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Online: The Eightfold Path
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, October 24th - December 12th, 2022 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET The Buddha's teachings on The Eightfold Path is not some belief system to take on, nor a philosophy to be debated. Rather it is a very accessible (if sometimes challenging) guide for living and practicing in the world. Find out morePostponed: Meditation – Tools for Our Times
Postponed: Meditation - Tools for Our Times with Lani Miller Due to unforeseen change in circumstances, the course is postponed Wednesdays, October 26th-November 16th, 2022 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET During these challenging times it’s good to know that there are tools we can turn to that offer us support and upliftment. In this course […]
Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Finding Calm in a Crisis
with Bodhipaksa
Wednesdays October 26th - November 16th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
Join Bodhipaksa for a four-week course and learn simple practices that can help us dramatically change our experience of life, so that we become islands of calm and reassurance for the world, bringing peace not just to ourselves, but to others as well.
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, October 14th-28th, 2022, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Online: Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity and Emotional Resilience
with Dr. Paul Epstein, ND
Saturday, October 29th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET Training in mindful awareness brings the choice of relating to our experience with wisdom and compassion which changes the brain creating new neural pathways.Join us to learn how to move beyond surviving life’s challenges to actively participating in our own deep healing while building resilience for a brighter present and future. Find out moreOnline: Aging as a Spiritual Practice
with Amy Selzer & Nancy Glimm
Sundays, October 30th - November 20th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET This four- week course will be about upending our fixed ideas about aging. Together we will share our cultural beliefs toward aging and challenge them with the tools of meditation and the Buddha’s teachings. Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Imagination, Interdependence, and Liberation
with Ben Connelly
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET Buddhism's teachings on the Three Natures show how imagination and awareness of interdependence can be harnessed to heal and transform systems of harm within ourselves and our communities, even as we realize that we are already inseparable from what is whole and complete. Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: The Buddha, the Body, the Earth
with Arisika Razak
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET This day of practice weaves Buddhist teachings on the body with earth-based Indigenous beliefs that celebrate the harvest, the ancestors, and the regenerative powers of the Earth and all who depend on her. As we enter the fall season, let's acknowledge our fragile imperiled Earth and our fragile imperiled bodies; let's honor our ancestors' wisdom and the beauty of our planet. Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, November 11th-25th, 2022, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Living The Eightfold Path – The Buddha’s Path of Awakening
with Dan Harris and Joseph Goldstein
Thursday, November 17th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET In this live online conversation, author and host of the Ten Percent Happier podcast, Dan Harris will interview author and founding Insight Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein about the Buddha's instructions for living a happy life. This evening is a special benefit event for New York Insight Meditation Center. Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, November 18th & 25th, 2022, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
In-Person Annual Thanksgiving Potluck Gathering
Sunday, November 20th, 2022, from 6:00pm - 8:30pm ET In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Annual Thanksgiving Celebration. which returns In-Person this year!
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, November 25th, 2022, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, December 2nd-16th, 2022, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out moreOnline: The Joys of Generosity
with Peter Doobinin
Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET We may be inclined to think that happiness in life comes from getting things, acquiring possessions, material gain, status and praise. But as the teachings of the Buddha tell us, when we practice generosity we know a greater happiness. In this three-hour classes, we’ll discuss the practice of skillful giving; in turn, we’ll learn to cultivate the joy that comes when we practice generosity. Find out moreOnline: Beginner’s Meditation Workshop
with Lani Miller
Sunday, December 4th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Learn the basics of Insight /Mindfulness Meditation practice in a warm supportive environment. This three hour comprehensive workshop includes instructions in, and time to practice meditation together with guidance from a New York Insight teacher. There will also be an opportunity to explore how you can develop and continue your meditation practice if you are drawn to do so.
