NYI Urban Weekend Retreat
with Rosemary Blake
Saturday, January 12th, 2019 from 10:00am-6:00pm Sunday, January 13th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pmA weekend meditation retreat for those who want to deepen their practice. Find out more
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A weekend meditation retreat for those who want to deepen their practice. Find out more
The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation
with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Friday, January 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmSaturday, 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 more
The Three Characteristics: The Characteristic of Impermanence
with Andrew Olendzki
Saturday, February 9th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pmThis 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 more
Love The One You’re With: Yourself
with Gary Singer
Sunday, February 10th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pmIn 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 more
Mindful Healing: Working with Pain & Difficulty as an Opportunity to Awaken
with Dr Paul Epstein
Saturday, February 16th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pmOur 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 more
Day of Insight: A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Rosemary Blake
Sunday, February 17th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe 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 more
Who’s Afraid of Jhana? The Perplexed Buddhist’s Guide to Meditative Absorption
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pmOn 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 more
Awakening Together: The Power of Generous Presence
with Bart van Melik
Sunday, February 24th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThis 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 more
Event Canceled: Walking Each Other Home: Practices for a More Meaningful Life
with Mirabai Bush
Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmJoin 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 more
Vast View, Fine Attention
with Martin Aylward
Saturday, March 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmExplore 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 more
The Three Characteristics: The Characteristic of Suffering
with Andrew Olendzki
Saturday, March 16th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pmThis 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 more
Day of Insight: A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Rosemary Blake and Nancy Glimm
Sunday, March 24th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe 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 more
The First Buddhist Women
with Tracy Cochran and Wendy Garling
Saturday, March 30th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pmThis 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 more
The Three Characteristics: The Characteristic of Non-Self
with Andrew Olendzki
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pmThis 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 more
Day of Mindfulness Meditation: Spiritual Friendship
with Bart van Melik and Rosemary Blake
Sunday, September 29th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe 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 more
When Awareness Becomes Natural: An IMS Urban Retreat
with Alexis Santos and Susa Talan
Saturday, October 12th, 2019 from 9:00am - 6:00pmSunday, 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 more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pmThis 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, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
Now Online: Jhāna, Step By Step – A Daylong Retreat
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, March 21st, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pm ETDuring this online program, Bodhipaksa will break down the components of the jhāna experience and introduce a step-by-step approach to cultivating it. Find out more
Online Urban Retreat: Sweeping Our Temple – Remembering Kind Awareness
with Leslie Booker & Bart van Melik
Saturday February 27th, 2021 | 9:00 am - 5:00pm ETSunday, February 28th, 2021 | 9:00am - 3:00pm ET
Through the Buddha's teachings on the 5 Spiritual Powers, (Faith, Energy, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom), we will train our ability to bear witness to personal and social pains and immerse ourselves in heart qualities inviting us to dance, and vacuum, in our temple we call home. Find out more
Mindfulness & Ethical Evolution: A Daylong Online Retreat
with Matthew Brensilver
Saturday, March 13th, 2021 from 9:30am - 4:00pm ETIn this daylong, we’ll examine the process – in our direct experience – of maturing our ethical commitments. The process is facilitated by the perception of non-separation, an intimacy with the experience of suffering, a willingness to grieve, a spirit of renunciation and the courage to relinquish familiar understandings of ourselves. Find out more
Online: Deepening Refuge
with Ayya Anandabodhi
Saturday, October 9th, 2021 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThe Buddha recognized the calamitous nature of this world and pointed us to a place of refuge that, with practice and sincere investigation, can bring great peace and happiness in our lives. Coming together as community, exploring the truth-of-the-way-things-are, and bringing awareness to our direct experience, we can rediscover that place of refuge that the Buddha pointed to all those years ago. Find out more
Online: Letting Go of Fear on Behalf of Collective Consciousness
with Deborah Eden Tull
Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 from 10:00am - 3:00pm ETIn this day-long retreat, we will explore how to work with FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) through compassionate inquiry and subtle body awareness. We will cultivate a sense of joyful responsibility to the collective, which supports us to release fear-based conditioning. Find out more
Online: There Is More to Death Than Dying
with Amy Selzer, Nancy Glimm & Jon Aaron
Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET The second of four daylong retreats around living life fully as we explore death, this will be a day of retreat to cultivate the compassionate heart which is in each of us. Find out more
