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SUMMARY:In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
DESCRIPTION:In-Person Community Meditation Gathering \nwith Wildecy de Fátima Jury \nWednesday\, April 5th\, 2023 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET \nLocation: Still Mind Zendo at 37 West 17th St\, #6W\, New York City\n \n\n \nAlthough Buddhism is often seen as a solitary path\, sangha\, or community\, is an essential part of meditation practice. However\, cultivating this sense of community has been a difficult challenge in this day and age of social isolation and Zoom fatigue. \nNew York Insight is excited to offer a brand new series of in-person community gatherings consisting of guided meditation\, a talk by one of our teachers\, followed by group discussion\, and opportunities to socialize and connect with like-minded practitioners. \nWhether you are brand new to meditation practice\, new to New York Insight\, or are a longtime\, experienced meditator\, all are welcome to join us for this series of in-person community meditation gatherings. \nWe hope to see you there! Please arrive 15 minutes early to ensure an orderly check-in.\n  \nSpace is limited\, please RSVP below.\nIf you are having trouble completing your RSVP or donation\, please CLICK HERE to open it in a new browser. All proceeds will support this sangha’s teacher(s) and other NYI teacher support. Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \nSuggested donation is $15 but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n \nNYI’s Covid Protocol for In-Person Indoors Programs:\n•All participants must be fully vaccinated and have received a Booster shot – Proof of vaccination and booster is required.\n•All participants must RSVP in advance before attending the program.\n•Wearing a mask is optional and highly recommended at all times.\n•For the health and safety of our staff\, teachers\, and community\, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell. Please let us know so those on the waiting list will be able to attend. \nDisclaimer:\n•Procedures adhere to current CDC\, NY State\, NYC\, and Still Mind Zendo guidelines.\n•Changes may be applied at any time\, based on CDC guidelines.\n•For the health and safety of our staff\, teachers\, and community\, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell.\n•All in-person programs may become online programs if circumstances dictate. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/in-person-community-meditation-gathering-04-05-23/
LOCATION:Still Mind Zendo\, 34 W. 15th Street\, 3rd floor\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Gatherings,Evening Events,For Beginners,Mindfulness,Open to All
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SUMMARY:Online: Get Your Sit Together
DESCRIPTION:Online: Get Your Sit Together\n \nwith Bodhipaksa\n \nThursdays\, April 6th – 27th\, 2023 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET\n \n\n \nThis four-week course is designed to help you become a rock-solid daily meditator. \nFor a long time after I learned to meditate\, I found it impossible to keep my practice regular. Even experiencing the very positive benefits of meditation first-hand wasn’t enough to motivate me to practice regularly. I’d meditate every day for a few weeks or even months\, but then I’d start missing days — sometimes lots of days. \nEventually I managed to become the rock-solid daily meditator that I’d aspired to be\, and when I shared my approach with other people they found it worked for them too. \nAnd so\, drawing on the latest psychological research on motivation and habit-building\, along with timeless insights from Buddhist psychology\, we’ll explore how we can commit to sit daily\, no matter what\, so that we can all experience the benefits of regular meditation. \n(This approach to motivation works for developing other habits as well\, so whether you want to exercise regularly or eat more healthily\, you’ll find something here that helps you.) \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/get-your-sit-together/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Course Series,Evening Events,Open to All
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230406T210000
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SUMMARY:Online: Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
DESCRIPTION:Online: Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths\n \nwith Dave Smith\n \nThursday\, April 6th\, 2023 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET\n \n\n \nWithin the entire cosmos of Buddhist doctrine\, across the many forms of lineages and traditions no single teaching carries as much weight as that of the four noble truths. It is the most fundamental aspect of Dharma. As Buddhist practices continue to take root in American society and culture much of the conversation and attention has been given to meditation practice and in particular\, mindfulness.  \nWhile this has certainly made a positive impact\, how can we bring the teachings of the four noble truths into our practice and cultivation of mindfulness? How are these ideas related? How do we practice the four noble truths? How can we bring these ideas into the everyday moments of our lives?  \nDuring this evening Dave Smith will outline a framework and a set of practices that will bring these ideas to life. Together\, we will discuss ways of integrating the time-tested and transformative aspects of these teachings.  \nThis event is appropriate for anyone interested in the topic\, regardless of previous meditative experience. \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/mindfulness-and-the-four-noble-truths/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Evening Events,Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230407T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230407T180000
