In-Person: Mindful Kids Series
with Debbie Nutley
Featuring her children’s book Ruby’s Heart Song
Sunday, April 26th, 2026 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET
Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
New York Insight Meditation Center invites you to our fourth 2026 INSIGHT FAMILY PROGRAM — a series of monthly gatherings for parents, caregivers and children!
We are thrilled to continue the series with an afternoon of storytime and sharing with author Debbie Nutley. Debbie will be reading her children’s book, Ruby’s Heart Song, a story of self-awareness and heartfelt inspiration. After listening to a read aloud of Ruby’s Heart Song, children will have the chance to engage in a mindful art and play while parents gather with Debbie to discuss meeting the joys and challenges of family life with mindfulness. There will be time for sharing and mindful snacks after the two groups come back together.
NYI offers monthly events for families to gather and engage mindfully with different themes, like kindness, courage and peacemaking. Each month’s gathering will feature a mix of storytelling or read-alouds by authors, as well as mindful movement, dialogue, meditation and play. We will begin in one big group for a check in, listen to storytelling, and explore the monthly theme together. Afterwards, children are invited to meet with teachers, work on an art project, experience the joy of community, spaciousness and mindful play.
Parents and caregivers will have the opportunity to meditate together and participate in a dialogue guided by a dharma teacher to explore the joys and challenges of parenting.
View our flyer for dates and details about other sessions in this series:
Mindful Kids Series – January-May 2026
Ruby’s Heart Song
Ruby’s Heart Song is a delightful story about a singing penguin who discovers the melody of her heart. When Ruby sings in front of other penguins, her body feels all jumbly wumbly and her heart beats louder than a drum. But after sharing her heart strings with her best friend Pengwee, Ruby’s unbridled heart delivers a show stopping tune. This beautifully illustrated book contains themes of mindfulness, self-awareness and heartfelt inspiration.
Registration:
The recommended child age range for this program is 4 – 15. One adult per family may attend free. For example, if two adults and two children will be attending from your family, please select 2 Child tickets and 1 Additional Adult ticket.
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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)
Debbie Nutley
Debbie Nutley is an award-winning children’s book author (Pengwee’s Breath and Ruby’s Heart Song) teaching kids mindfulness and social emotional skills. She is co-founder/CEO at Strawberry Moons Media which is an innovative platform for both educational and entertaining content for all ages – blending wisdom traditions and contemporary creative expression. Debbie is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher (Dharma Moon/US Tibet House) and she is trained to teach mindfulness to children (Mindful Schools).
Debbie is also a seasoned business executive and attorney who left a C-suite career to pursue purpose driven and creative endeavors. She is a consultant and volunteer to many social purpose organizations.