no longer interested

Join a community of conscious individuals committed to growth. This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), of all genders and sexual orientations who are looking to cultivate connection through dating.

To support the personal nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

Schedule Thursdays from 7:30-9pm PT:
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27

Class Fee: $120/4 week series (scholarships available)

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

Are you tired of endless Bumble swiping? Would you like to connect with others in a deeper, more fulfilling way? 

Join me for a 4-week exploration of mindful dating. Produced in collaboration with InsightLA. Through conversation, meditations, experiential inquiry and optional homework exercises, explore how to:

• Take on dating as a practice for growth and self awareness

• Create a dating profile that reflects your true self and desires

• Set up dates that are fun, meaningful and feel good

• Develop intimacy skills with every interaction

• Build connection with the power of your attention and honesty, getting to the good stuff sooner

• Respectfully bring conversations to a close when you’re no longer interested

Join a community of conscious individuals committed to growth. This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), of all genders and sexual orientations who are looking to cultivate connection through dating.

To support the personal nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

Schedule Thursdays from 7:30-9pm PT:
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27

Class Fee: $120/4 week series (scholarships available)

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

Are you tired of endless Bumble swiping? Would you like to connect with others in a deeper, more fulfilling way? 

Join me for a 4-week exploration of mindful dating. Produced in collaboration with InsightLA. Through conversation, meditations, experiential inquiry and optional homework exercises, explore how to:

• Take on dating as a practice for growth and self awareness

• Create a dating profile that reflects your true self and desires

• Set up dates that are fun, meaningful and feel good

• Develop intimacy skills with every interaction

• Build connection with the power of your attention and honesty, getting to the good stuff sooner

• Respectfully bring conversations to a close when you’re no longer interested

Join a community of conscious individuals committed to growth. This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), of all genders and sexual orientations who are looking to cultivate connection through dating.

To support the personal nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

Schedule Thursdays from 7:30-9pm PT:
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27

Class Fee: $120/4 week series (scholarships available)

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

Are you tired of endless Bumble swiping? Would you like to connect with others in a deeper, more fulfilling way? 

Join me for a 4-week exploration of mindful dating. Produced in collaboration with InsightLA. Through conversation, meditations, experiential inquiry and optional homework exercises, explore how to:

• Take on dating as a practice for growth and self awareness

• Create a dating profile that reflects your true self and desires

• Set up dates that are fun, meaningful and feel good

• Develop intimacy skills with every interaction

• Build connection with the power of your attention and honesty, getting to the good stuff sooner

• Respectfully bring conversations to a close when you’re no longer interested

Join a community of conscious individuals committed to growth. This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), of all genders and sexual orientations who are looking to cultivate connection through dating.

To support the personal nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

Schedule Thursdays from 7:30-9pm PT:
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27

Class Fee: $120/4 week series (scholarships available)

Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/dating-with-depth-3/2022-10-06-19-30/

To Register: https://insightla.org/event/open-to-desire/2022-09-08-19-30/
Fees: $120 for the 4 week series (Scholarships Available)
Class Dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29

Desire is one of the most potent forces in human experience. More than just a sexual urge, the energy of desire sparks inspiration, nourishes vitality, and fuels creativity. It’s life’s call into aliveness and connection. When we disconnect from desire, it’s common to feel listless, uncertain and lost. These experiences may sound familiar to you. But the experience of desire can also stir confusion, touch shame, and activate clinging. There’s a reason we fear it. So how do we engage with desire skillfully? What does it look like to turn towards desire, become curious about its nature, and integrate its intelligence and aliveness? 

When we include desire in our practice, and apply our mindfulness, we discover it is the foundation of healthy boundaries and intuitive knowing. We access its energy. We deepen our intimacy. And we may even find it to contain the seeds of our awakening – acting as an agent that shakes up our narrow sense of self, our ideas of who we “should be”, and revealing something more authentic and whole. 

In this highly interactive and practical online class hosted by InsightLA, explore how to skillfully come into relationship with desire in all its manifestations. Through conversation, meditation, inquiry practices and optional paired exercises, develop your capacity to:

• Become aware of what you desire, tuning into the subtle whispers and sensations of your body and engaging them as a guide

• Be with the experience of longing, without collapse or reactivity

• Develop understanding of (and practices for) the fear and shame that keep you from working consciously with desire

• Express desire skillfully, discovering its connection to healthy boundaries

• Discern between the intelligence of desire and the suffering of greed and clinging

• Cultivate the energy of desire to bring more vitality into your life and mindfulness practice

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations.

 Due to the connected nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

You will be sent a confidential Zoom link from InsightLA upon registering.

To Register: https://insightla.org/event/open-to-desire/2022-09-08-19-30/
Fees: $120 for the 4 week series (Scholarships Available)
Class Dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29

Desire is one of the most potent forces in human experience. More than just a sexual urge, the energy of desire sparks inspiration, nourishes vitality, and fuels creativity. It’s life’s call into aliveness and connection. When we disconnect from desire, it’s common to feel listless, uncertain and lost. These experiences may sound familiar to you. But the experience of desire can also stir confusion, touch shame, and activate clinging. There’s a reason we fear it. So how do we engage with desire skillfully? What does it look like to turn towards desire, become curious about its nature, and integrate its intelligence and aliveness? 

