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July 2020
Now Online: The Fierce Vulnerability of Heart Practice – A New Look at the Brahmaviharas
with Leslie Booker
Sunday, July 12th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThis daylong will be a way to explore and cultivate the Buddha's teachings on the four brahma-viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Imbued with the virtues of these four states, we are better able to embrace ourselves, our current situation and the entire world. Find out more
Now Online: Surprised by Joy
with Bhante Suddhaso
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETBuddhist teacher Bhante Suddhaso will give an online talk about the joy that comes through cultivating faith in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha and how that joy serves as a basis for deepening Samadhi and Vipassana. Find out more
Now Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, July 17th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application. Find out more
Online: New York Insight Event Volunteer Training
Friday, July 17th, 2020 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm
New York Insight relies on volunteers to create a welcome and organized atmosphere for all our events. The center needs you to help prepare the online space for our events and support participants and teachers.
Now Online: A Happiness That Doesn’t Die
with Peter Doobinin
Saturday July 18th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETThe Buddha’s happiness is sometimes known as “true happiness” because it’s a happiness that’s true, reliable, and always there. In this three-hour online class, we’ll learn about this quality of true happiness, what it is, and how we can come to know it. Find out more
Online: Beginner’s Meditation Workshop
with Lani Miller
Sunday, July 19th, 2020 from 10:00am-1:00pm ETThis comprehensive online 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 more
Now Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, July 24th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application. Find out more
Online Community Potluck
Friday, July 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha Potluck.
Online: Resourcing, Resiliency and Inquiry
Amma Thanasanti
Saturday, July 25th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ETThe Buddha taught the first foundation of mindfulness – awareness of body and breath – as a cornerstone to enlightenment. With body centered practices, during this online half day retreat, we will open our focus and rest in awareness itself. Find out more
Online: Nothing Stands Alone – A Four Part Course Exploring the Heart Sutra
with Scott Tusa
Mondays, July 27th - August 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIn this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra. Find out more
August 2020
Online: An Artful Path to Mindfulness
with Janet Slom
Saturday, August 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETJoin us for a creative, mindfulness workshop to cultivate resilience, calm, focus, and openness. Through creative exploration and compassion-based practices, we will inspire inclusivity, equality, and right action. Find out more
Online: Illuminating, Warming, Transforming – Lessons from the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine
with Mona Chopra
Saturday, August 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETAccording to Chinese medicine, the element of fire illuminates, warms, expands, spreads, proliferates, and burns aways impurities. Join us us for an online program exploring how cultivating a healthy expression of the "fire" element can make us feel more joyful, dynamic, spontaneous, and alive. Find out more
Online: Trauma Informed Mindfulness
with Jenny Hannah
Sunday, August 16th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ETJoin psychotherapist and meditation teacher Jenny Hannah for an online workshop for meditation instructors, counselors, and therapists exploring a foundational understanding of types of trauma, how to respond skillfully and prevent retraumatization, and examine assumptions surrounding mindfulness meditation. Find out more
Online: The Wisdom of Prajnaparamita – A Half-Day Retreat Exploring The Essence of the Heart Sutra
with Scott Tusa
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETIn this half-day online retreat we will explore the wisdom teachings of the bodhisattva Prajnaparamita as found in the Heart Sutra. Find out more
Online: Nature Meditation – Cultivating Wisdom and Resilience Through Nature-Based Mindfulness Practice
with Lin Gordon
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 from 9:30am - 4:45pm ETAs we go through an intense year of pandemic and social transformation, how do we access our inner resources regardless of external circumstances? Through this day online and outdoors, you’ll be guided through nature meditation practices that connect to your senses and explore your internal and external experiences intimately. Find out more
Online: The Joy of Letting Go – Finding Freedom from Habitual Patterns
with Robin Boudette, PhD
Sunday, August 30th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETSeptember 2020
Cultivating Curiosity, Kindness & Care: An Urban Retreat at NYI
with Bart van Melik
Saturday, September 26th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, September 27th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for this upcoming retreat at NYI. The details of the retreat will be updated as soon as they become available. Find out more
October 2020
Emotional Resilience for Politically Charged Times: A Weekend Retreat at NYI
with Ralph De La Rosa
Saturday, October 24th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday October 25th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for this upcoming retreat at NYI. The details of the retreat will be updated to this description as soon as they become available. Find out more
November 2020
December 2020
Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart: An Urban Retreat at NYI
with Narayan Liebenson
Saturday, December 12th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, December 13th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
In this weekend retreat we will turn our attention to the Buddha's Brahmaviharas or the Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart; loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. There are specific instructions and practices for cultivating each of the four Brahmaviharas, and over the course of the weekend we will practice with each one. Find out more