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December 2019
That’s Life: Embracing Change with Courage & Awareness
with Brian Simmons
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmEmbracing 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 more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer and Gary Singer
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
Dharma Rhythms Holiday Fest
Saturday, December 14th, 2019 from 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Join us for an afternoon of amazing music, homemade refreshments and irresistible raffle prizes—from $5 up. We are celebrating New York Insight and and all the people who have made it a sangha, a refuge of peace and sanity in the city.
The Growth Choice: Developing the Resilience, Courage and Inner Resources to Alleviate Shame, Imposter Syndrome and Avoidance Coping
with Josh Korda and Kathy Cherry
Sunday, December 15th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pmIn 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 more
Death and the Poignancy of Life
with Matthew Brensilver
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 from 7pm – 9pmIn this evening program, we’ll consider the way death can harden or soften our heart – and how dharma practice might lead us to a life that feels complete. Find out more
Monthly Community Potluck
Friday, Dec 20th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
Find out moreJanuary 2020
Life and Death – Is That All There Is?
with Rosemary Blake, Jon Aaron, Nancy Glimm and Amy Selzer
Saturday, January 4th - Saturday, December 12th, 2020This yearlong course is about living fully each moment of our lives. Over twelve months we will live as though this is our last year. We will reflect upon life and death from the Buddhist perspective while incorporating powerful teachings from other spiritual traditions. Find out more
Let Go of the Past and Embrace the Present Moment
with Bhante Buddharakkhita
Sunday, January 5th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmIn this daylong program, visiting teacher Bhante Buddharakkhita will explore the Buddha’s teachings on letting go, forgiveness and mindfulness. Find out more
Insight Meditation 101: Six-Week Beginners’ Course
with Lani Miller
Wednesdays, January 8th - February 12th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmThis course 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
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Required Free Orientation: Friday, January 10th, 2020 | 9:30am-12:00pm 8 Week Course: Fridays, January 17th - March 13th, 2020 | 9:30am-12:00pmMBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment. Find out more
Interpersonal Mindfulness: An 8-Week Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Course: Wednesdays, January 15th - March 4th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pmDaylong: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
In this course, participants will learn how to pause in midst of the habit mind, notice tensions and relax, kindly accept present moment experience, open and trust emergence as we listen deeply and speak the truth of our subjective experience. Find out more
Event Volunteer Training
Friday, January 17th, 2020 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The center needs you to help prepare the space and welcome participants. As a volunteer, you’ll learn more about New York Insight and become an active member of the community.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
Required Free Orientation: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm 8 Week Course: Thursdays February 6th - March 26th, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pmMBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment. Find out more
Finding the Way Home to Kind Awareness: An IMS Urban Retreat
with Bart van Melik and Leslie Booker
Saturday, January 25th, 2020 from 9:30am – 6:00pmSunday, 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 more
February 2020
Radical Friendship: Loving Yourself and Finding Your People in an Unjust World
with Kate Johnson
Sunday, February 9th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe 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 more
Beginner’s Workshop
with Bart van Melik
Sunday, February 16th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:30pmThis 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 more