Trudy shares about her experiences with meditation at the 2025 Art of Meditation Summit from Wisdom for Life.

In this talk, Trudy reflects on devotion, compassion, and the sacred woven through everyday life. Sharing personal stories—including her daughter’s near-death experience—she explores how mindfulness, gratitude, and presence can transform suffering into reverence, inviting us to recognize the sacred in all things.

Trudy and Jack celebrate their 80th birthdays at a fundraising event for Insight LA.

Trudy and Jack discuss challenges of life after a spiritual retreat, with strategies to continue practices.

Trudy and Jack share reflections on suffering, acceptance, and practice, especially the importance of maintaining a grounded identity and integrating practice into daily life, even in small moments.

Trudy reflects on her insights from the retreat, especially the benefits of the four foundations of mindfulness and the concept of loving awareness. She stresses the importance of impermanence and the Tibetan tradition of contemplating death.

Trudy shares the story of the Buddha, Shakyamuni, and the traditional origins of Buddhist teachings, which were written down 400 years after his death. She illuminates the inclusivity of women in Buddhism. She also explains the idea of "no self" in Buddhism, stressing interdependence and meditation practice.

Trudy leads a guided meditation session focusing on loving kindness (metta) and compassion (karuna). She discusses the importance of self-love as a foundation for extending compassion to others. The practice involves visualizing oneself as a child, offering reassurance, and sending well wishes for safety, happiness, health, and freedom from suffering.

Trudy delves into the five hindrances—craving, aversion, sloth and torpor, restlessness, and doubt—showing how mindful awareness turns these obstacles into teachers. She speaks of cultivating equanimity and conscious transformation to face inner and outer challenges with wisdom and compassion.

Trudy offers a body-centered mindfulness practice, inviting participants to meet each sensation with curiosity and care. The session explored balanced posture, compassionate awareness, and closed with mindful walking and quiet reflection.

Trudy guides a session on loving kindness (metta), the first of the Brahmaviharas, exploring how this practice softens fear and anger. She invites participants to weave kindness into everyday moments, nurturing a steady, compassionate presence.

In this session, Jack guides a meditation on awakening inner freedom and awareness, inviting participants to move beyond body and mind into pure consciousness. Trudy closed the practice with a mindful walking ritual.

Trudy and Jack discuss Disruption and Human Relationships with Soren Gordhamer at Wisdom 2.0 2025.

Trudy and Jack share about the power of love at the 2025 Power of Love Summit from Wisdom for Life.

Trudy Goodman and Lienchi Tran explore wise view—the first step on the Eightfold Path—as the foundation for spiritual understanding. They discuss cultural perspectives, community, and mindfulness in daily life, offering insights on letting go, seeing clearly, and living fully in the present moment

This guided meditation and talk invite mindful awareness of our thoughts—seeing them come and go without getting caught. With simple practices like loving-kindness and gentle noting, we learn to quiet distraction, soften emotional reactions, and rest in the natural harmony of mind and body.

In this talk, Trudy explores the five hindrances in meditation as natural parts of the path rather than obstacles. Through awareness of our senses and states of mind, she shows how mindfulness transforms difficulty into clarity, reminding us—through powerful stories—of life’s preciousness and our capacity to love fully.

In this session, Trudy explores the Brahmaviharas, beginning with the practice of metta, or loving-kindness. She shares its timeless roots and healing power, guiding participants through a heart-opening visualization to awaken self-compassion and gently expand goodwill to all beings—even those who challenge us.

In this Dharma talk and meditation, Trudy honors mothers and caregivers as everyday Bodhisattvas—embodying compassion through service, love, and resilience. Weaving poetry, reflection, and Buddhist insight, she invites us to nurture ourselves as we care for others, drawing strength from Mother Earth and the timeless wisdom of the feminine heart.

A special Sunday Sitting Group at InsightLA led by founder Trudy Goodman and her husband Jack Kornfield. Jack led a guided meditation emphasizing presence and gratitude, and Trudy discussed the importance of community and mindfulness during challenging times.