About
Radhule Weininger is a clinical psychologist and founder of the non-profit Mindful Heart Programs. She began meditation practice in 1980 at Black Rock Monastery in Sri Lanka. For the past 20 years, she has studied under Jack Kornfield and Joanna Macy, with focus on engaged Buddhism. She is faculty at Pacifica Graduate School and teaches mindfulness, Buddhist psychology, and compassion practices. She has published two books through Shambhala Publications: "Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion" and "Heart Medicine: How to Stop Painful Patterns and Find Freedom and Peace." With her husband Michael Kearney, she teaches self-care and resilience to caregivers internationally.
Teaching focus
Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the Insight and Theravada traditions. Several threads come up: compassion training that doesn't collapse into pity or burnout;. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD 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 compassion, self-compassion, caregiver resilience. The bigger move Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD 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. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD'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. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD'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
Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD teaches in the Insight and Theravada traditions. The teaching home is InsightLA. From the teacher's own profile: Radhule Weininger, Ph.D., clinical psychologist in private practice, founder of the non-profit Mindful Heart Programs, and teacher of deep mindfulness and compassion practices and Buddhist psychology. She began her meditation studies in 1980 at Black Rock Monastery in Sri Lanka. For the past 20 years, she is mentored in her teaching by Jack Kornfeld and by Joanna Macy in her interest in Engaged Buddhism. Her book “Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion”, with a foreword by Jack Kornfeld was published by Shambala Publications. Her second book “Heart Medicine: How to Stop Painful Patterns and Find Freedom and Peace-at Last” will be released by Shambala Publications in November 2021. Radhule is faculty at Pacifica Graduate School and, together with her husband Michael Kearney, who is an author and physician, she teaches about self-care and resilience to caregivers locally and internationally for over twenty years. In the Insight stream Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD works inside, the emphasis is on direct attention to body, feeling tone, and mind, alongside the brahmaviharas and an ongoing investigation of how clinging and aversion arise. Talks tend to be conversational rather than scripted, and there's room for sila and ethics to be talked about as part of practice rather than as a separate topic. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD'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. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD'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. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD'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. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD'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. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD'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
Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD teaches as a monastic teacher in the Insight and Theravada 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. The Insight lineage in the West runs through teachers like Mahasi Sayadaw, U Ba Khin, Anagarika Munindra, and Dipa Ma into the founders of IMS, Spirit Rock, and the regional centers, and most contemporary Insight teachers position themselves somewhere in that broad family.
What to expect
On a class or retreat with Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. 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.
