NYI Urban Weekend Retreat
with Rosemary Blake
Saturday, January 12th, 2019 from 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday, January 13th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
A weekend meditation retreat for those who want to deepen their practice.
Find out moreSaturday, January 12th, 2019 from 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday, January 13th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
A weekend meditation retreat for those who want to deepen their practice.
Find out moreFriday, January 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday, January 26th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pm
Join teacher and author Narayan Helen Liebenson for a workshop on how to live from a compassionate love that guides our lives and warms whatever it shines upon. With metta and compassion as companions and allies, we will discover how our own magnanimous hearts can gently allow our inner knots to untie themselves.
Find out moreSaturday, February 9th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
This daylong workshop explores the Buddhist practices and teachings on impermanence - and how they bring forth the wisdom to let go of what has just passed and open fully to what emerges next.
Find out moreSunday, February 10th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pm
In this Daylong Retreat in celebration of Valentine's Day, we will look inward to build a stronger understanding of our own hearts and minds before we turn our energy of love outwards.
Find out moreSaturday, February 16th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pm
Our difficulties require our most compassionate attention and inquiry. We will explore in depth our pain and difficult challenges and learn to open and to relate to them with unconditional presence, in a way that is mindful, wise, compassionate and healing.
Find out moreSunday, February 17th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The 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. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.
Find out moreSaturday, February 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
On this day-long workshop Bodhipaksa will introduce a three-stage approach to meditation that he’s developed in over the last 20 years, helping us to calm the mind, to enter deeply into a relaxed yet vibrant experience of the body and bring joy to the heart.
Find out moreSunday, February 24th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
This daylong retreat will be an opportunity to learn and to deepen the practice of Insight Dialogue, a fully engaged relational meditation practice. Insight Dialogue brings together meditative awareness, the wisdom teachings of the Buddha, and the power of relationship to support insight into the nature, source, and release of human suffering.
Find out moreSunday, March 3rd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Join us for this Daylong Retreat to learn how meditation and mindfulness and can help you on the one journey we all take, our own personal journey through life to the common end in death. The day will be a mix of talks, meditation and practices with being present with life as it is.
Find out moreSaturday, March 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Explore how we might we bring both a vast view and a fine attention to both our inner practices, and in response to the ecological, political and social crises in which we currently find ourselves.
Find out moreSaturday, March 16th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
This daylong workshop explores the Buddhist practices and teachings on suffering and how they hold the promise of more profound well-being than the simple escape from pain or difficulty.
Find out moreSunday, March 17th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
How can we accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and ease, sadness and joy that life brings us? One possible answer is to take refuge in the power of wakefulness, in the Buddha’s teachings and in the community dedicated to harmony and awareness.
Find out moreSunday, March 24th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The 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. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.
Find out moreSaturday, March 30th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
This daylong retreat will share little-known stories of the first Buddhist women. They offer a more engaged, emotionally alive and gender-balanced Buddhism, filling gaps we have sensed but haven’t named.
Find out moreSunday March 31st, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
We brighten the mind by cultivating the heart quality of appreciative joy. In this daylong retreat, we'll learn to develop appreciative joy in meditation and in daily life.
Find out moreSaturday, April 13th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
This daylong workshop explores the Buddhist practices and teachings on non-self and how the careful observation of moment-to-moment experience in the mind and body, and has the potential of changing everything.
Find out moreSunday, April 14th, 2019 from 10am-4pm
Mindful awareness brings the choice of relating to experience with wisdom and compassion where practitioners train the mind and thus change the brain. Join us for this Daylong Program with Dr. Paul Epstein who will share recent scientific finding that prove that meditation and mindfulness can actually change the brain.
Find out moreSaturday, April 20th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
This daylong program will present the Buddha’s teachings on compassion and emptiness and through stillness and relational practice, we will tap into the potential which is present in all of us.
Find out moreSunday, April 21st, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this program has been postponed and will be re-scheduled at a future date.
Find out moreFriday, April 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
In this weekend program, we will explore a different sense of faith. We will discuss how it can connect us to a deeper place of strength within us and to a bigger picture of life. This type of faith increases confidence, openness, and our ability to recognize something outside of our immediate circumstances as describing who we are.
Find out moreSunday, April 28th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Join us for this daylong retreat where we will cultivate our natural capacity for an open and loving heart towards ourselves and all other beings.
Find out moreSunday, May 19th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The 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. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.
Find out moreSaturday, May 25th, 2019 | 10:00am to 4:30pm
In this daylong program, we will examine equanimity, how to recognize and appreciate it, and how it can be developed. We will also explore how we can avoid getting upset and overwhelmed by circumstances, such as conflict, injustice, and suffering.
Find out moreSunday, June 2nd, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Supported by kind awareness, wisdom, and community we’ll explore the potential and difficulty of changes in our lives. In this retreat we will introduce the six meditative guidelines of Insight Dialogue: Pause, Relax, Open, Attune to Emergence, Listen Deeply, and Speak the Truth.
