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Online: Imagination, Intention, and a Dash of Desire
with Jill Satterfield
Saturday, September 24th, 2022 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ET With intention and the imagination to envision, along with a dash of desire to be more expansive, joyful, and at ease, we can swim against the stream and move towards choices that help us liberate our hearts. Find out more
Postponed: Seeing in the Dark – The Role of the Dreamer in Collective Awakening
with Deborah Eden Tull
Postponed due to storm Ian The day will include meditation and dharma talks and Q&A, experiential practices, and relational mindfulness to help us explore, in a down-to-earth, embodied way, the role of the dreamer in personal and collective awakening. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Yom Kippur – A Day of Silence and Reflection
with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 from 10:00am – 7:00pm ETYom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a day when, as a community, Jews are asked to reflect on their actions of the past year and to ask for atonement for any actions that were unskillful. In support of this day, NYI hosts an In-Person and Online day of silence and reflection. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, October 29th, 2022 from 9:30am – 5:00pm ET Practicing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
Online: Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity and Emotional Resilience
with Dr. Paul Epstein, ND
Saturday, October 29th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET Training in mindful awareness brings the choice of relating to our experience with wisdom and compassion which changes the brain creating new neural pathways.Join us to learn how to move beyond surviving life’s challenges to actively participating in our own deep healing while building resilience for a brighter present and future. Find out more
Online: Aging as a Spiritual Practice
with Amy Selzer & Nancy Glimm
Sundays, October 30th - November 20th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET This four- week course will be about upending our fixed ideas about aging. Together we will share our cultural beliefs toward aging and challenge them with the tools of meditation and the Buddha’s teachings. Find out more
Online: Being Boundaried and Beyond
with sadada jackson
Saturday, November 19th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET During this half-day offering, we will explore boundaries, why they are important to our individual and collective healing, and how to practice skillfully beyond boundaries. We will engage in a wide range of wisdom teachings and dharma, to deepen our understanding of our boundaries and the practices of our boundaries. Find out more
Online: Meditation as an Act of Healing – Working with Fear and Anxiety Practicum
with Joseph Mauricio
Saturday, February 4th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETJoin us for a half-day practical workshop of instruction, discussion, and inspiration where we will discuss the 4 R’s of mindful awareness: Recognition, Release, Return and Relax. Find out more
Online: Metta Meditation Daylong – Aligning with the Highest Frequency
with Melissa McKay
Saturday, February 11th, 2023 from 11:00am - 4:00pm ETMetta is considered to be one of the highest mind states that we can experience. In meditation we develop this ever beneficial habit of mind. And when we do, our ego dissolves and we are aligned with the highest kind of energy there is. Join us for this special daylong workshop exploring these practices and realizing their benefits. Find out more
Online: There Is More to Death Than Dying
with Amy Selzer, Jon Aaron & Nancy Glimm
Sunday, March 5th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis daylong retreat will focus on two qualities described by the Buddha. Hiri, conscience or postive shame, and Ottappa, concern for the results of our actions. Looking at these two qualities, we will observe our personal sense of integrity, and our understanding of what is wholesome and unwholesome. Find out more
Online: Relaxing Into Awareness – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Lani Miller
Sunday, March 19th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:30pm ETThis day will be an ideal opportunity for meditators who wish to explore participating in a retreat for the first time. In this supportive environment, we will have the opportunity to experience the benefits of spending extended time in meditation practice by tuning into our own direct moment-to-moment experience. As an important part of this we will explore the balance between relaxing into our practice while still bringing a kind and dedicated effort to it. Find out more
Online: Embracing Change, Loss, and Grief
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, March 25th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETIf you’ve encountered a significant change—the death of someone you love, divorce or separation, loss of livelihood—you might feel devastated, angry, or just lost. Join Kimberly Brown, meditation teacher and author for this experiential workshop to learn practices and teachings to meet your grief and difficult emotions with patience, tenderness, and clarity. Find out more
Online: Vipassana Meditation Daylong – Understanding the Mind
with Melissa McKay
Saturday, April 29th, 2023 from 11:00am - 4:00pm ETThere is no scientific tool to observe the mind. The only way to do it is in the first person – and Vipassana (Insight) meditation is a powerful instrument we can use to understand the mind. Join meditation teacher Melissa McKay for this day of Vipassana meditation practice. Together we will develop mindfulness and concentration to explore our minds to understand them and ourselves more deeply. Find out more
Postponed: Creativity and Meditation Retreat
with Lani Miller
PostponedIn this daylong retreat, we will explore the relationship between meditation and creativity through meditation practice, experiential creative processes, short talks by the teacher, and group sharing. Find out more