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SUMMARY:Online: New York Insight Event Volunteer Training
DESCRIPTION:Become a New York Insight Event Volunteer!\n \nAn Online Training Session for online and hybrid events\n \nFriday\, April 7th\, 2023 | 4:30pm – 6:00pm\n \n\n  \nDo more than belong: participate. Do more than care: serve.\nDo more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind.\nDo more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.\n—William Arthur Ward \nNew York Insight relies on volunteers to create a welcoming and organized atmosphere for all our events. NYI is almost entirely volunteer-run and generosity is vital to the existence of our community. \nThe center needs you to help prepare the online space for our events and support participants and teachers. As an event volunteer\, you’ll learn more about New York Insight and become an active member of the community. \nThrough volunteering: \n-You enter a path of service where your service is your practice and your practice is service\n-Build a greater sense of Sangha\n-Serve your local Dharma community\n-Practice generosity\n-Deepen your practice by exploring relationships between you and others \nWhat to Expect: Event volunteers arrive 15-30 minutes prior to the event start time to review the logistics with the teacher(s). In the online Zoom platform\, they make announcements\, provide technical support to participants\, help facilitate questions and comments\, and provide other forms of support as needed\, such as organizing breakout rooms for small group discussion and sharing screen to display videos\, music\, or text. \nRequirements:  \nA stable internet connection and comfort with Zoom.\nAll volunteers are required to attend a volunteer training session prior to their first volunteer event. \nIn exchange for this service\, you will be able to attend events for which you volunteer for free. You will be accumulating credit points that will enable you to join other programs for free\, or at a discount. \nTo prepare for this training and your role as an event volunteer\, we ask you to please review the resource documents in this folder. \nPlease RSVP\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance.
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/new-york-insight-event-volunteer-training-4-7-23/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230408T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230408T160000
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SUMMARY:Online: A Body of Kindness
DESCRIPTION:Online: A Body of Kindness\n \nwith Jill Satterfield\n \nSaturday\, April 8th\, 2023 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm ET\n \n\n \nLoving-kindness can be generated from the mind and heart but can also be invited and sustained in the body\, where we sense\, feel\, and come to know our emotions. \nLove\, kindness\, generosity\, and joy are called forth and held in spaciousness and softness. As we cultivate these qualities in our body\, like all things\, what we repeat\, we become. \nDuring this day together\, we’ll practice mindfulness\, meditation\, visualization\, breathing\, and several restorative yoga postures (lying down) to invite\, feel and experience very practical ways to make somatic room for the heart to expand and find comfort in. \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/a-body-of-kindness/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Mindfulness,Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T210000
DTSTAMP:20230412T190549Z
CREATED:20230310T032220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T190549Z
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SUMMARY:In-Person or Online: Community Town Hall Gathering
DESCRIPTION:In-Person or Online: Community Town Hall Gathering \nWednesday\, April 12th\, 2023 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET \nIn-Person Location: Still Mind Zendo at 37 West 17th St\, #6W\, New York City \nThe New York Insight’s Friends Leadership Council along with the Board\, Staff and Teachers invite you to our Community Town Hall Gathering! \nThis gathering will be a Hybrid event\, we welcome you to attend in person or online. \nTogether\, we will have an opportunity to connect with each other and hear your thoughts on how NYI can continue to support your practice and serve as your spiritual home. We will also share updates from our important committees and hear from our ED and Board president; including a sneak peek on how we plan to celebrate our 25th Anniversary with a Hybrid event scheduled for Sunday\, June 4th 2023. \nFresh vegetarian treats will be served as we open up the last part of the gathering to social time. \nWe are looking forward to seeing you! \nPlease RSVP\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. \nFor Online participation\, please scroll further down to RSVP & for the Zoom link. \nIn-Person Participation RSVP:\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n\nNYI’s Covid Protocol for In-Person Indoors Programs:\n•All participants must be fully vaccinated and have received a Booster shot – Proof of vaccination and booster is required during check-in.