In-Person and Online: New York Insight Fall Benefit
with Dan Harris and Leslie Booker
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET
Location: The Center, 208 West 13th Street, 3rd Floor and online via Zoom
Join us for a captivating evening with Dan Harris, author of the best-selling book 10% Happier, and New York Insight’s Guiding Teacher, Leslie Booker.
During their conversation, they will offer practical advice and heartfelt teachings to help attendees navigate life’s challenges with grace and wisdom. Whether you’re a seasoned meditator or just beginning your journey, this event offers a unique opportunity to gain inspiration and deepen your understanding.
This event is also a benefit celebrating an inspiring new chapter for New York Insight. It is in this spirit, that we’ll have exciting news to share.
Thanks to the support of our community, New York Insight persevered through the pandemic and all the challenges that came in its wake. Now, with new leadership and new energy in the sangha, we are focused on deepening our commitment to our community.
We hope you will join us in person (limited to 150 attendees) or live-streamed online to celebrate, learn, and dream together!
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Teacher(s)
Leslie Booker
Leslie Booker is a Guiding Teacher at New York Insight. She brings her heart and wisdom to the intersection of Dharma, Embodied Wisdom, and Liberation. Using this framework, she supports folks in creating a culture of belonging through her teaching and writing on changing the paradigm of self and community care.
After training as a yoga teacher in 2007, Booker was drawn to Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Mindful Yoga and Meditation training which she completed in 2012. Supported by her teacher Gina Sharpe, she continued her formal teacher training at Spirit Rock through their Community Dharma Leaders Training, graduating in 2017, and their Retreat Teacher training program which she completed in 2020. Throughout these years, she worked as the Director of Teacher Trainings for Lineage Project, where she shared the practices of yoga and mindfulness with incarcerated and system-involved youth for over a decade. She also worked with the youth population on Rikers Island through the LionHeart Foundation and at the National Institute of Health for two years.
Booker has spoken at venues including the Mind & Life Institute’s International Symposium, Contemplative Minds in Higher Education, the Fetzer Institute, and Vassar Colleges. She is a co-author of ‘Best Practices for Yoga in a Criminal Justice Setting’, and a contributor to Sharon Salzberg’s book ‘Happiness at Work’ and Dr. Rima Vesely–Flad’s book ‘Black Buddhist and the Black Radical Tradition’. Her writing and other work can also be found in Lion’s Roar, Tricycle Magazine, Yoga Journal and Ten Percent Happier. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her partner and pup.
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Dan Harris
Dan Harris is an author, podcaster, and entrepreneur. For 21 years, he worked as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, hosting such shows as Nightline and the Weekend editions of Good Morning America. Dan has reported from all over the planet, covering wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and producing investigative reports in Haiti, Cambodia, and the Amazon. After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan discovered meditation and then wrote the best-selling book “10% Happier” as a way to encourage fellow skeptics to give the practice a shot. After that first book, Dan launched the Ten Percent Happier app, wrote a second book, and started a podcast where he interviews celebrities, entrepreneurs, authors, scientists, and meditation teachers about how to do life better.