In-Person and Online: Meeting the Parts That Disturb Our Peace – A Mindfulness-Based IFS Writing Workshop
with Tracy Cochran and Beej Christie Karpen
Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
Did you ever wonder why meditative states don’t last? How moments of spacious awareness can so quickly give way to painful, constricted states?
These states are often driven by our inner children—the hurt, wounded ones and the slightly older ones trying their best to defend them.
This unique half-day workshop weaves together guided mindfulness meditation, reflective writing, and gentle inquiry. Through the transformative framework of IFS (Internal Family Systems), participants are invited to cultivate a compassionate relationship with their inner world.
Our inner parts will be welcomed and gently investigated—allowing a deeper wisdom and awareness to emerge. In IFS this wise, embodied Presence is called Self. In Buddhism this same spacious state is called No Self—in both it is an attention that heals us into wholeness.
This workshop is suitable for both experienced meditators and newcomers, offering practical tools for daily life, creative expression, and compassionate self-understanding.
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)
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.
Beej Christie Karpen
Beej Christie Karpen is an NYU Certified Coach with certifications in Level 3 IFS and Somatic Experiencing. A Qualified MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) teacher, Beej’s Buddhist background is in Zen and Shambhala. She trained as a meditation teacher in 2015 with Ethan Nichtern at the Interdependence Project. Beej works with individuals and couples and runs Mindful Drinking 101, a 6-session Group Coaching Workshop which she created in 2020. Beej also offers a free-or-by-donation meditation class on Tuesdays from 8:30-9 am Eastern. For more, please visit www.insightoutnyc.com
Fun fact: Beej is also a professional oboe player.