\n•All participants must RSVP in advance before attending the program.\n•Msak wearing is highly recommended at all times.\n•For the health and safety of our staff\, teachers\, and community\, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell. Please let us know so those on the waiting list will be able to attend. \nOnline Participation RSVP:\nCLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window. \n\nFor Online Participation\, please join via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89271091358?pwd=d2RuaklJRzVVd1NWZ284N1AvYlBEdz09\nMeeting ID: 892 7109 1358\nPasscode: 23\nOne tap mobile: +16465588656\,\,89271091358# US (New York)\nDial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kck7TUyIDH\nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/community-town-hall-gathering/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Community Gatherings,Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230417T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230417T113000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T023818Z
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SUMMARY:Online: The Seven Factors of Awakening
DESCRIPTION:Online: The Seven Factors of Awakening\n \nwith Elaine Retholtz\n \nMondays\, April 17th\, 24th\, May 1st\, May 15th\, 22nd\, June 5th\, 12th\, 2023 | 9:30am – 11:30am ET\n \n\n \nJoin us for the next course in this online series exploring how to cultivate mindfulness through cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening – these wholesome qualities that help us remember and connect to the simple joys of non-clinging. \n•This summer\, we will explore the practice of cultivating lovingkindness and the other “divine abodes” of compassion\, joy\, and equanimity.\n•In the fall\, we will look more closely at what the Buddha called the “Three Characteristics” of all experience – Dukkha (variously translated as unsatisfactoriness\, suffering\, or vulnerability)\, Impermanence\, and the not-self characteristic. \nHere is an opportunity to develop connections with other practitioners as we explore together in a non-conceptual way various aspects of practice on and off the cushion. Think of this as a learning laboratory\, and what we are “studying” is our own hearts\, minds\, and bodies. \nIn our culture\, there can be a tendency to dwell on the negative – what we need to get rid of. Our lives and meditation practice can become an endless to do list and self improvement project. \nHowever\, just as in gardening\, there is a balance between creating an inhospitable environment for weeds and encouraging the growth of flowers or vegetables\, in our meditation practice there is an integral relationship between letting go of unwholesome states of mind and cultivating the wholesome. We will explore how to cultivate mindfulness\, investigation\, energy\, joy\, tranquility\, concentration\, and equanimity.  \nEach class will include practice\, instruction\, talks\, and group dialogue and inquiry. There will also be ongoing practice assignments each week. \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/the-seven-factors-of-awakening/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Studies Courses,Course Series,Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T203000
DTSTAMP:20230411T174713Z
CREATED:20230228T235618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T174713Z
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SUMMARY:Online: Training the Mind and Heart - Peace\, Health and Happiness through Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Online: Training the Mind and Heart – Peace\, Health and Happiness through Meditation\n \nwith Paul Epstein\n \nTuesdays\, April 18th – May 9th\, 2023 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET\n \n\n \nKeeping it simple through basic and foundational mindfulness practices and Buddhist teachings\, this class will focus on  cultivating\, balancing and integrating a mindful awareness and a compassionate heart in all aspects of our lives.  \nWe’ll discuss and explore taking refuge\, the 4 noble truths\, the 8 fold path\, the 3 characteristics\, 7 intentions\, mindfulness of the body\, mind and heart (including loving kindness\, compassion \, equanimity and joy)\, forgiveness\, gratitude\, the 5 hindrances\, and working with difficult emotions. \nThe class is an opportunity to review\, deepen and reinforce your meditation practice\, insight and understanding and support your continued journey on the path to peace\, health and happiness. Whatever your background\, whatever your experience\, all are welcome\, we’re all beginners. \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/training-the-mind-and-heart/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Course Series,Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T002756Z
