In-Person and Online: Awake Where You Are – A Life of Embodied Liberation (Weekend Retreat)
with Martin Aylward
Saturday and Sunday, September 13th-14th, 2025 | 10:00am – 5:00pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
This fall, join teacher Martin Aylward for a rare weekend retreat of teachings, practices, and reflection.
Our lives are not only fleeting, but they are also filled with challenges—personal, political, ecological, and beyond. The weight of drama, struggle, and fear, the relentless news cycle, and the friction of daily life can feel overwhelming.
Yet, amidst it all, the Buddha’s teachings promise both love and liberation, clarity, peace, and unshakable confidence.
So how is Buddha’s promise of a liberated life deeply relevant—and truly accessible—in the heart of midtown Manhattan?
Join beloved meditation teacher Martin Aylward as he returns to New York Insight for a special in-person and online weekend exploring the Buddha’s path of awakening.
Together we’ll discuss how meditation practice can bring balance into our lives and help us develop a clear inner compass. Through practice and conversation, we’ll learn how to orient ourselves to what truly fulfills us.
In-Person Registration:
Please register below. 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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Online Registration:
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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)
Martin Aylward
Martin Aylward has been meditating for 35 years and teaching Dharma since 1999. He took a one-way flight to India aged 19 and spent most of the next 4 years in Asian monasteries, retreat centres and Ashrams. Martin practiced with Ajahn Buddhadasa in Thailand and sat annual month-long retreats for 10 years in Bodh Gaya with Christopher Titmuss. He spent 2 years living with Indian Sadhus and Himalayan hermits and 13 years as a student of AH Almaas’ Diamond Approach.
Martin is guiding and founding teacher of Sangha.Live and Moulin de Chaves, a retreat centre in South West France where he has lived and taught for the last 20 years, and where his children grew up. He is co-founder with Mark Coleman of the Mindfulness Training Institute, training Mindfulness teachers in Europe and the US, with 300 graduates from 30 countries worldwide, and author of Awake Where You Are (2021). Find out more at MartinAylward.com.