Online: Cultivating Qualities of Emotional Resilience
with Paul Epstein
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETJoin us for a workshop on how to move beyond surviving life’s challenges to actively participating in our own deep healing while building resilience for a brighter future, transforming stress, pain, and illness into a journey of self healing and awakening. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Cultivating Joy in the Refuge of Uncertainty
with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, September 21st - November 16th, 2023 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ETJoin us for a new in-person and online course with New York Insight Teacher Jon Aaron exploring how we can live with uncertainty, not from a place of fear but with buoyancy, curiosity, and ease. We'll discover how the teachings provide practical ways of coping with these various threats and how we can cultivate joy in uncertainty instead of clinging to certainties that ultimately will not last. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Yom Kippur – A Day of Silence and Reflection
with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Monday, September 25th, 2023, from 10:00am – 7:00pm ETYom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a day when, as a community, Jews are asked to reflect on their actions of the past year and to ask for atonement for any actions that were unskillful. In support of this day, NYI hosts an In-Person and Online day of silence and reflection. Find out more
Online: Healing the Child Within – Integrating the Healing Journey and Spiritual Path
with Dr Paul Epstein
Saturday, October 14th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETThrough mindfulness and (self) compassion practice and teachings, we can begin to transform our pain and suffering into an integrated journey of both self healing and awakening. Join Paul Epstein for this half-day online retreat to explore this healing power of mindfulness. Find out more
Online: Transforming Turmoil – Making Peace with Difficult People
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, October 28th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:30pm ETYou’re not alone if you struggle with hurt, anger, or resentment as a result of the behavior of others, but you don’t have to wait until a reconciliation or an apology from someone else before making peace with yourself. During this workshop, we’ll explore the nature of difficult relationships, learn to meet our internal experiences without shame, blame, or judgement, and recognize any underlying fears or beliefs that hinder us from finding ease and openness. Find out more
Online: Cultivating Gratitude and Awareness
with Melissa McKay
Saturday, November 11th, 2023 from 11:00am - 4:00pm ETOur minds tendency is to notice what is missing from our lives leaving us feeling unfulfilled and stuck in a cycle of constant craving. The practice of gratitude counters this tendency helping us to arrive in our lives more completely and connect with the gifts and beauty of life that is always there. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Awakening Glimpse by Glimpse
with Loch Kelly
Sunday, November 12th, 2023 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETHaving experienced some of the initial benefits of mindfulness, is it now possible to awaken to the deep sense of well-being, creativity, and unconditional love that is our true nature? In this daylong retreat, you will learn contemporary versions of effortless mindfulness that help you live from your heart-mind. This program will be immediately followed by light in-person reception to celebrate the release of Loch's new app, Mindful Glimpses. Find out more
Online: Love, Embrace, Release – Letting Go of Trying to Control it All
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, November 18th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETBy practicing the art of letting go, you’ll create space for self-acceptance, forgiveness, and emotional healing. Join us for this daylong online program, and explore ways to gently release self-judgment, past regrets, and unhelpful patterns that hinder your self-compassion and belief in yourself, so you can lighten up, enjoy, and appreciate your life. Find out more
In-Person: Finding Joy in the Refuge of Uncertainty
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETHolding the uncertainties in our individual lives can be challenging enough, but when we add the uncertainties of society -- war and violence, the climate crisis, political divisions, and many more -- it can be overwhelming. This day of practice will integrate meditation, movement and group discussion to explore the nature of uncertainty and discover how uncertainty itself can become a refuge. Find out more
Online: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That – A Daylong Retreat for Radical Self Care
with Gina LaRoche
Saturday, December 9th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETOn this retreat, we will explore what it means to guard oneself with care during great uncertainty and tumult. We will find ways to nourish and sustain ourselves through moment-to-moment awareness, all while letting go of the context and structure of time while experimenting with the retreat form. Find out more
Online: New Year’s Retreat – Liberating the Heart through the Practice of Generosity
with Mona Chopra
Saturday, January 6th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETIn this half-day retreat, we’ll explore the Buddhist teachings on generosity, and consider for ourselves, creatively, imaginatively, how we might expand and deepen our understanding of it. We will practice sitting meditation, gentle movement, and contemplative journaling. And we will use this time to enter the year feeling rested, clear, inspired and enlivened. Find out more
Online: Audacity – Your Gateway to Freedom
with nico hase