When we include desire in our practice, and apply our mindfulness, we discover it is the foundation of healthy boundaries and intuitive knowing. We access its energy. We deepen our intimacy. And we may even find it to contain the seeds of our awakening – acting as an agent that shakes up our narrow sense of self, our ideas of who we “should be”, and revealing something more authentic and whole. 

In this highly interactive and practical online class hosted by InsightLA, explore how to skillfully come into relationship with desire in all its manifestations. Through conversation, meditation, inquiry practices and optional paired exercises, develop your capacity to:

• Become aware of what you desire, tuning into the subtle whispers and sensations of your body and engaging them as a guide

• Be with the experience of longing, without collapse or reactivity

• Develop understanding of (and practices for) the fear and shame that keep you from working consciously with desire

• Express desire skillfully, discovering its connection to healthy boundaries

• Discern between the intelligence of desire and the suffering of greed and clinging

• Cultivate the energy of desire to bring more vitality into your life and mindfulness practice

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations.

 Due to the connected nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

You will be sent a confidential Zoom link from InsightLA upon registering.

To Register: https://insightla.org/event/open-to-desire/2022-09-08-19-30/
Fees: $120 for the 4 week series (Scholarships Available)
Class Dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29

Desire is one of the most potent forces in human experience. More than just a sexual urge, the energy of desire sparks inspiration, nourishes vitality, and fuels creativity. It’s life’s call into aliveness and connection. When we disconnect from desire, it’s common to feel listless, uncertain and lost. These experiences may sound familiar to you. But the experience of desire can also stir confusion, touch shame, and activate clinging. There’s a reason we fear it. So how do we engage with desire skillfully? What does it look like to turn towards desire, become curious about its nature, and integrate its intelligence and aliveness? 

When we include desire in our practice, and apply our mindfulness, we discover it is the foundation of healthy boundaries and intuitive knowing. We access its energy. We deepen our intimacy. And we may even find it to contain the seeds of our awakening – acting as an agent that shakes up our narrow sense of self, our ideas of who we “should be”, and revealing something more authentic and whole. 

In this highly interactive and practical online class hosted by InsightLA, explore how to skillfully come into relationship with desire in all its manifestations. Through conversation, meditation, inquiry practices and optional paired exercises, develop your capacity to:

• Become aware of what you desire, tuning into the subtle whispers and sensations of your body and engaging them as a guide

• Be with the experience of longing, without collapse or reactivity

• Develop understanding of (and practices for) the fear and shame that keep you from working consciously with desire

• Express desire skillfully, discovering its connection to healthy boundaries

• Discern between the intelligence of desire and the suffering of greed and clinging

• Cultivate the energy of desire to bring more vitality into your life and mindfulness practice

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations.

 Due to the connected nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

You will be sent a confidential Zoom link from InsightLA upon registering.

To Register: https://insightla.org/event/open-to-desire/2022-09-08-19-30/
Fees: $120 for the 4 week series (Scholarships Available)
Class Dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29

Desire is one of the most potent forces in human experience. More than just a sexual urge, the energy of desire sparks inspiration, nourishes vitality, and fuels creativity. It’s life’s call into aliveness and connection. When we disconnect from desire, it’s common to feel listless, uncertain and lost. These experiences may sound familiar to you. But the experience of desire can also stir confusion, touch shame, and activate clinging. There’s a reason we fear it. So how do we engage with desire skillfully? What does it look like to turn towards desire, become curious about its nature, and integrate its intelligence and aliveness? 

When we include desire in our practice, and apply our mindfulness, we discover it is the foundation of healthy boundaries and intuitive knowing. We access its energy. We deepen our intimacy. And we may even find it to contain the seeds of our awakening – acting as an agent that shakes up our narrow sense of self, our ideas of who we “should be”, and revealing something more authentic and whole. 

In this highly interactive and practical online class hosted by InsightLA, explore how to skillfully come into relationship with desire in all its manifestations. Through conversation, meditation, inquiry practices and optional paired exercises, develop your capacity to:

• Become aware of what you desire, tuning into the subtle whispers and sensations of your body and engaging them as a guide

• Be with the experience of longing, without collapse or reactivity

• Develop understanding of (and practices for) the fear and shame that keep you from working consciously with desire

• Express desire skillfully, discovering its connection to healthy boundaries

• Discern between the intelligence of desire and the suffering of greed and clinging

• Cultivate the energy of desire to bring more vitality into your life and mindfulness practice

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations.

 Due to the connected nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

You will be sent a confidential Zoom link from InsightLA upon registering.

TO REGISTER: https://www.justinedawson.com/learninglab

Come explore the many facets of intimacy in an engaged, honest and playful community of learners. Sex, desire, expression, connection, integration. Start where you’re at, and discover new insights and practices for growth. Every month we’ll explore a new theme, with consistent grounding in your own lived experience.

