About
Alex Maizuss is a mindfulness instructor and somatic psychotherapist based in Los Angeles. She holds certifications in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Hakomi (Mindfulness Centered Somatic Psychotherapy), mPEAK (Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness, and Knowledge), and Compassionate Inquiry. She is a member of the steering committee for the USC Center for Mindfulness Science. Maizuss began practicing meditation in 1996 to manage stress and chronic illness. Her work focuses on mindfulness-based personal development and interventions. She is affiliated with InsightLA and has contributed meditations to publications including Mindful Magazine and the Arthritis Foundation.
Teaching focus
Alex Maizuss's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the MBSR and Secular traditions. Several threads come up: compassion training that doesn't collapse into pity or burnout; direct inquiry into how clinging and aversion arise;. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. Alex Maizuss works with whatever shows up in the room rather than reading from notes, which is part of why these talks land as conversational instead of scripted. Short pauses, longer sits, and questions that come back to direct experience are usual. Listed specialties on the source profile include stress, chronic pain. The bigger move Alex Maizuss keeps making is back toward attention itself: what's happening, how it's being held, and what gets in the way. That keeps the teaching close to practice rather than drifting into commentary about practice. For talks, schedules, and longer essays, the affiliated organization's page is where the live material lives. Alex Maizuss's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. Alex Maizuss's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on.
Background
Alex Maizuss teaches in the MBSR and Secular traditions. The teaching home is InsightLA. From the teacher's own profile: Alex Maizuss is a highly regarded Mindfulness Intervention expert and mindfulness-based personal development coach. With training in Hakomi (Mindfulness Centered Somatic Psychotherapy) and certifications in MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), mPEAK (Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness, and Knowledge), and CI (Compassionate Inquiry), Alex brings a unique blend of deep knowledge, professionalism, and compassion to her work. She is characterized by her sharp attention, deep curiosity, humble presence, kind sense of humor, and natural friendliness. Alex received DEI training from NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute) through Compassionate Inquiry. Her diverse background and mother tongue (Spanish) allows her to work with diverse populations. She was a key contributor to the establishment of the USC Center for Mindfulness Science and currently serves as a member of the steering committee for the center. In 1996, Alex found solace in meditation to cope with the stress of her student life, her struggles with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and later in life as a software engineer in the aerospace industry. Her meditations are featured in multiple prominent publications including MindfulUSC, Arthritis Foundation, and Mindful Magazine. In her free time, Alex can be found taking a peaceful walk and connecting with mother nature. Alex Maizuss's teaching tends to stay close to direct experience, working with attention, ethics, and the felt sense of the body rather than abstract doctrine. Alex Maizuss's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Alex Maizuss's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Alex Maizuss's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Alex Maizuss's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Alex Maizuss's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Alex Maizuss's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography.
Lineage
Alex Maizuss teaches as a lay teacher in the MBSR and Secular traditions. The institutional home, per the source listing, is InsightLA, and that's where most of the public teaching schedule and any retreat offerings will be posted. Teaching authority and lineage details, where stated, live with the affiliated organization's profile page rather than with this directory entry.
What to expect
On a class or retreat with Alex Maizuss, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. Online sittings and talks, mostly in real time with optional recordings, are part of the offering. The container is shaped by InsightLA, so format details, fees, and access policies follow that organization's norms. Expect plenty of silence, less talking-at-you than you might think, and an emphasis on letting the practice do its work rather than chasing experiences. For exact dates, registration, and any sliding-scale or scholarship information, There's usually a short Q&A window and, on retreats, optional teacher interviews where students can bring specific questions about their practice.
