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SUMMARY:In-Person and Online: Day of Insight - A Daylong Meditation Retreat
DESCRIPTION:In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat \nwith Leslie Booker \nSaturday\, November 1st\, 2025 | 10:00am – 4:00pm ET \nIn-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street\, 12th Floor \n \nIt can often feel like we are rushing through our days\, accumulating stress\, missing out on meaningful moments\, and making reactionary decisions. And even though we know that pace isn’t good for us\, it’s still hard to slow down. \nJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. \nThis 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. Individual interviews will be available. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch to maintain the meditative atmosphere and concentration. \nTogether we will pause\, reset\, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. \nIn-Person Registration:\nPlease register below. To maximize participation\, we now offer a pay-what-you-can option for these daylong retreats. The suggested donation amount if you choose this option is $40\, and any additional support you can offer to our center and teachers is greatly appreciated. There will be an opportunity to provide an additional donation at the end of the program. \nIf 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.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.\n \nOnline Registration:\nIf 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.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \n \nVolunteering \nAll 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.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/day-of-insight-11-1-25/
LOCATION:New York Insight Meditation Center\, 115 West 29th Street\, 12th floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Daylong Programs,Daylong Retreats,Open to All
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SUMMARY:In-Person and Online: Honoring the Grieving Heart
DESCRIPTION:In-Person and Online: Honoring the Grieving Heart \nwith Lama Rod Owens \nSunday\, November 9th\, 2025 | 10:00am – 5:00pm ET \nIn-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street\, 12th Floor \n \nWe are living through a period of apocalypse\, a chaotic period of truth telling and unveiling. Many of us are struggling to make sense of the impact we are experiencing in our personal lives\, relationships\, and in our communities. \nTo move through this period\, we must rely on our capacity to grieve\, to touch into the sadness of change and loss and tend to it with compassion. In this compassion\, we can allow our hearts to break and in the breaking be held by the understanding that we are not alone in this grieving. \nOnce we allow ourselves to be in relationship with our grief\, then it can begin to teach us how to move through sorrow and hopelessness into clarity and connectedness. Yet most importantly\, our relationship to grief through compassion opens the space for joy and gratitude. \nJoin Lama Rod for a mid-autumn offering to yourself and your communities as the seasons change and the year comes to a close. Through evoking the sacred lineage of Ma Tara\, the female Buddha of liberatory compassion\, we will explore this liberating relationship with grief through guided ritual and energetic practice in order to open and resource our hearts to keep moving on. \nIn-Person Registration:\nPlease register below. 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.) \nIf 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.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \nBring 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. \n \nOnline Registration:\nPlease register below. 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.) \nIf 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.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \nBring 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. \n \nVolunteering \nAll 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.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/honoring-the-grieving-heart/
LOCATION:New York Insight Meditation Center\, 115 West 29th Street\, 12th floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Daylong Programs,Daylong Retreats,Open to All
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SUMMARY:In-Person and Online: Blessing Our Aliveness - Play\, Rest and Practice in Beloved Community
DESCRIPTION:In-Person and Online: Blessing Our Aliveness – Play\, Rest and Practice in Beloved Community \nwith Kaira Jewel Lingo \nSunday\, November 16th\, 2025 | 10:00am – 5:00pm ET \nIn-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street\, 12th Floor \n \nJoin Buddhist teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo for a daylong retreat about honoring the miracle of being alive. Through mindfulness\, play\, and rest\, we will deepen our connection to ourselves\, each other\, and the present moment.  \nIn our hyper-connected\, fast-paced world\, we can forget how to rest and just be. When we slow down and remember our innate wholeness\, we touch a source of vitality and joy that is always available\, even in the midst of challenge. \nThis retreat invites us into beloved community: a space of compassion\, authenticity\, and shared presence where healing and transformation can take root. Together we will explore what it means to bless our aliveness—not by striving or achieving\, but by softening\, listening\, and allowing space for what is most real to arise.  \nThe day will include guided meditation\, dharma reflections\, group sharing\, and InterPlay—a creative\, embodied practice using movement\, voice\, storytelling and stillness to awaken the wisdom of the body and nourish connection. Come as you are\, and leave refreshed\, inspired\, and more fully alive. There will be an opportunity to purchase signed copies of Kaira Jewel’s two books: We Were Made for These Times: 10 Lessons in Moving through Change\, Loss\, and Disruption and Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors\, Joy\, and Liberation. \nEveryone is welcome\, regardless of experience with meditation or Buddhism.  \nIn-Person Registration:\nPlease register below. 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.) \nIf 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.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \nBring 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. \n \nOnline Registration:\nPlease register below. 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.) \nIf 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.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \nBring 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. \n \nVolunteering \nAll 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.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/blessing-our-aliveness/
LOCATION:New York Insight Meditation Center\, 115 West 29th Street\, 12th floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Daylong Programs,Daylong Retreats,Open to All
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SUMMARY:In-Person: Guided Meditative Hike on Hook Mountain for Inner & Outer Exploration
DESCRIPTION:In-Person: Guided Meditative Hike on Hook Mountain for Inner & Outer Exploration \nwith Lin Wang Gordon \nFriday\, November 28th\, 2025 | 9:45am – 3:00pm \nLocation: Meet at Rockland Lake State Park\, South Entrance\nRoute 9W and Lake Road\, Valley Cottage\, NY\, 10989\nSee below for more information on carpooling and access via public transportation \n \nInspired by movements to get outside on Black Friday\, we invite you to join us in the beautiful Hudson Valley for a guided\, meditative hike—an opportunity to reconnect with both the inner landscape and the natural world. \nThis hike takes the scenic route along the Long Path—into the Rockland Lake State Park and up Hook Mountain. Enjoy expansive vistas from only 1.5 hours outside of the city\, and an extraordinary area designated by the New York Audubon Society as an Important Bird Area. \nMuch of the hike will be observed in silence and we will integrate nature meditation practices throughout the day — allowing our senses to come alive and our sense of separateness to fall away.  Together\, we will cultivate a deeper intimacy with the land—and with our  inner landscape—moving through the day with reverence and presence. \nWe will foster a reciprocal mindset: as the land nourishes us\, we give back through gratitude\, awareness\, and care.  Through this shared exploration\, we will reflect on what it means to see the dharma in wilderness\, and to walk through the world with presence\, connection\, and awe. \nThe hike will be approximately from 10am – 3pm. \nWhen: 9:45am-3pm\, Friday\, November 28\, 2025 \nWhere: Rockland Lake State Park\, South Entrance on Route 9W and Lake Road\, Valley Cottage\, NY\, 10989. (Use “753 Route 9W” for Rockland Roots GPS. The park entrance should be one block ahead). It’s parking field #4. There is a picnic table under a big tree near the toll booth of the parking lot. \nLength and Elevation: Approximately 5.8 miles\, 698 ft elevation – Relatively moderate hike\, but there are sections of ups and downs\, please bring hiking poles and wear proper hiking shoes. \nMeeting Time: We’ll meet at a picnic table right next to the park lot at 9:45am.  Restrooms will be available. \nDrivers: Since not many people have cars in NYC\, if you do have one\, offering rides to your fellow hikers will be deeply appreciated.  We will try to coordinate rides to reduce the transportation cost either from the city or from the Tarrytown train station. \nExpect an $8 parking fee. Arrive by 9:45 a.m. and drive into the Rockland Lake State Park\, South Entrance on Route 9W and Lake Road\, Valley Cottage\, NY (299 Lake Rd. Valley Cottage\, NY\, 10989).  There is another parking lot about a mile further north on Route 9W (parking lot #2).  Please make sure you are at parking lot #4.  South Entrance parking lot is an open space with a lot of picnic tables and a large building complex. \nCarpool: We will coordinate carpooling a few days before the hike. Please register as early as possible and fill out the carpooling survey on the registration confirmation email\,  so we have ample time to coordinate carpooling. Registration is closed on EOD\, Tue. 11/25. \nPublic Transportation: Take the Metro North Hudson Line (~8:15-8:30 am) at Grand Central to Tarrytown Station by ~ 9:15am.  Take a 20-minute cab ride from Tarrytown to Rockland Lake State Park South Entrance on Route 9W and Lake Road\, Valley Cottage\, NY. (299 Lake Rd. Valley Cottage\, NY\, 10989).  We will try to arrange drivers to pick up participants from the train station whenever possible.  On the return trip\, you will take the ~3:57pm train back from Tarrytown to Grand Central.  Exact train schedule to be confirmed when it gets closer since it will run on a holiday schedule. \nThe program fee does not include transportation cost. \nWe aim to start the hike at 10:00 am and will walk to the trailhead together from the parking lot. \nBring:  \n\nHiking poles (please bring them if you have them)\nWear hiking shoes please\nComfortable athletic clothing in layers – (avoid cottons)\nRain gear if needed\nYour lunch and snacks\n1-2 liters of water\nA backpack\nSunscreen\nOrganic tick repellent (optional)\nOrganic bug repellent (optional)\n\nMaximum enrollment: 28 people. Registration will close at the end of Tuesday\, 11/25 to allow time to coordinate carpool. \n  \nRegistration:\nIf 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.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/hike-on-hook-mountain/
LOCATION:Rockland Lake State Park
CATEGORIES:Daylong Programs,Open to All
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