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

Explaining Virya, the effort factor of enlightenment, meditation teacher Trudy Goodman explores the courage it takes to trust in our practice and to mindfully face the five hindrances.

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 guided meditation, Trudy Goodman invites us to return to presence through the simple rhythm of breath and movement. Blending seated and walking practice, she encourages a gentle awareness of body and mind—each step and sensation becoming a doorway to steadiness, ease, and connection with the earth.

In this time of global uncertainty, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman call us to rise with fierce compassion and become Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning.

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.

In an article published in Lion’s Roar in January 2025, Trudy discusses insights she took away from a near-death experience.

Psychotherapist and dharma teacher Trudy Goodman unpacks the root causes of anxiety in this article published in November 2024.

Leaving a relationship may seem like an escape or failure, but in this article from October 2021, Trudy Goodman says parting ways can be the best choice for everyone.

Our basic problem, says Trudy Goodman, is ignoring the reality of impermanence. Being mindful in the moment, appreciating this flowing, interconnected life, we miraculously free ourselves from habitual patterns.

Learning from the networks of connection among trees and fungi, Trudy Goodman offers a dharma talk about nature, the breath, and oneness.

In this Lion’s Roar article from October 2019, Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman looks at the history and harm of sexual misconduct by Buddhist teachers, and what we can do to stop it.

In this engaging Q&A session, Jack and Trudy explore romance, impermanence, attachment, diffusing anger, manifesting your dreams using mindfulness, and more!

In this episode, Trudy invites us to rediscover the breath as our lifelong companion. Through the practice of Anapanasati, she guides us in cultivating heartful awareness, gentle focus, and relaxation—returning again and again to the tender, comforting presence of the breath.

Exploring how to untangle the threads of intense desire, teacher Trudy Goodman offers direction on meeting the Dharma.

Korean TV show Go Inside Global hosted Trudy Goodman for an interview in late 2024.