Saturday, January 20th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETIs genuine awakening possible? For you? For me? In these times? In this life? In this one-day online retreat, nico hase will delve into adhitthana parami, that quality of the heart that simply doesn’t give up, that keeps you coming back to the path again and again. Which, with consistent practice, leads to the cultivation of peace, joy, and lasting happiness. Find out more
Online: Reality – Hidden in Plain Sight
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, February 17th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETWhat stops us from seeing things as they really are? It's not their remoteness or obscurity — it is the fact that we have unconsciously erected mental filters that prevent us from seeing what’s right in front of our noses. In this half-day workshop we’ll learn to find ways to take off those mental filters, even if just temporarily. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Jon Aaron
Sunday, February 25th, 2024, from 9:30am – 5:00pm ETPracticing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
In-Person: In the Shelter of the Now – How We Can Rest, Simplify and Let Go
with Kaira Jewel Lingo
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 from 10:00am-4:00pmIn this day of practice, we explore how to deepen inner contentment through rest, creating space and simplifying our life. When we allow ourselves to find balance and restore, we are empowered to move into the world and bring about greater justice and peace. Find out more
Canceled: Celebrating and Embodying Mahapajapati
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Friday, May 10th, 2024, 6:30pm - 9:00pm ETSaturday, May 11th, 2024, 1:00pm - 5:30pm ET
Mahapajapati, the Buddha’s aunt who raised him, is as a symbol of wisdom, care, nurturing, and leadership—an embodiment of caregivers, mothers, heroes, and leaders alike. Despite her significant role as a great Bodhisattva, her story remains untold and underappreciated in many discussions even today. During this two-day program, we will delve deeper into the life of Mahapajapati, drawing connections to our modern-day experiences. Find out more
In-Person and Online: That’s Life! Navigating Major Life Changes with Confidence and Clarity
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, June 1st, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETIt's natural to fear change -- but it is possible transform those fears into courage and ease. This daylong program will provide you with effective skills to reframe and navigate the emotional challenges of major life changes and transitions with a sense of equanimity and purpose. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness and Mindful Writing
with Tracy Cochran
Saturday, June 8th, 2024 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ETThis workshop will combine mindfulness meditation with mindful writing prompts to awaken sense memories and images. Inspired by ancient Buddhist teachings and other inspiring poems, quotes, and stories, we will practice remembering our own stories of wisdom and compassion. We will share our writing--or not--in a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere. Find out more
In-Person and Online: You Can Meditate! Beginner’s Meditation Workshop
with Lani Miller
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETHave you been wanting to learn how to meditate? Or perhaps looking for a way to refresh or renew your existing practice? Find out more
Online: The Thinking that Stills Thinking
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, June 29th, 2024 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ETOur deepest meditations are often guided ones. It helps to have someone on hand to interrupt our mind-wandering and to bring us back gently, over and over, into the present moment. A skilled guide can also introduce us to new skills or remind us to tap into skills we know but have forgotten to employ. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Leslie Booker
Saturday, July 20th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
Online: Introduction to the Jhanas
with Leigh Brasington
Saturday, August 10th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThe jhanas are eight progressive altered states of consciousness that can be identified with the aspect of the Buddha's Eightfold Path called Right Concentration. Training in concentration leads to these states, each of which yields a deeper and subtler state of awareness than the previous one. The jhanas are not in themselves awakening, but they are a skillful means for stilling the mind in a way that leads in that direction. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Lani Miller and Angela Dews
Saturday, August 17th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
Online: The Healing Journey Meets The Spiritual Path – How Pain and Illness Can Be a Vehicle for Awakening
with Dr. Paul Epstein
Saturday, August 24th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETHow we are with and relate to our pain and life’s difficult challenges is as important as what we do to treat them. This workshop will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness and compassion practice can be integrated in the process of facing and healing the dis-eases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde
with Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad
Friday, September 6th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETSaturday, September 7th, 2024 from 10:00am - 3:00pm ET
In this two-part retreat, we will approach Black, queer writers James Baldwin and Audre Lorde as ancestors who offered an embodied dharma of resilience, fortitude, presence, and joy in a racist, patriarchal, homophobic context. We will discuss the Buddhist doctrine of suffering, and in so doing, we will practice the importance of honoring anger, deconstructing the delusion of white supremacy, and the necessity of attending to race, gender, and sexuality in Buddhist contexts. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Elaine Retholtz and Nancy Glimm