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SUMMARY:In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
DESCRIPTION:In-Person Community Meditation Gathering \nwith Leslie Booker \nWednesday\, April 19th\, 2023 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET \nLocation: Still Mind Zendo at 37 West 17th St\, #6W\, New York City \nAlthough Buddhism is often seen as a solitary path\, sangha\, or community\, is an essential part of meditation practice. However\, cultivating this sense of community has been a difficult challenge in this day and age of social isolation and Zoom fatigue. \nNew York Insight is excited to offer a brand new series of in-person community gatherings consisting of guided meditation\, a talk by one of our teachers\, followed by group discussion\, and opportunities to socialize and connect with like-minded practitioners. \nWhether you are brand new to meditation practice\, new to New York Insight\, or are a longtime\, experienced meditator\, all are welcome to join us for this series of in-person community meditation gatherings. \nWe hope to see you there! \nSpace is limited. Please Reserve your seat below.\n\nPlease arrive 15-20 minutes early to ensure an orderly check-in.\nReserved seats will be released at 6:30 PM to our waitlist.\nIf we are sold out\, please sign-up for the waiting list – there may be a gap before the Wait List opens.\nIf you are on the Wait List\, please email registration@nyimc.org between 5:30-6 pm on the day to inquire if space opened up for you to join us.\n\nIf you are having trouble completing your RSVP or donation\, please CLICK HERE to open it in a new browser. All proceeds will support this sangha’s teacher(s) and other NYI teacher support. Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \nSuggested donation is $15 but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n \nNYI’s Covid Protocol for In-Person Indoors Programs:\n•All participants must be fully vaccinated and have received a Booster shot – Proof of vaccination and booster is required.\n•All participants must RSVP in advance before attending the program.\n•Wearing a mask is optional and highly recommended at all times.\n•For the health and safety of our staff\, teachers\, and community\, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell. Please let us know so those on the waiting list will be able to attend. \nDisclaimer:\n•Procedures adhere to current CDC\, NY State\, NYC\, and Still Mind Zendo guidelines.\n•Changes may be applied at any time\, based on CDC guidelines.\n•For the health and safety of our staff\, teachers\, and community\, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell.\n•All in-person programs may become online programs if circumstances dictate. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/in-person-community-meditation-gathering-04-19-23/
LOCATION:Still Mind Zendo\, 34 W. 15th Street\, 3rd floor\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Gatherings,Evening Events,For Beginners,Mindfulness,Open to All
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SUMMARY:Online: Basic Goodness
DESCRIPTION:Online: Basic Goodness\n \nwith Amma Thanasanti\n \nSaturday\, April 22nd\, 2023 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET\n \n\n \nThe Buddha said that basic goodness is our birthright\, who we essentially are. Yet for many\, even after years of meditation\, this can be elusive. This day-long retreat will review how our early childhood attachment formation contributes to our ability to feel our own innate goodness. It will describe the Idealized Parent Protocol formulated by Dan Brown and David Elliot. We will begin to practice attachment wounding repair using insight meditation\, a type of loving-kindness meditation using visualization and collaborative co-regulation. \nProgram Format:\nThere will be introductions\, talk\, guided meditation\, break out rooms and large group discussions. Interspersed will be mindful movement either inside or in nature.  \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/basic-goodness/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T203000
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SUMMARY:In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering
DESCRIPTION:In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering \nwith Brian Simmons \nWednesday\, April 26th\, 2023 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET \nLocation: Still Mind Zendo at 37 West 17th St\, #6W\, New York City \nAlthough Buddhism is often seen as a solitary path\, sangha\, or community\, is an essential part of meditation practice. However\, cultivating this sense of community has been a difficult challenge in this day and age of social isolation and Zoom fatigue. \nNew York Insight is excited to offer a brand new series of in-person community gatherings consisting of guided meditation\, a talk by one of our teachers\, followed by group discussion\, and opportunities to socialize and connect with like-minded practitioners. \nWhether you are brand new to meditation practice\, new to New York Insight\, or are a longtime\, experienced meditator\, all are welcome to join us for this series of in-person community meditation gatherings. \nWe hope to see you there! \nSpace is limited. Please Reserve your seat below.