Find out moreSaturday, June 8th, 2019 from 9:30am – 5:00pm
This MBSR Daylong is for MBSR alumni, and those currently taking the course, to 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 moreSunday, June 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
In this Daylong, we will explore the concept of meditation, how it leads to insight and what concepts support us in our meditation practice. This program is open to meditators of all levels.
Find out moreSaturday, June 15th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The 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. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.
Find out moreSaturday, June 22nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us as we combine mindfulness meditation with short writing exercises geared toward personal reflection, discovering our ways of being heroic, including relaxing and letting go.
Find out moreSunday, June 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Join us for a day exploring aging as a spiritual practice through direct meditation practice, Dharma offerings from the three teachers, open discussions as well as dyad and triad work among participants.
Find out moreSaturday, June 29th, 2019 from 10:00am – 5:00pm
In this daylong retreat we will learn to intentionally shift into awake awareness, which is already calm, intelligent, and able to effortlessly focus. Effortless mindfulness helps us shift from a self-centered identity to an empty, yet open-hearted, way of seeing and being.
Find out moreSunday, June 30th, 2019 from 10:00am-1:00pm
This comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
Find out moreSaturday, July 13th 2019 from 8:15am - 3:00pm
Enjoy a summer day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike.
Find out moreSaturday, July 20th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The 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. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.
Find out moreSunday, July 21st, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
In this daylong event we'll discuss the mental processes and early relational wounds underlying maladaptive, compulsive tendencies that are difficult to alleviate.
Find out moreSaturday, July 27th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
In this daylong retreat, we'll explore how we can use the practices of mindfulness of mind in our meditation practice and in our lives in in order to find a greater happiness.
Find out moreSunday, July 28th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Drawing from Tibetan Buddhism, neuroscience, the “parts work” of Internal Family Systems, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, and evolutionary psychology, this daylong retreat will give you a three-step method for engaging and healing from our counter productive inner voices.
Find out moreFriday, August 9th, 2019 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, August 10th, 2019 | 10:00am - 5:00pm
Join visiting teacher Ven Pannavati for a daylong program of renewal to move beyond mindfulness, contemplating key passages in the Buddhist suttas that awaken us to the necessity of cultivating joy and compassion.
Find out moreSunday, August 25th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Often we fear the unknown of change. But it is possible transform our doubts and fear into courage and ease. This daylong program will provide you with effective skills to reframe and navigate the emotional trauma of major life changes and transitions with a sense of equanimity and purpose.
Find out moreSaturday, August 31st, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Our thoughts, emotions, and mind-states are constantly in flux and come from specific causes. This doesn’t mean that we don’t take responsibility. In this daylong we will explore the impact of our motivations and how to practice with intentions. We will take a deep dive into what it is to bring kind intentions to our practice and lives.
Find out moreFriday, September 6th, 2019 from 7pm - 9pm
Saturday, September 7th, 2019 from 10am - 5pm
Join us for this important event as we explore the causes and conditions that have brought us to the climate crisis, the dukkha of extinction and human suffering, and the solutions that we can bring to bear in this critical time of our world.
Find out moreSunday, September 8th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Join visiting teacher Martin Aylward for a day of teachings and practices for activating and exploring the 3 principal centers of experience: the Belly centre of embodiment, the Heart centre of love, and the Head centre of intuition and wisdom.
Find out moreSunday, September 22nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Most of us have experienced some form of trauma in our lives, to greater or lesser degrees. What is unprocessed can, and does, show up in our bodies, minds, hearts and spirit in our daily lives and in our meditation practice. In this retreat, we'll explore the pain and suffering that arises from unresolved, unprocessed trauma.
Find out moreSaturday, September 28th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
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.
Find out moreSunday, September 29th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The Buddha often emphasized the importance of friends and said that friendship is a prerequisite for awakening. On this day of silence we’ll reflect on this ancient teaching and investigate how friendship can support us in cultivating a kind heart in this challenging world.
Find out moreWednesday, October 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 7:00pm
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 a day of silence and reflection.
Find out moreSaturday, October 12th, 2019 from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, October 13th, 2019 from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Through relaxing the body and mind, we can come to understand the effortless nature of being mindful. Join us for this first IMS Urban Retreat at New York Insight to learn how natural awareness leads to the blossoming of wisdom and compassion.
Find out moreSaturday, October 19th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Freeing our minds and transformation of any situation must come from our own personal work. Join us for a daylong program exploring the power of the breath and the challenging task of coming home to the body.
Find out moreSunday, October 20th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
The seeds of anxiety originate from a variety of sources: repeated trauma, illness, chronic pain, hormonal imbalance, a mind caught in fear of the unknown future. By developing mindfulness, we cultivate internal awareness to address anxiety before it spreads, give kind attention to our bodies, and learn to recognize the progression of thoughts and emotions that arise prior to anxiety taking hold.
