In-Person and Online: Rubin Museum Mindfulness Meditation – A Special Panel Event
with Lama Aria Drolma, Rebecca Li, and Tracy Cochran
Thursday, December 18th, 2025 | 1:00pm – 1:45pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
You are warmly invited to join the final in person session of Mindfulness Meditation at New York Insight. Going forward, this meditation session hosted and curated by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art will continue to be available as a podcast with new sessions airing weekly.
This session will feature three of our longstanding Mindfulness Meditation teachers, Lama Aria Drolma, Rebecca Li, and Tracy Cochran, in conversation. At the conclusion of the discussion, each teacher will share a brief meditation practice from their own respective tradition with a focus on this month’s theme of Wisdom.
For centuries Himalayan practitioners have used meditation to quiet the mind, open the heart, calm the nervous system, and increase focus. Mindfulness Meditation is a refuge from the world around us, as well as an opportunity to engage with it more consciously.
Inspired by works of art from the Rubin’s collection and guided by expert teachers, each session is framed around a monthly theme. The sessions are open to beginners and skilled meditators alike and include an opening talk, a 20-minute meditation session, and a closing discussion.
Looking for more Mindfulness Meditation? Listen to the Mindfulness Meditation podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Registration:
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Teacher(s)
Lama Aria Drolma
Lama Aria Drolma is an ordained Buddhist teacher in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and has completed over a decade of monastic study and meditation training. She is a graduate of the traditional Tibetan Buddhist retreat program spanning three years and three months, an advanced cloistered meditation training program affiliated with Palpung Sherabling monasteries.
Lama Aria Drolma teaches worldwide, leading retreats, workshops, and corporate meditation programs, and is a popular guest speaker at universities and organizations. She emphasizes Vajrayana Buddhism and Buddhist principles, making them relevant in our everyday lives, helping us to cultivate loving kindness and compassion, and bringing about a transformation of contentment and a genuine sense of well-being.
Rebecca Li
Dr. Rebecca Li, a dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen, is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community. She teaches meditation and dharma classes, gives public lectures, and leads retreats in North America and Europe. Li is the author of Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times, and her latest book, titled Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method, was published by Shambhala Publications in October of 2023. She is a sociology professor and lives with her husband in New Jersey. Her talks and writings can be found at www.rebeccali.org.
Tracy Cochran
Tracy Cochran has taught meditation and spiritual practice for many years. She is a speaker and author whose most recent book is Presence: The Art of Being At Home in Yourself (Shambhala, 2024). Tracy is the founder and guiding teacher of the Hudson River Sangha and has taught mindfulness and mindful writing at New York Insight, the Rubin Museum, and many other venues. Tracy has served as the editorial director of the acclaimed spiritual quarterly Parabola, and her writings have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Psychology Today, The Best Spiritual Writing series, Parabola, many other publications and anthologies. For more about Tracy, please visit tracycochran.org and parabola.org.