Saturday, September 28th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Yom Kippur – A Day of Silence and Reflection
with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, October 12th, 2024 from 10:00am - 7:00pm ETYom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a day when, as a community, Jews are asked to reflect on their actions of the past year and to ask for atonement for any actions that were unskillful. In support of this day, NYI hosts an In-Person and Online day of silence and reflection. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Beginner’s Meditation Workshop
with Lani Miller
Sunday, October 20th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETLearn the basics of Insight /Mindfulness Meditation Practice in a warm supportive environment. This three hour comprehensive workshop includes clear instructions and time to meditate, with guidance from a New York Insight teacher and plenty of time for sharing and Q&A. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, October 26th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Lifeboat in the Storm – A Post-Election Retreat
with David Grogan
Saturday, November 9th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETJoin us for a day of restorative practice and open-hearted fellowship away from the incessant drumbeat of news and cacophonous views clamoring for attention on your electronic devices. During the mini-retreat we will explore foundational meditation practices for finding poise and balance in our bodies in the midst of turbulent times. The invitation will be to slow down and cultivate an attitude of curiosity and care to whatever might arise moment by moment. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Practicing Hope – An Embodied, Heart-Based Retreat
with Leslie Booker and Dara Silverman
Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETTIn this two-day non-residential retreat, we’ll explore “hope” as an embodied practice in a tumultuous world. Join long-time friends and collaborators Booker and Dara as they weave together somatic (body-based) practices and the heart practices of the Buddha’s Brahmaviharas (expressions of love). Together we’ll cultivate these capacities in ourselves, and nurture a fuller understanding of the body and heart. Find out more
Online: MBSR Alumni Daylong
with Tushar D Bhagat
Saturday, November 23rd, 2024 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETHave you taken an MBSR course? Would you like to spend time practicing in community with support of a teacher to help you refine your skills of mindfulness? This MBSR Daylong is for you! Practicing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, explore how it is manifesting in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The Joy of Meditation – Vipassana and the Whole Nine Yards
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, December 7th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThe variety of meditation practices found in Buddhism can lead to confusion and doubt, or to staying on the surface level in our practice as a result of switching around so much. This course will spend time investigating our own experience with each of these practices and sharing the fruit of wisdom and compassion that comes of this. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Nancy Glimm
Sunday, December 15th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
In-Person and Online: That’s Life! Navigating Major Life Changes with Confidence and Clarity
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, December 21st, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETIt’s natural to fear change — but it is possible to transform those fears into courage and ease. This daylong program will provide you with effective skills to reframe and navigate the emotional challenges of major life changes and transitions with a sense of equanimity and purpose. If you are facing a major life transition: career changes, graduation, relationship endings and beginnings, illness, children leaving the nest, going back to school, retiring, aging, the full catastrophe… this program is for YOU! Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Leslie Booker and Lin Wang Gordon
Sunday, January 5th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Buddhist Meditation and Internal Family Systems – A Daylong Retreat
with Ralph de la Rosa
Saturday, January 18th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETSelf-compassion could heal every part of you, if you stayed with it long enough. It also opens the door to the deepest of insights. This daylong retreat is a primer in how to open to this presence in meditation and extend it towards parts of the psyche stuck on the treadmill of affliction. Drawing on the integration of Buddhist principles and the Internal Family Systems model, as explored in Ralph De La Rosa’s new book Outshining Trauma, this retreat invites you into a transformative practice of presence and healing. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Refuge — Navigating Tumultuous Times with Clarity, Humor, and Strength
with Leslie Booker
Sunday, January 19th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETOn the eve of the inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, join New York Insight’s Guiding Teacher Leslie Booker for a day of refuge and care. Together, we’ll discover how staying present with the breath and in our bodies is actually an act of self-preservation and a tool to build emotional resilience. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Coming Home to Kind Awareness – A Daylong Retreat
with Bart van Melik and Leslie Booker
Saturday, January 25th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETAs our climate, society, and collective values change and shift, it can be hard to know how to sit with it all. In this day-long retreat, Bart van Melik and Booker will share wisdom on navigating critical or anxious inner dialogue, finding peace amidst life's challenges, and uncovering the innate qualities of the heart. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with David Grogan and Lani Miller