Find out moreSaturday, October 26th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Do you eat when you are stressed out, bored or sad? Have you tried to eat more healthfully but just can’t seem to stick with it? Join Laurence Magro, psychotherapist and certified mindfulness educator on an exploration of habits of mind and heart around food and eating.
Find out moreSunday, October 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The Buddha taught of suffering and the end of suffering but for those with physical pain, particularly chronic physical pain, this end of suffering seems like it might never happen. This day of practice will focus on physical pain and how mindfulness practice and some specific Buddhist teachings can open up a pathway to freedom through our pain.
Find out moreSaturday, November 2nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
In this daylong retreat, we'll unpack the mysteries of Buddha's Third Foundation of Mindfulness by moving through the body, feeling tones, and how we can use it to gain freedom from the turbulence of unexamined emotional experiences.
Find out moreSunday, November 3rd, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:30pm
Contemplative practices and expressive practices enhance one another; in concert they quiet the mind, calm the heart, give rise to insight and happiness, and release robust creative self-expression.
Find out moreSaturday, November 9th, 2019 from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Due to extenuating circumstances, this program has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a future date.
Find out moreSaturday, November 16th, 2019 | 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, November 17th, 2019 | 9:00am - 4:00pm
In this retreat, we will cultivate mindfulness around our judgments; inquiry into the deep roots of judgments; and heart practices such as lovingkindness, forgiveness, and compassion. We will also explore the somatic and social dimensions of judgments--how we internalize dominant views (e.g., of race, gender, etc.)
Find out moreSaturday, November 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
In this daylong program, we will take time to reconnect to our bodies, hearts and minds remembering that we are nature. Centering land and ancestors, we will cultivate meditative awareness to sense the sacred connection to earth that is always present when we open to it.
Find out moreSunday, November 24th, 2019 from 9:30am – 5:00pm
This MBSR Daylong is for MBSR alumni, and those currently taking the course, to 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 moreSunday, December 1st, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
According to the Buddha the mind is forerunner of all experience. The lens through which we see life colors our experience. So often we resist an experience and suffer unnecessarily. On this day of meditation we will investigate living life in harmony with all its joys and sorrows.
Find out moreSunday, December 8th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Embracing change is a moment-to-moment challenge on the path to peace and happiness. This daylong workshop will provide a practical roadmap for those facing a major life transition.
Find out moreSunday, December 15th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
In this daylong event with visiting teachers Josh Korda and Kathy Cherry, we will discuss the relational wounds that underly low self-worth, procrastination, perfectionism and core shame, all of which are implicit behaviors which are resistant to change.
Find out moreSunday, January 5th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
In this daylong program, visiting teacher Bhante Buddharakkhita will explore the Buddha’s teachings on letting go, forgiveness and mindfulness.
Find out moreFriday, January 10th, 2020 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, January 11th, 2020 | 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location: Marble Collegiate Church, 1 West 29th Street at Fifth Avenue
Please join us for this special evening and daylong program with Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust as they explore the alchemy of Radical Compassion and guide us in awakening this intrinsic expression of our evolutionary potential.
Find out moreSaturday, January 25th, 2020 from 9:30am – 6:00pm
Sunday, January 26th, 2020 from 9:30am – 4:00pm
Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is pleased to present this weekend urban retreat at New York Insight. During this retreat, we will explore the heart of the Buddha’s teaching: suffering and its causes and freedom from its causes. With the help and cultivation of our kind and natural awareness, we can become intimate with what it is like to be human.
Find out moreSaturday, February 1st, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Integrating the wisdom of Buddhism with trauma theory; somatic psychology; and the evidence-based “parts work” of Internal Family Systems therapy; this daylong is about learning to navigate such vulnerable conditions with clarity, intelligence, and grace.
Find out moreSunday, February 9th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
The Buddha's teachings on spiritual friendship are good medicine for times of injustice, and can help us practice freedom even in unfree places.
Find out moreSaturday, February 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
If we aren’t practicing meditation to wake up, then why are we bothering? What does waking up really mean? What are we waking up from or to? There is a Buddha in each of us waiting to wake up to a life without fear even in a world with much to be fearful of. In this daylong, we will practice directly with some of the Buddha’s teachings on freedom and investigate how to integrate these into every moment of our lives.
Find out moreSunday, February 16th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:30pm
This comprehensive three-hour workshop provides fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
Find out moreSaturday, February 22nd, 2020 from 10:00am-5:00pm
In this daylong workshop we will dive deep into the heart of the Buddha’s inner transformation and the spiritual tradition that arose from it. Through a combination of experiential learning, guided/silent meditation, and discussion we will explore how to access and develop a grounded open heart, a more available and open space of mindful awareness, and deeper insight into how to better overcome mental and emotional habits that cause us unnecessary suffering.
Find out moreSunday, March 1st, 2020 from 10:00am -5:00pm
Cultivating spaciousness in the body leads to spaciousness in heart/mind and vice versa. In this daylong workshop we will practice somatically releasing, cognitively understanding and emotionally allowing whatever it is that we meet with.
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