\n\nPlease arrive 15-20 minutes early to ensure an orderly check-in.\nReserved seats will be released at 6:30 PM to our waitlist.\nIf we are sold out\, please sign-up for the waiting list – there may be a gap before the Wait List opens.\nIf you are on the Wait List\, please email registration@nyimc.org between 5:30-6 pm on the day to inquire if space opened up for you to join us.\nWalk-Ins will be admitted if space is available on a first-come basis at the start of the program.\n\nIf you are having trouble completing your RSVP or donation\, please CLICK HERE to open it in a new browser. All proceeds will support this sangha’s teacher(s) and other NYI teacher support. Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \nSuggested donation is $15 but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n \nNYI’s Covid Protocol for In-Person Indoors Programs:\n•All participants must RSVP in advance before attending the program.\n•Wearing a mask is optional and highly recommended at all times.\n•For the health and safety of our staff\, teachers\, and community\, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell.\n•Please let us know so those on the waiting list will be able to attend. \nDisclaimer:\n•Procedures adhere to current CDC\, NY State\, NYC\, and Still Mind Zendo guidelines.\n•Changes may be applied at any time\, based on CDC guidelines.\n•All in-person programs may become online programs if circumstances dictate. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/in-person-community-meditation-gathering-04-26-23/
LOCATION:Still Mind Zendo\, 34 W. 15th Street\, 3rd floor\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Gatherings,Evening Events,For Beginners,Mindfulness,Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T210000
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SUMMARY:Online: Can We Meditate Our Way Out of Fear of Death?
DESCRIPTION:Online: Can We Meditate Our Way Out of Fear of Death?\n \nwith Paul Fulton\n \nThursday\, April 27th\, 2023 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET\n \n\n \nOne way to describe our human condition is that we are simultaneously motivated by our fear of mortality\, and our need to negate that very fear. From this perspective\, much of our conscious and unconscious lives\, from our shared cultural and religious institutions down to our most private and idiosyncratic personal preoccupations\, can be understood as an effort to manage that terror. \nIn this talk with clinical psychologist and Director of Harvard Medical School’s Certificate Program in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy\, Paul Fulton\, we will explore how this existential anxiety is described in Buddhist terms\, and how neurosis can be understood as an expression of delusion. We will ask how meditation speaks to this primal fear\, or if it does at all. We will explore how an existential perspective bridges much of our conventional understanding of neurotic suffering and Buddhist views of impermanence\, emptiness\, and suffering. \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/can-we-meditate-our-way-out-of-fear-of-death/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Evening Events,Open to All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230429T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230429T160000
DTSTAMP:20230125T222519Z
CREATED:20230125T221245Z
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SUMMARY:Online: Vipassana Meditation Daylong - Understanding the Mind
DESCRIPTION:Online: Vipassana Meditation Daylong – Understanding the Mind \n \nwith Melissa McKay\n \nSaturday\, April 29th\, 2023 | 11:00am – 4:00pm ET with 1hr break\n \n\n \n“If you want to understand the mind\, sit down and observe it.” – Anagarika Munindra  \nThere is no scientific tool to observe the mind. The only way to do it is in the first person – and Vipassana meditation is a powerful instrument we can use to understand the mind.   \nJoin meditation teacher Melissa McKay for this day of practice of Vipassana (insight) meditation. Together we will develop mindfulness and concentration to explore our minds to understand them and ourselves more deeply. \nThere will be instruction\, questions and answers\, and lots of time to practice together. This program is appropriate for both beginner and more experienced students.   \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\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.\nPlease contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program.  Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \nPlease note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise. \nBy registering\, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact registration@nyimc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/vipassana-meditation-daylong-understanding-the-mind/
LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY
CATEGORIES:Daylong Programs,Open to All
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