Sunday, February 9th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis 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. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Attuning the Body & Mind Through Meditation
with Peter Doobinin
Saturday, March 1st, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThe Buddha taught his students to be “in tune with the dharma.” In fact, we might think of dharma practice as a process in which we learn to come into rhythm with ourselves and others. This daylong retreat is an invitation to (re-)connect to the rhythm of life through breath meditation and walking meditation, helping us tune into the happiness of the heart. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Mindful Tech – Building a Healthy Relationship with Our Devices
with Lin Wang Gordon
Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETIn this daylong workshop, we will examine our relationship with smartphones, digital habits, and the apps we use. Our goal is to imagine how to build a healthy relationship when we engage with it. We'll discuss practical ways to integrate technology into our lives in a way that supports our well-being, rather than detracts from it. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Silencing Your Inner Critic – A Guide to Self-Compassion in Tough Times
with Gary Singer
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETEven, and perhaps especially, when the world seems out of control, the practice of self-love is an essential tool to make sure we remain connected to our values and sense of right and wrong. In this day-long retreat, we’ll touch upon how we might become aware of difficult emotions, recognize the common humanity in our struggles, and accept ourselves with greater kindness and compassion. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Classical Buddhist Practice – A Daylong Retreat
with Andrew Olendzki
Saturday, April 12th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETThis day-long program, offered by the creator of the classical meditation app BuddhaWord, investigates the differences between traditional and contemporary approaches to meditation, and shares some important guidance offered by the historical Buddha in the Pali Canon. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Untangling Patterns of Reactivity – A Daylong Retreat
with nico hase
Saturday, April 19th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETEven if you consider yourself the kind of person who remains calm in the face of crisis, sometimes things just get to us. In this daylong retreat, visiting teacher nico hase will offer reflections and practices that help us understand where our reactivity comes from, and how to gradually release ourselves from its grip. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Moment by Moment – Taking Care in a Turbulent World
with David Grogan
Saturday, April 26th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETIn these tumultuous times, it's more important than ever for our mindfulness to be infused with an ethical dimension—an attitude of appamada, best translated as care or heedfulness. During this daylong retreat, we’ll explore how this concept of care energizes meditation practice, preventing it from becoming a static or habitual routine, and transforms it into a tool for clarity and active engagement with the world. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The Path of Most Resilience – Buddhist Perspectives on Facing Adversity
with nico hase
Saturday, May 17th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETIn this daylong retreat with teacher nico hase, we will explore teachings and practices that contribute to resilience—the crucial capacity to bounce back from adversity, especially as we serve a world on fire. We will discuss how hyper-individualism contributes to fragility, and why community is so important for overcoming our obstacles. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Transforming Confusion Into Wisdom – Buddhist Tantra & The 5 Wisdom Energies
with David Nichtern
Sunday, June 1st, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETAt the heart of tantric practice are the teachings known as the Five Wisdom Energies, which embody the enlightened qualities that arise when we skillfully navigate and integrate our emotional experiences. These teachings describe how our emotional and psychological patterns—when met with awareness—can reveal deep, awakened qualities of the mind. Each energy has both positive and counter-productive qualities, and seeing and understanding them helps us recognize that our messy, emotional lives are not obstacles to awakening—they're actually part of the path. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with David Grogan
Saturday, June 7th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: From the Cushion to the Streets – A Daylong Retreat Workshop on Engaging with the World
with Leslie Booker and Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, June 21st, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETWe find ourselves in a moment in time that is calling many of us to respond. But how to do this with care, dignity and without adding to divisiveness? There is a long history of folks using their spiritual practice as a foundation and catalyst for activism, and an equally long history of folks who realize that they need a spiritual practice to sustain their engagement. In this daylong, we will explore how we can marry these two together—and best show up at this moment in time. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Awakening the Body – A Daylong Retreat Integrating Somatic Meditation, Buddhist Mindfulness, and Somatic Experiencing®
with Kathy Cherry
Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETIn our hectic world, it’s easy to feel disconnected from our bodies and the present moment, leaving us overwhelmed by stress and uncertainty. Join us for a transformative, daylong retreat designed to reconnect you with your inner self through immersive meditative, relational, and somatic practices. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Turning Back to Ourselves – A Retreat for Women