Join us. Tuition is $199/month and includes 90 minute calls every week and private forum for ongoing community sharing and exploration.

"My whole being and life have profoundly blossomed from working with Justine. I've had many mentors but Justine has been the most influential- I've been able to discuss every aspect of my life with her from creativity, love, eroticism, work, and Dharma...and I've always been met with her playfulness, spontaneity, humour, and radical openness to explore the depths of each of these and see the ways they are all connected… I am so fortunate to have found someone who will meet me where I am, and still challenge me to open to life's currents and ebbs and flows....and reflect me back to myself in a way I so deeply have desired.” - Rachana Kshirsagar

“I’ve been through conventional therapy, trained in yoga philosophy, studied Zen Buddhism with monastic training, and it wasn’t until I came to Justine that I found a place of introspection that allows for everything to be present and accepted (the good, the bad, the ugly, the sad, the resentful). With Justine, I found out that desire is not a four-letter word. Instead, it is the way the universe speaks to me, and calls me to share my gifts and talents, to become the beautiful perfectly messy being I truly am. Working with Justine’s quality of nurturing that blends hard truths with unconditional compassion, I don’t get lost in techniques or tools. Instead, Justine gives real-world practices for everyday life that are directly applicable to my own individual situation. It feels like Justine meets me where I am, and then points to where I deep down know I want to be. While it hasn’t been easy, it has been the most rewarding work I’ve done.” - Beth H.

“Each time, I leave the meetings more embodied, often in surprising ways, with new truths to chew on and digest. We are confidently held in safe space, that she skillfully weaves moment to moment, an often playful space for insights to emerge. Somehow this magic works even through Zoom!” - Paul Hansen

Meetings occur on zoom. You will receive your confidential link, plus access to the community forum upon registering.

In Collaboration with InsightLA
Register Here: https://insightla.org/event/mindful-touch/2022-06-07-19-00/

Touch is a vital human nutrient. To touch – and be touched – with attunement is a powerful, healing and vitalizing experience. We can bring our mindfulness practice into the arena of touch to feel more deeply, touch more resonantly and receive with greater pleasure.

Join InsightLA Senior Teacher, Justine Dawson for this 4-week exploration of mindful touch – in and out of the bedroom. Through conversation, meditation, verbal inquiry and optional homework exercises, develop your capacity to:

• Viscerally know what your body wants & needs

• Stay present with yourself and others in the act of touch

• Tune into, and touch in resonance with, the underlying feeling between you and another

• Build and ground energy through touch

• Name what you’re feeling and communicate the touch you want

• Create safe containers to explore with others

This class is welcoming to and inclusive of adults (18+), single and in relationship, of all genders and sexual orientations.

Due to the connected nature of conversation in this class, all students are asked to introduce themselves with video on.

Schedule 7-8:30pm PT:
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28

Class Fee: $100

TO REGISTER: https://www.justinedawson.com/erotic-awake

Weekly group coaching circles bring together mature adults committed to insightful learning through honest conversation about desire, intimacy, self-awareness, empowered expression and other igniting yet challenging things of life. Circles are safe, confidential and thought provoking spaces to discover more of what you really want and how to live it.

Each week we explore new ideas, tools and perspectives on living connected, creative, turned on lives. Justine teaches from stories, experience and lived insight. Participants bring real life circumstances to be coaching on, and learn through witnessing others being coached as well.

Join us. Tuition is $149/month and includes 90 minute calls every week.

“The coaching circle is a unique healing experience, compared to any therapeutic modality I’ve worked within. Each time, I leave the meetings more embodied, often in surprising ways, with new truths to chew on and digest. We are confidently held in safe space, that she skillfully weaves moment to moment, an often playful space for insights to emerge. Somehow this magic works even through Zoom!” - Paul Hansen, U.S.A.

"Justine has years of practice and experience and this really shines through. She has a great mixture of a clear backbone together with loving presence. She is not easily knocked off centre and her insights are very penetrative and true. Amongst all the noise and the loud voices online, it is rare to find someone like Justine who can really hold space to the depths. I love her coaching circle - it's a place for me to rest, replenish and receive high quality attention and guidance." - Julia Lally, U.K.

Meetings occur on zoom. You will receive your confidential link upon registering.

In collaboration with InsightLA

Location: Benedict Canyon Retreat House, Beverly Hills 90210
Register Here: https://insightla.org/teacher/justine-dawson/

Rediscover the joy of connection in community. It’s been some time since we gathered for in person sangha. After two years of zoom, the longing for authentic human connection is real! Yet it’s not always easy to connect at a level of depth that feels truly nourishing. How do you get beneath the small talk and social niceties to where true meaning and intimacy reside?

Join me and InsightLA for a monthly evening of playfully mindful experiential exercises designed to foster this kind of depth, honesty and insight. Through skillful facilitation, reconnect with sangha new and old, practice mindful communication, hone your interpersonal attention, and have some fun! Leave with new friends, richer relationships and a deepened capacity to cultivate the connections you desire in life.

This event is appropriate for singles and couples of all genders and relationship statuses who want to deepen their capacity to connect, notice deeply and reveal honestly.