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Online: The Wheel of Climate Emotions

with Anya Kamenetz and Jay Michaelson
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

In this special celebration of Earth Day, we invite you to join award-winning author and advocate Anya Kamenetz, one of the country's leading experts on climate change and mental health, and New York Insight core team member and longtime climate journalist Jay Michaelson, to explore the wheel of climate emotions (based on the pioneering work of Panu Pihkala) and how we as Buddhists, meditators, and engaged citizens can work with it skillfully. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer a 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. All are welcome. Find out more

Canceled: Celebrating and Embodying Mahapajapati

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Friday, May 10th, 2024, 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Saturday, May 11th, 2024, 1:00pm - 5:30pm ET

Mahapajapati, the Buddha’s aunt who raised him, is as a symbol of wisdom, care, nurturing, and leadership—an embodiment of caregivers, mothers, heroes, and leaders alike. Despite her significant role as a great Bodhisattva, her story remains untold and underappreciated in many discussions even today. During this two-day program, we will delve deeper into the life of Mahapajapati, drawing connections to our modern-day experiences. Find out more

In-Person: Self-Compassion 101

with Gary Singer
Wednesdays, May 15th - June 26th, 2024 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm

In this course, we’ll use mindfulness to investigate how we treat ourselves in the privacy of our own minds. Why does our Inner Critic tend to treat ourselves worse than we would anyone else? What stories might we be telling about ourselves and others that might simply be untrue? Can we stop the incessant comparison to others? Can we finally befriend ourselves? Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Angela Dews
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer a 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. All are welcome. Find out more

In-Person: Awake in Urban Nature Meditation

with Maho Kawachi and Sam Moll
Saturday, May 18th 2024 from 9:30am to 12:00pm

Join us on Central Park’s Great Hill (northwest corner) for nature meditation and mindful eating practice. Through the experiences of this workshop, we will see that nature is part of us and we are part of nature. Find out more

In-Person: Urban Farm Ecodharma – Cultivating Local and Personal Resilience in a Time of Climate Crisis

with Lin Wang Gordon and Jon Aaron
Saturday, May 18th, June 22nd, July 20th, August 10th, September 21st, October 19th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

The purpose of this new course is to nurture climate resilience through learning about meditation practices and Buddhist philosophy, and to cultivate wisdom by directly working with the Earth through volunteering at an urban farm Find out more

In-Person: A Steady, Peaceful Mind

with Melissa McKay
Monday, May 20th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm

The promise of the Buddha's teaching is that it is -- not by banishing unwanted emotions or pretending that everything is okay, but by reducing the mind's habitual tendency to make matters even worse. Join visiting teacher Melissa McKay for an evening of meditation and a discussion of how meditation helps us to reduce the negativity of the mind. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer a 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. All are welcome. Find out more

Online: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation

with Tushar D. Bhagat
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET

In this free MBSR session, we will explore mindfulness practices that are accessible to individuals of any background and experience level. It will also offer insight into reclaiming control over one's well-being, cultivating resilience, and embracing a life of mindful presence. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer a 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. All are welcome. Find out more

In-Person: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation

with Tushar D. Bhagat
Thursday, May 30th, 2024 from 10:00am - 12:30pm ET

In this free MBSR session, we will explore mindfulness practices that are accessible to individuals of any background and experience level. It will also offer insight into reclaiming control over one's well-being, cultivating resilience, and embracing a life of mindful presence. Find out more

Online: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation

with Tushar D. Bhagat
Thursday, May 30th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

In this free MBSR session, we will explore mindfulness practices that are accessible to individuals of any background and experience level. It will also offer insight into reclaiming control over one's well-being, cultivating resilience, and embracing a life of mindful presence. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Lani Miller
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer a 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. All are welcome. Find out more

In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Tushar D. Bhagat
In-Person Course: Thursdays, June 6th - August 1st, 2024 | 10:00am - 12:30pm ET
In-Person Daylong: Saturday, July 13th, 2024 | 9:30am - 5:00pm ET

MBSR 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

Online: What is a Teacher For?

with nico hase
Thursday, June 6th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Most Buddhist traditions consider the teacher-student relationship central to the path of awakening. Yet different traditions understand the teacher-student relationship in different ways, all of which have come under scrutiny of late. In this program, we will explore how different traditions emphasize the roles of instruction, commitment, and devotion in the teacher-student relationship, and we’ll explore issues of help and harm as they arise in the contemporary context. Find out more

In-Person: Mindfulness and Mindful Writing

with Tracy Cochran
Saturday, June 8th, 2024 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ET

This workshop will combine mindfulness meditation with mindful writing prompts to awaken sense memories and images. Inspired by ancient Buddhist teachings and other inspiring poems, quotes, and stories, we will practice remembering our own stories of wisdom and compassion. We will share our writing--or not--in a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere. Find out more

In-Person or Online: Insight 101 – Six Week Beginner’s Course

with Jon Aaron
Tuesdays, June 11th - July 23rd, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

If you’ve been wanting to learn how to meditate or refresh and renew the meditation practice you already have, we invite you to join this six-week meditation course to explore the practice of Insight (Vipassana) meditation in a warm, supportive environment. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer a 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. All are welcome. Find out more

Partner Program: Wise Speech – An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication

with Oren Jay Sofer, Ranjana Ariaratnam, and David Johnson
Tuesday, June 18th – July 23rd, 2024 from 12:15pm-2:00pm ET

Drawing upon the Buddha’s teachings on the Noble Eightfold Path, mindfulness, and Right Speech, plus the modern disciplines of Nonviolent Communication and trauma healing, this program hosted by Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, offers concrete tools to hold one’s own while still hearing others and to engage effectively and efficiently in collaboration. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer this 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. All are welcome. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, June 26th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ET

New York Insight is excited to offer this 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. All are welcome. Find out more

Online: The Thinking that Stills Thinking

with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, June 29th, 2024 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ET

Our deepest meditations are often guided ones. It helps to have someone on hand to interrupt our mind-wandering and to bring us back gently, over and over, into the present moment. A skilled guide can also introduce us to new skills or remind us to tap into skills we know but have forgotten to employ. Find out more

In-Person or Online: Obstacles to Practice – Exploring the Five Hindrances

with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesdays July 10th - August 7th, 2024 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET

While we may come to meditation hoping to experience calmness of mind, as we practice, we find that we are visited by “guests” such as desire, ill will, restlessness and worry, sleepiness, and doubt. These are the energies of the “Five Hindrances”. This course will offer an opportunity to explore how to practice with and understand these energies in our formal meditation practice as well as in our daily lives so that they can be skillfully abandoned. Find out more

Online: Introduction to the Jhanas

with Leigh Brasington
Saturday, August 10th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

The jhanas are eight progressive altered states of consciousness that can be identified with the aspect of the Buddha's Eightfold Path called Right Concentration. Training in concentration leads to these states, each of which yields a deeper and subtler state of awareness than the previous one. The jhanas are not in themselves awakening, but they are a skillful means for stilling the mind in a way that leads in that direction. Find out more
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