with Dalya Tamir
Saturday, June 28th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETThis retreat offers teachings that lift up women’s journeys of awakening. With guidance from teacher Dalya Tamir, we’ll set an intention to no longer abandon ourselves and will apply mindfulness, self-compassion, and loving-kindness to move toward a wholesome relationship with ourselves. Find out more
In-Person: Sacred Homage – Nature Meditation at Chuang Yen Monastery
with Lin Wang Gordon
Sunday, June 29th, 2025 from 10:00am - 3:00pmJoin us for a contemplative day of meditation and reflection as we pay homage to the rich Buddhist lineage at the serene Chuang Yen Monastery. We will begin the day by exploring the monastery’s beautiful halls, soaking in the history and tranquility of the temple. After a vegetarian lunch provided by the monastery, we’ll venture outdoors for a meditative experience on the lush grounds, connecting with nature and deepening our practice. Find out more
In-Person: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Choosing Love – Bodhisattvas in Perilous Times
with Tara Brach and Leslie Booker
Saturday, August 30th, 2025 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETIn a world gripped by fear and reactivity, what helps us turn toward love? In this workshop, we’ll explore the teachings and practices of the bodhisattva path—wisdom that awakens our sense of belonging and deepens our capacity for healing compassion. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Lin Wang Gordon and Gary Singer
Saturday, September 20th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Heavily Meditated – The Dharma of Depression & Anxiety
with Dan Harris and Leslie Booker
Sunday, September 21st, 2025 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETIn this special half-day workshop, Dan Harris, author and host of the 10% Happier podcast, and Leslie Booker, leading meditation teacher and NYI’s Guiding Teacher, will discuss how the dharma is uniquely equipped to help us deal with our depression and anxiety. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The World Is Our Practice – Finding Presence and Peace in the Midst of It All
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETHow do we maintain inner tranquility and ease while remaining fully present to the world as it is, with all its beauty and suffering? This delicate balance is the essence of equanimity—perhaps the most crucial quality we can cultivate on the spiritual path. This daylong retreat will explore how our meditation nurtures this essential wisdom. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Yom Kippur – A Day of Silence and Reflection
with Elaine Retholtz and Jon Aaron
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 from 10:00am - 7:00pm ETYom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a day when, as a community, Jews are asked to reflect on their actions of the past year and to ask for atonement for any actions that were unskillful. In support of this day, NYI hosts an In-Person and Online day of silence and reflection. Find out more
Online: How to Build a Consistent Meditation Practice
with Amanda Gilbert
Saturday, October 4th, 2025 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETDuring this half-day retreat, you will learn to build a sustainable meditation practice that will become an integral part of your daily life. At the end, you will not only know how to meditate consistently, but you will also understand how having the foundation of an inner home through daily meditation shapes your day-to-day external world and lived experience. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Connecting with the Source of Self-Compassion
with Caverly Morgan
Sunday, October 5th, 2025 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ETMany of us struggle to offer ourselves compassion because we are identified with a limited, separate sense of self. However, when we connect with the heart of who we truly are—which is inherently wise, loving, and not separate from the whole—compassion flows effortlessly. Join us as we access and embody loving Awareness, where natural wisdom and compassion reside. Find out more
In-Person: Sacred Homage – Fall Foliage and Nature Meditation at Chuang Yen Monastery
with Lin Wang Gordon
Sunday, October 12th, 2025 from 10:00am - 3:00pm ETJoin us for a contemplative day of meditation and reflection amid the fall foliage at Chuang Yen Monastery. We’ll begin our day with quiet exploration, meditating among the walkways and halls as we immerse ourselves in the presence of this living temple. After a lovingly prepared vegetarian lunch offered by monastery volunteers, we’ll head outdoors to walk the grounds and appreciate the fall foliage, connecting with the changing season, the land, and our practice. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Margrit Pittman-Polletta
Saturday, October 18th, 2025 | 9:00am – 4:30pmPracticing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
In-Person: Manhattan Pilgrimage – A Meditative Walk through NYC
with nico hase
Saturday, October 18th, 2025 from 10:00am - 6:00pm ETPilgrimage has been an essential part of Buddhist spiritual life for thousands of years. The process of walking–outer pilgrimage—often gives rise to insights, healing, and a deep sense of letting go—inner pilgrimage. Doing this together builds community and mutual belonging. Doing this in a major American city brings the sacred into the everyday. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Leslie Booker
Saturday, November 1st, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Honoring the Grieving Heart
with Lama Rod Owens
Sunday, November 9th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETWe are living through a period of apocalypse, a chaotic period of truth telling and unveiling. To 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. 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. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Blessing Our Aliveness – Play, Rest and Practice in Beloved Community
