In-Person and Online: Am I Supposed To Be OK With This? Practice at the Cutting Edge
with Paul Fulton
Sunday, March 29th, 2026 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
When we give ourselves wholly to practice, we find we are standing at the edge; the edge between what we can accept and what we cannot; the edge between what we understand and what we do not; the edge of clinging and letting go. Even as our practice matures and those edges move to embrace more, a vital meditation practice always locates us at these cutting edges.
Over the course of this interactive half-day retreat, together we’ll inquire about these (and other) edges with reference to your own active, living challenges.
We will explore the balance between leaning into difficulty vs. seeking safety; restraint from ingesting a world of toxic news vs. opening up and bearing witness; practicing in a manner that supports openheartedness without losing our shit; equanimity and acceptance vs. indifference and numbing; and, your own cutting edge.
In-Person Registration:
Please register below for in-person participation. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
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Bring a Buddy: If you are a member of our Circle of Friends, you’re invited to bring a Dharma buddy to this program for no additional cost. Simply select “1” from the drop-down next to the Bring a Buddy level, and enter your special discount code (provided in your Circle of Friends welcome email) to reduce the price to that of a single, standard registration. This registration will grant attendance for you and your buddy.
Online (Zoom) Registration:
Please register below for online participation via Zoom. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
If you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.
CLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.
Bring a Buddy: If you are a member of our Circle of Friends, you’re invited to bring a Dharma buddy to this program for no additional cost. Simply select “1” from the drop-down next to the Bring a Buddy level, and enter your special discount code (provided in your Circle of Friends welcome email) to reduce the price to that of a single, standard registration. This registration will grant attendance for you and your buddy.
Volunteering
All of our programs rely on volunteers to support our teachers and staff with various tasks and responsibilities. Volunteering allows you to participate in our programs at no cost. To inquire about volunteering opportunities, please fill out our inquiry form, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Teacher(s)
Paul Fulton
Paul R. Fulton, EdD, is a clinical psychologist, founding member and former president of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, and until recently, a board member of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Dr. Fulton is a lecturer, part time, in psychology at Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Health Alliance, and is Director for the Institute’s year-long Certificate Program in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy, a cornerstone of Cambridge Health Alliance’s Center for Mindfulness & Compassion’s training fellowship. He has lectured internationally on the integration of mindfulness and psychotherapy. He is co-editor and co-author of Mindfulness & Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition (Guilford), and numberous published papers and book chapters. Paul has been a student of psychology and meditation for 53 years, having received lay ordination in Zen Buddhism at age 19. He holds a doctorate in comparative developmental psychology from Harvard’s Laboratory for Human Development.