Online: Steady Mind, Open Heart: How to Act Wisely When You’re Angry, Scared, or Confused
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 10am - 1pm ET Join teacher and author Kimberly Brown for this useful workshop where we'll explore the three types of Buddhist wise actions—not-harming, being of benefit, and cultivating our wholesome qualities. Find out more
Online: There Is More to Death Than Dying
with Amy Selzer & Nancy Glimm
Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET This daylong retreat will focus on the 5th of the 5 Reflections and explore its relationship to forgiveness. It will consist of meditation, writing exercises, break-out rooms, dharma talks, and sharing. Find out more
Postponed: Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life Retreat
with Donald Rothberg
PostponedIn this weekend retreat, we will be examining how according to the teachings of Buddhism meditation and daily life can be understood as a kind of profound “non-doing” that paradoxically can also be a basis for action and doing, a "doing coming out of a deep not-doing". Find out more
In-Person: Mahapajapati’s Celebration – A Half-Day Retreat For Those Who Identify as Women
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury and Gayah Imani Gillson
Saturday, August 12th, 2023 from 1:00pm - 5:30pm ETMahapajapati, the Buddha's aunt, was known as an exceptional woman with a deep level of dignity, compassion, and wisdom. She was caring and nurturing and an archetype of caregivers, mothers, heroes, and leaders. She was a great Bodhisattva whose life is relatively unknown and little spoken about. Many women today carry patterns that demonstrate Mahapajapati's divine qualities. Yet, many also face challenges that Mahapajapati and women encountered 2600 years ago. If not in our day-to-day lives, perhaps these challenges are printed in our psyches and our relationships. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Do I See My True Self? Do I See You? Do I See Nature? A Half-Day Retreat
Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Saturday, September 16th, 2023 from 1:00pm - 5:30pm ETThe practice of Dharma teaches us to see ourselves, others and nature in very genuine ways. It inspires and guides us to embrace ourselves, others and nature by savoring these relationships and bringing profound spiritual growth. In this half day retreat, inside of a safe and supportive container, we will observe, reflect, and share how we are seeing and relating to ourselves and others. 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 and Online: This is How Civilizations Heal – The Alchemy of the 3 Poisons
with Leslie Booker
Saturday, March 16th, 2024 from 10:00am-4:00pm ETGreed, Aversion and Delusion, collectively known as the Three Poisons, are mind states that cloud the heart and mind; separating us from each other. But these energies contain information that can lead us to a deep healing that can mitigate the chaos of the world. Join us for a daylong program exploring and practicing with the Three Poisons. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, June 15th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETIn modern society we are surrounded by noise – traffic noise, endless emails and phone calls, the chatter of people, and so forth. A silent retreat day is essentially a period of extended inward reflection, allowing you to achieve a greater clarity of mind. 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
In-Person and Online: Cultivating Radical Kindness – A Half-Day Retreat
with Amanda Gilbert
Saturday, October 5th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETDuring this half-day retreat, meditation teacher and author Amanda Gilbert will share the timeless teachings of loving kindness with a focus on self-kindness that can expand into the world at large. During these topsy-turvy times, kindness can be the key ingredient that gives us the strength and resilience to navigate our life with skillfulness and clarity. 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: Celebrating Black Dharma Voices – A Daylong Retreat for the BIPOC Community
with Leslie Booker, Felicia Dickerson, and Isabel Adon
Saturday, February 1st, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETOver the course of this day of practice, we’ll explore the dharma by honoring Black dharma voices. Through meditation, reflection, and group sharing, we’ll discuss 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: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 from 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: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Margrit Pittman-Polletta
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 from 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: 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: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Sunday, March 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: Creativity and Meditation – A Daylong Retreat
with Lani Miller
Saturday, March 15th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETOver the course of this daylong retreat, we will investigate how both meditation and creativity offer us ways to explore, touch, and express what really matters. Artists, meditators, creatives, and muses are warmly invited. 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: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, April 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: 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: Hungry Ghosts & Angry Demons – Addressing the Roots of Addictive Behaviors
with Josh Korda and Kathy Cherry
Sunday, April 13th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETMany of us struggle with addictive behaviors, incessant thoughts, and other unruly tendencies. While these things are part of the “human condition,” the Buddhist tradition offers some insights into how we can start to work with, and heal, these ways of coping with our world. Over the course of this daylong retreat, we’ll explore meditation and awareness practices as a path forward. 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: 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: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Elaine Retholtz
Sunday, July 20th, 2025 from 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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