with Kaira Jewel Lingo
Sunday, November 16th, 2025 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin 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. Find out more
In-Person: Guided Meditative Hike on Hook Mountain for Inner & Outer Exploration
with Lin Wang Gordon
Friday, November 28th, 2025 | 9:45am - 3:00pmInspired 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. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, December 6th, 2025 | 9:30am – 5:00pmPracticing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Embodied Equanimity in an Unruly World
with Rebecca Bradshaw
Saturday, December 13th, 2025 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ETJoin Rebecca Bradshaw, Guiding Teacher Emeritus of the Insight Meditation Society, for a half-day retreat exploring how mental suffering can shift to an expansive and compassionate presencing. We will practice with embodied equanimity, knowing this quality of freedom not only through our mind, but also through our heart and abdomen, all the way down to our contact with the steady Earth. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Sunday, December 14th, 2025 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The Joy of the Dhamma – A Special Event with Bhante Buddharakkhita
with Bhante Buddharakkhita and Leslie Booker
Saturday, January 10th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETNew York Insight and Tricycle are excited to present a special daylong event with renowned Buddhist monk Bhante Buddharakkhita. Please join us for a full day of practice and an interview with Bhante by New York Insight’s Guiding Teacher Leslie Booker. Find out more
Online: What Can I Offer, How Can I Care, What Can I Lay Down?
with Leslie Booker
Sunday, January 25th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETOn this Day of Practice, we’ll be exploring what we can offer, how we can care and what we can lay down in order to be released from our suffering. Weaving together early Buddhist stories, lived experience and time for contemplation, we’ll reflect on what these teachings offer around living from a generous heart, acting ethically in a complex world, and discovering the freedom that comes from letting go. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Buddhist Psychology – Understanding Your Mind and The Abhidharma Teachings
with David Nichtern
Saturday, January 31st, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETDeveloping our understanding of Abhidharma, or Buddhist psychology, can increase our capacity to become aware of habitual and counterproductive patterns of thought, emotions, and behavior and to modulate and release them. This daylong workshop includes meditation practice and instruction, talks and discussion. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Celebrating Black Dharma Voices – A Daylong Retreat for the BIPOC Community
with Leslie Booker and Rashid Hughes
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETOver the course of this day of practice, we’ll explore how both Buddhist and Black traditions teach us how to embrace paradox with grace—to hold grief and joy, struggle and triumph, as equal parts of the whole. If you are Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color, we invite you to join us for this daylong retreat. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Elaine Retholtz and Lani Miller
Saturday, February 28th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Work Sex Money Dharma – Full Weekend Retreat + Online Series
with Martin Aylward
Hybrid Weekend Retreat: Saturday and Sunday, March 14-15, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETOptional Online Follow-Up Sessions: Tuesday - Thursday, March 17-19, 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Work, sex, and money are three of the most charged areas of our everyday lives, yet their potency is often ignored. Over the course of a full weekend retreat, we’ll explore each domain in depth. The (online) follow-up sessions during the week allow you to integrate your insights as you continue to practice in your daily roles and relationships where these areas impact us. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Embodied Awareness – Finding Inner Safety through Somatic Meditation
with Kathy Cherry
Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETThroughout this day of somatic meditation, you’ll have repeated opportunities to slow down, practice, and directly experience how safety becomes more available through embodied awareness. Together we'll explore how our survival responses express an intelligent body seeking stability. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Leslie Booker and David Grogan
Saturday, March 28th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Am I Supposed To Be OK With This? Practice at the Cutting Edge
with Paul Fulton
Sunday, March 29th, 2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ETWhen we give ourselves wholly to practice, we find we are standing at the edge; the edge between what we can accept and what we cannot; the edge between what we understand and what we do not; the edge of clinging and letting go. Over the course of this interactive half-day retreat, together we’ll inquire about these (and other) edges with reference to your own active, living challenges. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The Path Through a Broken Heart
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, April 4th, 2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ETIt's impossible to move through life without experiencing heartbreak. In these three hours of practice, we will explore how to fully inhabit the broken heart, releasing ourselves from the grip of our stories—the "What ifs," the "If onlys," the "I should haves"—and open to what is actually here. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The Heart of Addiction – Working with Shame, Repairing Attachment Wounds
with George Haas
