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August 2020
Online: Trauma Informed Mindfulness
with Jenny Hannah
Sunday, August 16th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ETJoin psychotherapist and meditation teacher Jenny Hannah for an online workshop for meditation instructors, counselors, and therapists exploring a foundational understanding of types of trauma, how to respond skillfully and prevent retraumatization, and examine assumptions surrounding mindfulness meditation. Find out more
Online: Nothing Stands Alone – A Four Part Course Exploring the Heart Sutra
with Scott Tusa
Mondays, August 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIn this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online: Belonging and Change
with Sebene Selassie and Sharon Salzberg
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin Sebene Selassie and Sharon Salzberg as they come together for an online discussion on the themes of each of their forthcoming books, "You Belong" and "Real Change". Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart Van Melik
Friday, August 21st, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application. Find out more
Online: The Wisdom of Prajnaparamita – A Half-Day Retreat Exploring The Essence of the Heart Sutra
with Scott Tusa
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETIn this half-day online retreat we will explore the wisdom teachings of the bodhisattva Prajnaparamita as found in the Heart Sutra. Find out more
Online: Nature Meditation – Cultivating Wisdom and Resilience Through Nature-Based Mindfulness Practice
with Lin Gordon
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 from 9:30am - 4:45pm ETAs we go through an intense year of pandemic and social transformation, how do we access our inner resources regardless of external circumstances? Through this day online and outdoors, you’ll be guided through nature meditation practices that connect to your senses and explore your internal and external experiences intimately. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart Van Melik
Thursday, August 27th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application. Find out more
Online: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak Outs
with Ralph De La Rosa
Friday, August 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin author, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist Ralph De La Rosa for a celebration of his timely new book, Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage Feels and Freak Outs. Find out more
Online: Resilience Club – Bringing Compassion to Our Anger and Overwhelm
with Ralph De La Rosa
Saturday, August 29th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETOur nervous systems have never been so raw. The loss, the upheaval, the uncertainty, the hope, the fear – it’s never been more real. For meditators committed to keeping our eyes and our hearts wide open through all of this, it can be particularly challenging. This half-day workshop will offer practices for meeting the complexities of our situation directly. Through meditations, breathwork, lively talks, and group discussion, this workshop will offer sustenance and insight that is free of platitudes and spiritual bypassing. Find out more
Online: The Joy of Letting Go – Finding Freedom from Habitual Patterns
with Robin Boudette, PhD
Sunday, August 30th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETIn the chaos of our everyday lives, we often run on auto-pilot finding ourselves caught in unhealthy habit patterns. Fortunately, mindfulness provides practices and skills that can help us change unhealthy habits and live in greater harmony with life. Find out more
September 2020
Online: Dispelling Delusion
with Ayya Soma
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin Buddhist monk Ayya Soma for an online talk about the ways we can ensure our practice of the Dhamma is geared towards undoing ignorance. After a guided meditation and talk, we will leave space for Q&A and discussion. Find out more
Online: Liberation Teachings of Embodied Wisdom and Compassion Through Presence and Somatic Listening
with Peace Twesigye and Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
Thursdays, September 3rd, 2020 - March 11th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ETJoin us for a weekly BIPOC guided practice and inquiry group to delve deeply into the dynamic book, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem. The author is a Black trauma therapist, and offers embodied practices to explore the somatic experience while looking at racialized trauma in the United States. Find out more
Online: Insight Meditation 101: Six-Week Beginners’ Course
with Lani Miller
Wednesdays, September 9th - October 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETThis course will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life. The course is appropriate for beginners as well as experienced meditators who wish to maintain their “beginner’s mind.” Find out more
Online: Creating a Life of Integrity – Our Path to Joy
with Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark
Saturday, September 12th, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:15pm ETJoin Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark for a free online program sponsored by New York Insight and Tricycle Magazine on living with integrity and finding our compass In a world turned upside down. Find out more
Online: The Dharma of Deep Time
with Deborah Eden Tull
Sunday, September 13th, 2020 from 3:00pm - 6:00pm, ETThe myth of "not enough time" is one of the most pervasive stories of today’s world, but in this age of global uncertainty, we have a rare opportunity to improve our relationship with time. This online retreat is inspired by the Zen teaching of Uji or “being time.” Resting in present moment awareness, we reconnect with “all time being” and “all being’s time.” We will also apply our practice to the systemic distortions that influence our relationship with time, including domination over nature, patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism. Join us for a restorative, experiential online retreat. Find out more
NYI Sacred Earth Sangha Presents: An Online Evening with Environmentalist Charles Eisenstein
Monday, September 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for an online evening with one of the most important voices on climate today, renowned author and environmentalist, Charles Eisenstein.
Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
Orientation: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET Course: Thursdays, October 1st - November 19th, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ETMBSR 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
Contemplating Death to Liberate Your Life
with Marin Aylward
Sunday, September 20th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETDharma practice shows us how to lean into the stark truth of death and impermanence- meeting and embracing our dying nature so as to live more fully and freely. Join us for this online day of potent practices and liberating teachings for living fully and dying freely. Find out more
Online: Creating A Life of Integrity – A Ten Month Course on the Paramis and Our Path to Joy
with Gail Stark
Thursdays, September 24th, 2020 - June 24th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this year long course explore how you might live with more integrity--and subsequently more joy--as you follow lively teachings and conversations between Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark from Stark's new book, Creating a Life of Integrity. Find out more
Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Orientation: Friday, September 25th, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ETCourse: Fridays, October 2nd - November 20th, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
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
Online Community Potluck
Friday, September 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
Finding Peace Through Release: An Online Urban Retreat
with Bart van Melik
Saturday, September 26th, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pmOn this daylong retreat we’ll explore the nature of clinging and how we can train ourselves in letting go. All are welcome. Find out more
Fall Foliage Meditative Hike
with Lin Gordon
Sunday, September 27th, 2020 from 8:15am - 3:00pm, ETEnjoy a fall day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley. Take a walk into the woods to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike. Find out more
October 2020
Emotional Resilience for Politically Charged Times: A Weekend Retreat at NYI
with Ralph De La Rosa
Saturday, October 24th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday October 25th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for this upcoming retreat at NYI. The details of the retreat will be updated to this description as soon as they become available. Find out more
November 2020
December 2020
Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart: An Urban Retreat at NYI
with Narayan Liebenson
Saturday, December 12th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, December 13th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
In this weekend retreat we will turn our attention to the Buddha's Brahmaviharas or the Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart; loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. There are specific instructions and practices for cultivating each of the four Brahmaviharas, and over the course of the weekend we will practice with each one. Find out more