In-Person and Online: Equanimity Now?!?! An Insight OUT Refuge – LGBTQI Sangha Event
with Jay Michaelson
Monday, July 22nd, 2024 | 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, on the 12th Floor
Come join us for meditation and discussion to meet and socialize with other LGBTQI practitioners at NYI.
Our community is open to students of all Buddhist traditions, as well as those who are in the beginning stages of exploring their meditation practice and have an interest in the Dharma. All those who identify as LGBTQI are welcome.
We gather to form a multicultural community in which we can support each other in our practice with a commitment toward social change.
RSVP is not required for online attendance.
Join us online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89935101990?pwd=NHNEYXh6ZmttK3RGbjF5a21tcEZidz09
Meeting ID: 899 3510 1990
Passcode: 123
Dial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbAkW4rpL2
Space for in-person attendance is limited. Please reserve your in-person seat below.
- Please arrive 15-20 minutes early to ensure an orderly check-in.
- Walk-Ins will be admitted if space is available on a first-come basis at the start of the gathering.
If you are having trouble completing your RSVP or donation, please CLICK HERE to open it in a new browser. All proceeds will support this sangha’s teacher(s) and other NYI teacher support. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance.
Fee by donation: Suggested starting donation is $15 but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds.
Note: for the health and safety of our staff, teachers, and community, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell. Please let us know so those on the waiting list will be able to attend.
Teacher(s)
Jay Michaelson
In the dharma world, Jay is authorized to teach in the Theravadan Buddhist lineage of Ayya Khema, and was a teacher and editor at Ten Percent Happier for five years. He has held leadership roles at the New York Insight Meditation Center and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and has sat many long retreats in the US and Nepal.
Outside the dharma world, Jay is a journalist, a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School, a field scholar at the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality, a nondenominational rabbi, and the author of ten books. He worked as an LGBTQ activist for ten years.