In-Person and Online: Transforming Our Disconnection, Anxiety, and Overwhelm

In-Person and Online: Transforming Our Disconnection, Anxiety, and Overwhelm

with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell

Thursday, May 28th, 2026 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET

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

Shakyamuni Buddha taught us to work with suffering. He courageously faced fear with vigor and good spiritual friends. Today, just like 2,600 years ago, the days are marked by separation and conflict.

Many of us feel deeply unsettled. In our bodies and minds, we experience the gap between what we care about and what we actually do. How are we working to transform disconnection, anxiety, and overwhelm?

Over the course of this evening, the Guiding Teachers of the New York Zen Center encourage us to nurture our capacity for intimacy, connection, and clarity—within ourselves and between one another. Senseis Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison will introduce the basics of practice for everyday living.

Participants will also have an opportunity to experience what is nourishing about not turning away from discomfort and reflect on the day to day possibilities of showing up in each moment with presence, wisdom, and compassion.

Note: This program will be recorded. The recording will be sent to all registrants after the program, so please feel free to sign up even if you cannot join in real time.

In-Person Registration:

Please register below to attend in-person. 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.
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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 to attend online 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.