Events for April 2019

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Brightening the Mind

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

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SOS – Sitting on Sunday

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

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Monthly Community Potluck

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Neuroplasticity: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation

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Faith: A Buddhist Perspective

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Loving Kindness Meditation

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CLIMATE CRISIS: What can we do together? An NYI Community Meeting

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Brightening the Mind

with Peter Doobinin

Sunday March 31st, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

We brighten the mind by cultivating the heart quality of appreciative joy. In this daylong retreat, we'll learn to develop appreciative joy in meditation and in daily life.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Booker Leslie and Gary Singer

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Orientation: Thursday, April 4th, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Course: Thursdays, April 11th – June 6th, 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.

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SOS – Sitting on Sunday

with Jon Aaron

Sunday, April 7th, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Angela Dews

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, April 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.

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Neuroplasticity: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation

with Dr. Paul Epstein

Sunday, April 14th, 2019 from 10am-4pm

Mindful awareness brings the choice of relating to experience with wisdom and compassion where practitioners train the mind and thus change the brain. Join us for this Daylong Program with Dr. Paul Epstein who will share recent scientific finding that prove that meditation and mindfulness can actually change the brain.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Postponed: The Island of Sangha

with Angela Dews and nakawe cuebas

Sunday, April 21st, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this program has been postponed and will be re-scheduled at a future date.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Faith: A Buddhist Perspective

with Sharon Salzberg and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

Friday, April 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this weekend program, we will explore a different sense of faith. We will discuss how it can connect us to a deeper place of strength within us and to a bigger picture of life. This type of faith increases confidence, openness, and our ability to recognize something outside of our immediate circumstances as describing who we are.

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Faith: A Buddhist Perspective

with Sharon Salzberg and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

Friday, April 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this weekend program, we will explore a different sense of faith. We will discuss how it can connect us to a deeper place of strength within us and to a bigger picture of life. This type of faith increases confidence, openness, and our ability to recognize something outside of our immediate circumstances as describing who we are.

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Loving Kindness Meditation

with Gary Singer

Sunday, April 28th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Join us for this daylong retreat where we will cultivate our natural capacity for an open and loving heart towards ourselves and all other beings.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Booker Leslie and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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CLIMATE CRISIS: What can we do together? An NYI Community Meeting

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Please join NYI president Tom Carling, teacher Sebene Selassie, and Extinction Rebellion leader Bill Beckler, for an evening of meditation, presentations, and discussion as we explore your ideas and consider how NYI can best support our individual and collective practices in the midst of this new reality.

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