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Online: Cultivating Qualities of Emotional Resilience

with Paul Epstein
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

Join 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 ET

Join 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 ET

Yom 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: Transforming Turmoil – Making Peace with Difficult People

with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, October 28th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:30pm ET

You’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 ET

Our 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 ET

Having 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 ET

By 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 ET

Holding 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: New Year’s Retreat – Liberating the Heart through the Practice of Generosity

with Mona Chopra
Saturday, January 6th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

In 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 ET

Is 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 ET

What 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

Canceled: Celebrating and Embodying Mahapajapati

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Friday, May 10th, 2024, 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Saturday, 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: Mindfulness and Mindful Writing

with Tracy Cochran
Saturday, June 8th, 2024 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ET

This 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

Online: The Thinking that Stills Thinking

with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, June 29th, 2024 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ET

Our 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 ET

This 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 ET

The 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 ET

This 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 ET

How 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 ET
Saturday, 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 ET

This 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 ET

Yom 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 ET

Learn 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 ET

This 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 ET

Join 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 ET

This 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 ETT

In 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 ET

Have 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 ET

The 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 ET

This 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 ET

It’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 ET

This 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 ET

Self-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 ET

On 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 ET

As 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 ET

This 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 ET
 
The 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 ET
 
In 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 ET
 
Even, 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: Untangling Patterns of Reactivity – A Daylong Retreat

with nico hase
Saturday, April 19th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET
 
Even 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 ET
 
In 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 ET
 
In 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 ET
 
At 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: 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 - 5:00pm ET
 
We 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 ET
 
In 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 ET
 
This 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 - 3:00pm
 
Join 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: Nature Meditation – Day of Restoration and Reconnection at Wave Hill Garden

with Lin Wang Gordon
Sunday, July 20th, 2025 from 10:30am - 4:00pm
 
Join us for a contemplative day of meditation and reflection at the lush grounds of Wave Hill Garden in the Bronx. Immerse in the outdoors and allow us to be astonished and renewed by the healing power of nature. Spend the day reconnecting to nature and ourselves, and embracing silence as a key element for introspection and transformation. By cultivating our presence, insights naturally arise. 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 ET
 
In 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
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