Canceled: Pilgrimage in the City – A Contemplative Walk Through Lower Manhattan
with Lin Wang Gordon and Felicia Dickerson
Sunday, April 19th, 2026 | 12:45pm – 4:45pm
This program has been canceled.
Throughout history, pilgrimages have the power to deepen faith, offer spiritual renewal, and foster personal growth by journeying to sacred places for devotion, penance, and healing, providing opportunities for reflection, and connecting individuals to history and community.
Join Lin Wang Gordon and Felicia Dickerson for a meditative walk through Lower Manhattan. Together, moving at a contemplative pace, we will visit sites of historical and cultural significance, including the African Burial Ground National Monument, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the 9/11 Memorial.
As we visit these spaces, we will reflect on our ancestors, shared history, and explore what American history means to us—personally and collectively. Much of the walk will be held in silence, with periods of meditation at various sites, followed by gentle inquiry and discussion.
This program has been canceled.
Teacher(s)
Lin Wang Gordon
Lin has dedicated over a decade to studying insight meditation (Vipassana) and has recently deepened her practice through the Tibetan Dzogchen traditions. Through her meditation journey, she discovers the transformative power of Buddhist philosophy and practices to help live a life of flow, joy, wonder, and resilience.
She graduated from Mark Coleman’s Awake in the Wild Nature Meditation Teacher Training in 2017 and is currently enrolled in the Community Dharma Leaders Program (CDL7) at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Lin has led nature meditation and ecodharma programs, and through New York Insight Meditation Center, co-founded the Sacred Earth Sangha, Midlife Sangha, and Asian Diaspora Sangha. She hopes to guide others in meditation to foster inner transformation and cultivate a deeper sense of purpose and belonging in everyday life.
Lin served on the Board of the New York Insight Meditation Center and the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. linwanggordon.com
Felicia Dickerson
Felicia Dickerson came to meditation through Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction courses at UCLA’s Mindfulness Awareness Research Center in 2011. Since then she has deepened her practice in sangha with Against the Stream, in retreat at Insight Meditation Society, and through courses at NY Insight, the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and Spirit Rock.
She continues to show up to hold space, build community, and support New York Insight as a Practice Leader with the Harlem and BIPOC, and Midlife sanghas. With the kind support and guidance of NYI mentors, she is currently enrolled in Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders training program in 2025-2026.