Jack Kornfield &
Trudy Goodman, USA
Residency Dates:
May 4-14, 2026
“In the end, just three things matter: how well we have lived, how well we have loved, and how well we have learned to let go." - Jack
“Attention is the most basic form of love." - Trudy
Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman are pioneering Buddhist teachers and psychologists whose work has helped make mindfulness, compassion, and contemplative practice accessible to contemporary life. Kornfield is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the bestselling author of A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. Goodman is the founder of InsightLA and is known for bringing warmth, clarity, and humor to the meeting point of meditation, psychology, education, and social engagement.
During their residency at Résidence Tallard, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman devoted time to their respective writing projects and shared more than five decades of teaching through an intimate salon. Together, they led a Dharma talk and guided meditation exploring presence, compassion, healing, and the possibility of inner freedom.