In-Person and Online: The Path to Freedom from Habitual Worry, Reactivity, and Obsession

In-Person and Online: The Path to Freedom from Habitual Worry, Reactivity, and Obsession

with Elaine Retholtz

Mondays, October 20th – December 8th, 2025 | 9:30am – 11:30am ET

In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor

In the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha pointed to the Eightfold Path as one way out of dukkha, (often translated as unsatisfactoriness, vulnerability, or suffering) leading to complete freedom (nibbana). What is this path?

The Eightfold Path is often viewed as a kind of prescription or instruction manual: if I do this, or if I behave this way, I will suffer less. But as we look closer, we begin to see this teaching as not just a way out of feeling bad, but a profoundly ethical framework that unlocks a life of non-harming, connection, access to joy, and contentment. It is a path that touches every aspect of our lives and relationships.

This path can help us get free from our habitual emotional reactions and cultivate a more wholesome, engaged approach to life.

In this eight-week program, we will explore how the Eightfold Path can be a source of groundedness, clarity, and direction that is available at all times. Together we’ll examine all 8 limbs of the path: Right or appropriate View, Intention, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness, and Collectedness.

Join New York Insight teacher Elaine Retholtz to learn what it means to practice these ancient teachings in the modern world.

This program is open to all—no prior study or experience required.

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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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 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.)

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.