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SUMMARY:Online: 31 Days of Practice with New York Insight
DESCRIPTION:Online: 31 Days of Practice with New York Insight \nwith JoAnna Hardy\, Joseph Goldstein\, Mark Epstein\, Dawn Mauricio\, Jeff Warren\, Narayan Helen Liebenson\, Oneika Mays\, Fleet Maull\, Rebecca Bradshaw\, Yong Oh\, Shanté Paradigm Smalls\, Cara Lai\, Devin Berry\, Tenku Ruff\, Dave Smith\, Valerie Brown\, Leslie Booker\, Sean Oakes\, Kathy Cherry\, Martin Aylward\, Rashid Hughes\, nico hase\, Rev. Mary Myoku Remington\, Jill Satterfield\, David Nichtern\, Bryan Welch\, Dalila Bothwell\, Celeste Young\, Paul Fulton\, Margrit Pittman-Polletta\, Koshin Paley Ellison\, Lama Justin von Bujdoss\, Walt Opie\, Robert Chodo Campbell\, Rebecca Li\, Caverly Morgan\, George Haas\, Martine Batchelor\, and others\n \nSaturday\, August 1st – Monday\, August 31st\, 2026 \n \n \nNew York Insight is excited to launch our third annual 31 Days of Practice! \nThis benefit event is a special opportunity to support and sustain your meditation practice during the final days of summer. \nThroughout the month\, you’ll receive 31 daily emails delivered straight to your inbox\, featuring pre-recorded practice videos designed to inspire and support. Each video will feature a different teacher\, so you’ll get a chance to experience 31 styles and approaches to meditation. \nThese curated videos taught by world-class meditation teachers will help you stay committed and engaged with your practice\, no matter if you’re at home or enjoying a summer getaway. \nIn addition\, each Tuesday of the practice period\, we will host a live online Zoom session from 6:30-7:15pm ET with a teacher for an enlightening talk and discussion on meditation practice. Live session teachers will include a variety of special guests\, including Joseph Goldstein\, Yong Oh\, Mark Epstein\, and Leslie Booker. These live sessions include a Q&A\, offering you the chance to ask questions\, share experiences\, and deepen your understanding of mindfulness. \nTo culminate the practice period\, we will hold a closing half-day retreat at New York Insight (115 West 29th Street\, 12th Floor in New York City) on Sunday\, August 30 with Leslie Booker and special guest teachers. If you can’t join us in-person\, the retreat will also be livestreamed via Zoom. \nThis retreat will be a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in practice\, reflect on our experience\, and celebrate our collective commitment to practice. \nFor the equivalent of just $3 a day\, rediscover the joy of collective practice\, gain new insights from world-renowned teachers\, and experience the profound benefits of sustained meditation. \nWhether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to mindfulness\, this program offers something for everyone. Join us for a month of inspiration\, growth\, and community! \nAll proceeds from this benefit event will go to support New York Insight Mediation Center\, a 501c3 non-profit organization. \nRegistration:\nIf you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet\, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \n \nHeartfelt reviews from last year’s 31 Days Participants:\n“Such a rich experience of a wide variety of teachers\, methods\, and teachings. Really opened up my world to who’s out there and the different approaches to practice.”  \n“I didn’t want it to end! It was so grounding and supportive for me and helped me quiet the chaos around us.” \n“It gave me an appreciation of different meditation styles and allowed me to consider my own practice differently. It also held me accountable\, since there was an email every day with a new session.” \n“Diversity\, diversity\, diversity. The range of teachers\, styles and ways of being with the mind\, body\, breath and all aspects of this dynamic human experience.”  \n“It’s been so helpful during an especially hard month. I feel it’s deepened my practice and I’ve gotten a lot of insight out of a few of the guests in particular. Now my friend and I will continue to meet at 6:00am even without the structure of this program which seems like a great outcome.”  \n“I looked forward to a new meditation every morning. I found it both exciting and enriching to learn about all the different ways in which we can practice meditation. I took notes of what resonated most with me and I am still learning so much.” \n“My favorite aspect was the ability to learn and be in practice with different teachers. The live events were very much appreciated.”  \n“I enjoyed the whole concept and I really appreciated that  the offerings were all 20 minutes long—it made it sustainable at a certain time of day for me.” \n“I loved learning that there are many ways to connect to sangha online.”  \n“I enjoyed the surprise of not knowing the next guest or what they were going to bring.”  \n“This is an amazing program and the fact that I can revisit the meditations that were most meaningful to me is a plus.”