Saturday, April 11th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETAddiction often runs deeper than the behaviors we’re trying to change. It’s tied to patterns of craving, emotional overwhelm, and disconnection that can be difficult to interrupt on our own. This daylong retreat is open to anyone interested in understanding these patterns more deeply, whether you’re in recovery or exploring the relationship between meditation, attachment, and addiction. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Leslie Booker and Brian Simmons
Saturday, April 25th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Meeting the Parts That Disturb Our Peace – A Mindfulness-Based IFS Writing Workshop
with Tracy Cochran and Beej Christie Karpen
Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ETThis unique half-day workshop weaves together guided mindfulness meditation, reflective writing, and gentle inquiry. Through the transformative framework of IFS (Internal Family Systems), participants are invited to cultivate a compassionate relationship with their inner world. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Coming Home to the Body – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Chas DiCapua
Saturday, May 9th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETWhen the heart is in the present moment and at rest, it can fully experience its innate qualities of sympathetic presence, expansiveness, and ease. The Buddha described these qualities of heart/mind as being our true home and our innate treasure. In this daylong retreat, we will practice becoming intimately connected to the body and breath as a way to create this suitable home for the heart. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Margrit Pittman-Polletta
Saturday, May 16th, 2025 | 9:30am – 5:00pmPracticing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with David Grogan and Lin Wang Gordon
Saturday, May 23rd, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Elaine Retholtz
Sunday, May 31st, 2026 | 9:30am – 5:00pmPracticing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
Online: The Dharma of Healthy Attachment
with Jessica Morey
Saturday, June 6th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETIn this daylong retreat, we’ll explore the meeting point of contemporary Attachment Theory and Buddhist wisdom. Together, we’ll investigate how attachment patterns are not fixed traits but conditioned and trainable mindstates—and how healing attachment and deepening insight can mutually support one another, from everyday relational challenges to profound awakening. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons and Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Saturday, June 27th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Finding Rest in a Restless World – A Daylong Retreat
with Rashid Hughes and Gaylon Ferguson
Saturday, July 11th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETMany of us are tired in ways we have not yet been able to name. And yet, beneath the exhaustion, something in us remains awake and undamaged. Guided by Rashid Hughes and Gaylon Ferguson, this day invites you to remember your basic goodness, your innate capacity to find rest, and the energy to live a courageously full life, and to carry that knowing back into the world. Find out more
In-Person: Day of Remembering Our Interdependence
Sunday, July 12th, 2026 | Full walk: 8:00am - 8:00pm / Culminating gathering: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
The Engaged Buddhists of NYI along with NYIMC, in partnership with Mahasangha NYC, would like to invite you to join a very special event: a full day of practice in pilgrimage across the five boroughs of New York City.
In-Person and Online: The Concentration Algorithm – Turning Distraction into Practice
with Toby Sola
Saturday, July 18th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETIt’s hard to concentrate. In this daylong retreat, you’ll learn a simple, powerful “concentration algorithm” that turns distraction into the path of practice itself. Rather than fighting distractions, you’ll systematically use them as your next object of focus. Over time, this builds both stability and insight. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Leslie Booker
Saturday, July 25th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person: Qigong for Emotional Alchemy – A Half-Day Workshop
with Chia-Ti Chiu
Saturday, August 8th, 2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ETDo you feel hooked by anger, fear and anxiety? According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, our health suffers or flourishes depending on how we digest our emotional experience of life. In this half-day workshop, we'll explore how qigong supports the body to “speak” when the mind wants to shut down or react. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Gary Singer and David Grogan
Sunday, August 9th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETJoin us for a special in-person or online daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice. Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: The Heart of Attachment – Working with Shame, Repairing Emotional Wounds
with George Haas
Saturday, September 19th, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETThe Heart of Attachment is a daylong retreat with meditation teacher George Haas that weaves together attachment theory, Buddhist meditation, and practical relationship tools. This experiential training supports you in repairing your attachment disturbances, moving toward secure functioning, healthier relationships, and a more meaningful, grounded life. Find out more
In-Person and Online: That’s Life! Navigating Major Life Changes with Confidence and Clarity
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 | 10:00am - 5:00pm ETIt’s natural to fear change — but it is possible to transform those fears into courage and ease. This daylong program will provide you with effective skills to reframe and navigate the emotional challenges of major life changes and transitions with a sense of equanimity and purpose. Find out more