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June 2019
Monthly Community Potluck
Friday, June 21st, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.
Mindful Writing Workshop
with Tracy Cochran
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 4:00pmJoin us as we combine mindfulness meditation with short writing exercises geared toward personal reflection, discovering our ways of being heroic, including relaxing and letting go. Find out more
Aging As a Spiritual Practice Daylong Retreat
with Rosemary Blake, Amy Selzer, and Nancy Glimm
Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pmJoin us for a day exploring aging as a spiritual practice through direct meditation practice, Dharma offerings from the three teachers, open discussions as well as dyad and triad work among participants. Find out more
Still, in the City: A Circle of Friends Member Event
Monday, June 24th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Please join us for a special evening free to members and those signing up to be members. Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos, is a collection of stories and essays about taking practice off the cushion and into our days, our homes, offices, the park, the streets. This is the fierce practice of Urban Buddhism which makes the practice of Buddhism real.
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues. Find out more
The Way of Effortless Mindfulness Book Talk
with Loch Kelly
Friday, June 28th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pmIn this evening discussion and book talk for his new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness, Loch Kelly teaches how you can “unhook” awareness from chattering thoughts, and access a peaceful mind and a naturally embodied wakefulness. Find out more
The Way of Effortless Mindfulness Daylong Retreat
with Loch Kelly
Saturday, June 29th, 2019 from 10:00am – 5:00pmIn this daylong retreat we will learn to intentionally shift into awake awareness, which is already calm, intelligent, and able to effortlessly focus. Effortless mindfulness helps us shift from a self-centered identity to an empty, yet open-hearted, way of seeing and being. Find out more
Beginner’s Workshop
with Lani Miller
Sunday, June 30th, 2019 from 10:00am-1:00pmThis comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life. Find out more
July 2019
Launch of the Sacred Earth Sangha
with Sebene Selassie, Lin Gordon, Jon Aaron
Monday, July 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pmNYI is relaunching the Eco Sangha with monthly evening gatherings co-led by NYI teachers, Sebene Selassie, Lin Gordon, and Jon Aaron. We invite all of our Dharma friends to come together as a community and create a this new sangha around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of this global emergency. Find out more
Insight Meditation 101: Six-Week Beginners’ Course
with Jon Aaron
Wednesdays, July 10th - August 14th, 2019 from 10:00am - 12:00pmThis course provides fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life. Find out more
Monthly Community Potluck
Friday, July 12th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.
Summer Meditative Hike to Hook Mountain
with Lin Gordon
Saturday, July 13th 2019 from 8:15am - 3:00pmEnjoy a summer day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike. Find out more
Cultivating the Five Spiritual Powers – A POC Daylong
with nakawe cuebas and Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Sunday, July 14th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmIn this daylong program for People of Color (POC) we will be exploring how the Buddha's Five Spiritual Faculties can be used to work with the Five Mental Hindrances in our everyday world. We will reflect as a POC group on how to free ourselves from these Hindrances and how to empower ourselves with the Five Spiritual Faculties. Find out more
Obstacles to Practice: Exploring the Five Hindrances
with Elaine Retholtz
July 15th - August 12th, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30amAs we practice meditation, we often experience a range of difficult emotions or mental obstacles. This course will offer an opportunity to explore how to practice with and understand these energies in our formal meditation practice as well as in our daily lives so that they can be skillfully abandoned. Find out more
Event Volunteer Training
Friday, July 19th, 2019 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The center needs you to help prepare the space and welcome participants. As a volunteer, you’ll learn more about New York Insight and become an active member of the Sangha.
Day of Mindfulness Meditation
with Rosemary Blake and Angela Dews
Saturday, July 20th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available. Find out more
Hungry Ghosts & Angry Demons: Addressing the Roots of Addictive Behaviors
with Josh Korda & Kathy Cherry
Sunday, July 21st, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pmIn this daylong event we'll discuss the mental processes and early relational wounds underlying maladaptive, compulsive tendencies that are difficult to alleviate. Find out more
Mindfulness of Thinking
with Peter Doobinin
Saturday, July 27th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pmIn this daylong retreat, we'll explore how we can use the practices of mindfulness of mind in our meditation practice and in our lives in in order to find a greater happiness. Find out more
When Thoughts Scream: Transforming Inner Critics and Intrusive Mindstates
with Ralph De La Rosa, LCSW
Sunday, July 28th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pmDrawing from Tibetan Buddhism, neuroscience, the “parts work” of Internal Family Systems, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, and evolutionary psychology, this daylong retreat will give you a three-step method for engaging and healing from our counter productive inner voices. Find out more
August 2019
Day of Mindfulness Meditation
with Rosemary Blake and Nancy Glimm
Saturday, August 11th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available. Find out more
September 2019
The Power of Forgiveness
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, September 9th-23rd, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30amJoin us for a 3-week course examining forgiveness and how it can allow us to come more fully into our hearts and be a catalyst that transforms bitterness, anger, and grief into compassion and lovingkindness. Find out more
MBSR Teacher Training: Level 1
with Jon Aaron
Opening Session: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 from 9:30am-1:00pmThis in-depth learning environment immerses students in the foundations, approach, methodology, and clinical applications of MBSR as it exemplifies current MBSR standards of practice. The eight week professional seminar—with additional opening and closing sessions —provides in-depth training and exploration of the foundational underpinnings and pedagogy of the MBSR program with an experiential grounding. Find out more
MBSR Teacher Training: Level 1
with Elaine Rethotlz
Opening Session: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 from 10:00am-1:30pmThis in-depth learning environment immerses students in the foundations, approach, methodology, and clinical applications of MBSR as it exemplifies current MBSR standards of practice. The eight week professional seminar—with additional opening and closing sessions —provides in-depth training and exploration of the foundational underpinnings and pedagogy of the MBSR program with an experiential grounding. Find out more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
Orientation: Thursday, Sept 19th, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pmCourse: Thursdays, October 3rd - November 21st, 2019 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment. Find out more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Orientation: Thursday, Sept 20th, 2019 from 9:30am -12:00pmCourse: Fridays, October 4th - November 22nd, 2019 from 9:30am - 12:00pm
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment. Find out more