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/31-days-2026/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Course Series,For Beginners,Online Programs,Open to All,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Online: The Art of Deep Listening from Buddhist and Quaker Traditions
DESCRIPTION:Online: The Art of Deep Listening from Buddhist and Quaker Traditions \nwith Valerie Brown \nSaturday\, August 22nd\, 2026 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET \n \nMost of us listen with an agenda. We listen to respond\, to fix\, for confirmation. But what happens when we listen from a deeper place? Both Buddhist and Quaker traditions offer practices for exactly this: learning to stay present before we know what to say. \nDharma teacher Valerie Brown has spent three decades practicing at the intersection of these two contemplative paths\, first as a student of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and later as a member of the Religious Society of Friends. In this workshop\, she’ll introduce deep listening as it appears in both traditions: a way of reflection and exploration that connects our inner life to outward action without forcing (or needing) answers. \nThrough guided meditation\, shared silence\, and contemplative questioning drawn from both traditions\, participants will explore how to sit with what is unfinished\, listen below habitual thought\, and let deeper knowing emerge at its own pace. \nOpen to practitioners at all levels. No prior experience with either tradition is needed. \nNote: This program will be recorded. The recording will be sent to all registrants after the program\, so please feel free to sign up even if you cannot join in real time. \nOnline Registration:\nPlease register below. If you are able\, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support\, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.) \nIf you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet\, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \nBring a Buddy: If you are a member of our Circle of Friends\, you’re invited to bring a Dharma buddy to this program for no additional cost. Simply select “1” from the drop-down next to the Bring a Buddy level\, and enter your special discount code (provided in your Circle of Friends welcome email) to reduce the price to that of a single\, standard registration. This registration will grant attendance for you and your buddy. \n \nVolunteering \nAll of our programs rely on volunteers to support our teachers and staff with various tasks and responsibilities. Volunteering allows you to participate in our programs at no cost. To inquire about volunteering opportunities\, please fill out our inquiry form\, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/deep-listening/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Online Programs,Open to All
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SUMMARY:Online: A Buddhist Guide to Living with Chronic Pain and Illness
DESCRIPTION:Online: A Buddhist Guide to Living with Chronic Pain and Illness \nwith Toni Bernhard\n \nSunday\, August 23rd\, 2026 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm ET \n \nIt’s no fun to get sick\, have little stamina\, or experience chronic physical pain. Aside from reminding us that life is uncertain\, unpredictable\, and often does not conform to our wishes\, these challenges can provide a measure of peace if we know how to respond skillfully. \nToni Bernhard\, the acclaimed author of How to Be Sick\, returns to NYI for a two-hour online program about adjusting gracefully to life with chronic pain and illness. She’ll use the Buddha’s teachings to address the specific challenges that those who are sick or in pain face. \n \nMany of these challenges are faced by everyone in life\, whether healthy or not\, such as feeling let down by others. Together\, through discussion\, reflection\, and meditation\, we’ll explore how to cope with uncertainty about the future\, the relentlessness of symptoms\, feeling dismissed by doctors\, managing loneliness\, caregiver burnout\, and several other topics.  \nEveryone is welcome to participate\, regardless of experience with meditation or Buddhism. \nOnline Registration:\nPlease register below. If you are able\, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support\, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.) \nIf you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet\, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \nBring a Buddy: If you are a member of our Circle of Friends\, you’re invited to bring a Dharma buddy to this program for no additional cost. Simply select “1” from the drop-down next to the Bring a Buddy level\, and enter your special discount code (provided in your Circle of Friends welcome email) to reduce the price to that of a single\, standard registration. This registration will grant attendance for you and your buddy. \n \nVolunteering \nAll of our programs rely on volunteers to support our teachers and staff with various tasks and responsibilities. Volunteering allows you to participate in our programs at no cost. To inquire about volunteering opportunities\, please fill out our inquiry form\, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/chronic-pain-8-2026/
LOCATION:New York Insight Meditation Center\, 115 West 29th Street\, 12th floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Evening Events,Online Programs,Open to All
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