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, December 9th, 2022, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out moreOnline: The Four Best Ways to Live Your Life
with Bodhipaksa
Sunday, December 11th, 2022 from 10:00am - 2:00pm ET Join Bodhipaksa in this workshop and explore the four meditation practices for developing love. Even if you’re familiar with these four practices (Kindness, Compassion, Appreciation, Looking Deeper), you’ll find Bodhipaksa’s approach fresh and illuminating. Find out moreOnline: Communication Survival Skills for the Holidays
with Elaine Retholtz & Valerie Brown
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 from 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET The holiday season can be both a joyful and a stressful time. Join us for a special evening to explore how we can be supported and grounded in practices based in wisdom from the Buddhist and Quaker faith traditions and relational mindfulness. These practices support our ability to bridge differences and improve the quality of our relationships this holiday season. Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, December 16th, 2022, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, December 21st, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, December 28th, 2022, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: New York Insight’s Annual New Year’s Eve Gathering & Celebration
with Lani Miller, Wildecy de Fátima Jury, Amy Selzer, Brian Simmons, karen g. williams, and Lin Wang Gordon
Saturday, December 31st, 2022 from 9:00pm - 12:15am ET New York Insight Meditation Center teachers and staff warmly invite you to our annual New Years Eve gathering and celebration. Join us for a special online evening which will include meditation, chanting, time for silence and for connection, setting intentions for the new year, and our wonderful unique ending in which all are invited to participate. Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, January 6th - 27th, 2023 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out moreOnline: Beginning Anew – A Winter Retreat for the New Year
with Mona Chopra
Saturday, January 7th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET As we start a new year and begin again, we have an invitation to ask ourselves anew - how do I want to be in the world? The busyness of life, the “noise” of the world, the seemingly endless chatter in our own minds - these often obscure the deeper truths from us. In this half day retreat, we will return to the natural world as our teacher, honoring the rhythm and pace of the winter season, and beginning the process of slowing down, moving into deeper states of yin. Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Online: Freedom From the Known – A Conversation on Buddhism and Psychotherapy
with Mark Epstein and James Shaheen
Thursday, January 12th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET Join Dr. Mark Epstein and Tricycle editor James Shaheen for a special online discussion on Epstein's new book, The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life. Together they will explore how Western therapy can be considered a two-person meditation, and how mindfulness, much like a good therapist, can “hold” our awareness for us, allowing the therapeutic process to unfold, often in surprising ways. Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, January 13th, 2023 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out moreOnline: Mindful Healing – Transforming Stress, Pain and Illness into a Journey of Self-healing and Awakening
with Paul Epstein
Saturday, January 14th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETHow we choose to relate to, be with and face our pain and life’s difficult challenges is as important as what we do to treat them. This day long retreat with Insight meditation teacher, Dr Paul Epstein will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness and compassion practice can be integrated in the process of facing and healing the dis-eases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Buddhist Practice and Transforming Racism
with Donald Rothberg
Thursdays, January 19th - February 23rd, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this six-week course for those who identify as “white,” we will approach transforming racism inside and outside as an integral part of our spiritual practice, from a framework of Buddhist teachings and practices. Find out more
Online: Meditation as an Act of Healing – Working with Fear and Anxiety
with Joseph Mauricio
Thursday, January 19th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETLearning to work with fear and anxiety is an important practice for anyone trying to maintain balance in their lives. Meditation can be an act of healing that allows us to reconnect to our humanity. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, January 20th, 2023 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Integrating Social and Personal Healing and Liberation
with Ben Connelly
Saturday, January 21st, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETHow can we heal ourselves and our communities? How does our personal conduct, wellness, suffering, and trauma relate to interpersonal and transpersonal systems? These are the questions at the heart of philosophical school of Yogacara Buddhism, which brings Early Buddhist and Mahayana thought and practice into an integrated approach to joyful, compassionate, altruistic living. Find out more
Online: Insight 101 – A Six Week Meditation Beginner’s Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, January 23rd - March 6th, 2023 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET
We invite you to join this six-week meditation course to explore the practice of Insight (Vipassana) meditation in a warm, supportive environment. We will emphasize experiential practice, including instructions for sitting and walking meditation, and learn how we can bring this practice of presence into our everyday lives.
Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Gary Singer
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, January 27th, 2023 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz and Dr. Kimberly Grocher
Course: Wednesdays, February 1st - March 22nd, 2023 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, February 3, 10, and 24, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Meditation as an Act of Healing – Working with Fear and Anxiety Practicum
with Joseph Mauricio
Saturday, February 4th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETJoin us for a half-day practical workshop of instruction, discussion, and inspiration where we will discuss the 4 R’s of mindful awareness: Recognition, Release, Return and Relax. Find out more
Online: The Brahma-Viharas – A Four Week Course on the Heart
with Amanda Gilbert
Tuesdays, February 7th - 28th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this online four-week series, you’ll discover the heartful magic of the Buddha's Brahma-Vihara while being supported in a community of practitioners joining you in this deep dive. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Selflessness, Skillfulness, and Service – Three Ethical Commitments In Indra’s Net
with Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETAs millions of people, at home and abroad, clamor for disenfranchisement and violence as a path towards getting and maintaining political power, how might we utilize our Buddhist philosophies and practices to contribute to a more enlightened society? Find out more
Online: Concentration in Daily Life
with Tuere Sala
Thursday, February 9th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETConcentration is often reserved for silent retreat practice. We think of it as something that requires a lot of work over a dedicated period of time. This discussion is about learning to cultivate concentration as part of the Eightfold path by incorporating it into our daily lives. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, February 10, and 24, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Metta Meditation Daylong – Aligning with the Highest Frequency
with Melissa McKay
Saturday, February 11th, 2023 from 11:00am - 4:00pm ETMetta is considered to be one of the highest mind states that we can experience. In meditation we develop this ever beneficial habit of mind. And when we do, our ego dissolves and we are aligned with the highest kind of energy there is. Join us for this special daylong workshop exploring these practices and realizing their benefits. Find out more
In-Person: Winter Brunch Potluck
Sunday, February 12th, 2023 from 1:30pm – 3:30pm ET
Experience the warmth of community with NYI. Come join our Winter Brunch Community Potluck!
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Living Life Through the Dharma
with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, February 16th - March 16th, 2023 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
As our practice deepens, and the boundary between self and other softens, the unconditional nature of love arises. Join us for this four-week course on how mindful cultivation through formal practice of the boundless qualities of lovingkindness, compassion, resonant joy and equanimity can open the lens of wisdom and break through the barriers.
Find out moreOnline: Introduction to Habit Change for Mindful Eating and Consuming
with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue
Thursday, February 16th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETStressed by your relationship with eating and/or other habits of consuming (streaming, gaming, shopping, social media)? Or perhaps you notice that you turn to food and/or other feeds to manage stress. What do you do when you are tired, bored, or experiencing difficult emotions? This introductory workshop will provide an overview of Reward-Based Learning and sustainable habit change and a sampling of experiential practices to take better care of yourself. Find out more
Online: Discover Your Inner Meditation Coach
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, February 18th, 2023 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ETDuring this online workshop we will learn, as meditation practitioners, to be both teacher and student simultaneously. We’ll learn how to be a wise and kind spiritual friend to ourselves — so that we're present, responsive, kind, and helpful toward ourselves as we go through the process of settling more deeply into our own experience. And we’ll learn to be receptive to what’s most wholesome within us, allowing it in, trusting it, and allowing ourselves to be guided by our own inner wisdom. Find out more
In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
In-Person Course: Tuesdays, February 21st - April 11th, 2023 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
In-Person Daylong: Saturday, March 25th, 2023 | 9:30am - 5:00pm ET
MBSR uses meditation, yoga, and inquiry as a way of training people to relate differently to stresses in their lives and in fact, relate differently to each moment of their lives. Each class includes various “formal” meditation practices, mindful movement and discussion/inquiry exploring the habits of the mind to discover how these patterns of reactivity become a major cause of stress.
Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out morePostponed: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
PostponedStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: The Ten Paramis – A Ten Month Course
with Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm
Saturday, February 25th - Saturday, November 11th 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETOver a period of ten months, we will explore together each one of the ten Paramis or Perfections as they are often called. These perfections reside in all of us and as we cultivate them, they emerge from within us and build upon each other. Find out more
In-Person: Soulcentric Mid-Life – A Five Month Course
with Lin Wang Gordon
Saturdays, February 25th, March 11th, April 8th, May 20th, & June 3rd, 2023 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ETIf you are in your 40s/50s and thinking about the second half of your life, join us for a new in-person course exploring many areas of our lives (health, career, money, family, relationship, kids/no kids) and the gifts of this mid-life stage. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Mindful Eating and Consuming – Habit Change for Self-Care
with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue
Thursdays, March 2nd - April 6th, 2023 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ETSo many people find themselves stuck in unwanted and/or uncomfortable relationships with food, weight, body image, devices and their schedules. Mindfulness-Based Habit Change combines the tools of mindfulness practice and behavioral science to fundamentally change how we relate to our eating and other consuming behaviors. Find out more
Online: The House We Live In – Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism
with Seth Zuihō Segall
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIn this talk, Zen Buddhist priest and clinical psychologist Seth Zuihō Segall explores the commonalities between Buddhist, Confucian, and Aristotelean approaches to virtue and wisdom. We will examine the moral and intellectual virtues that promote flourishing, the diversity of ways in which we flourish, and the factors all flourishing lives share. Finally, we will address the problem of talking to each other across political and cultural divides, affirming the necessity of discovering ways to live together despite seemingly incommensurable differences. Find out more
Online: There Is More to Death Than Dying
with Amy Selzer, Jon Aaron & Nancy Glimm
Sunday, March 5th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThis daylong retreat will focus on two qualities described by the Buddha. Hiri, conscience or postive shame, and Ottappa, concern for the results of our actions. Looking at these two qualities, we will observe our personal sense of integrity, and our understanding of what is wholesome and unwholesome. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Obstacles to Practice – Exploring the Five Hindrances
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, March 13th - April 10th, 2023 from 9:30am - 11:30am ETWhile 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”. They are like clouds that obscure the mind from seeing clearly. 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: Meditation and Creativity
with Lani Miller
Three Tuesdays, March 14th - 28th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETOver this three-week course, we will explore and share how we experience and are inspired by the already present and inherent connection between meditation practice and creativity. Both involve opening to and allowing what is already present to emerge. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, March 15th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out morePostponed: Developing the Five Spiritual Faculties
with Walt Opie
PostponedIn Buddhist teachings there are many lists, including an important one known as the Five Spiritual Faculties, which includes: faith (confidence), effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom (discernment). Each of these are inherent capacities we can cultivate and develop in our own practice, and they all work together. Join us for an evening discussion with visiting Insight Meditiation Teacher Walt Opie to explore how we can intergrate these important qualities in our own lives. Find out more
Online: Relaxing Into Awareness – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Lani Miller
Sunday, March 19th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:30pm ET
This day will be an ideal opportunity for meditators who wish to explore participating in a retreat for the first time. In this supportive environment, we will have the opportunity to experience the benefits of spending extended time in meditation practice by tuning into our own direct moment-to-moment experience. As an important part of this we will explore the balance between relaxing into our practice while still bringing a kind and dedicated effort to it.
Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Living Life Through the Dharma
with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, March 23rd - April 20th, 2023 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ETJoin us for this five-week course to look closely at how the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path and other teachings from both the early and later teachings can bring us to place of ease and balance and equanimity. Find out more
Online: Embracing Change, Loss, and Grief
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, March 25th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETIf you’ve encountered a significant change—the death of someone you love, divorce or separation, loss of livelihood—you might feel devastated, angry, or just lost. Join Kimberly Brown, meditation teacher and author for this experiential workshop to learn practices and teachings to meet your grief and difficult emotions with patience, tenderness, and clarity. Find out more
In-Person: Exploring the Power of Love – InsightOut LGBTQI Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Monday, March 27th, 2023 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ETCome join us for meditation and discussion to meet and socialize with other LGBTQI practitioners. New York Insight Teacher Elaine Retholtz will present a dharma talk titled Exploring the Power of Love based on the teachings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Get Your Sit Together
with Bodhipaksa
Thursdays, April 6th - 27th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETDrawing on the latest psychological research on motivation and habit-building, along with timeless insights from Buddhist psychology, we'll explore how we can build a rock solid meditation practice and commit to sit daily, no matter what, so that we can all experience the benefits of regular meditation. Find out more
Online: Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
with Dave Smith
Thursday, April 6th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETAs 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. While 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? During 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. Find out more
Online: New York Insight Event Volunteer Training
Become a New York Insight Event Volunteer
Friday, April 7th, 2023, from 4:30 – 6:00 PM ETNew York Insight relies on volunteers to create a welcoming and organized atmosphere for all our events. The community needs you to help prepare the online space for our events and support participants and teachers. Find out more
Online: A Body of Kindness
with Jill Satterfield
Saturday, April 8th, 2023 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ETLoving-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. During 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. Find out more
In-Person or Online: Community Town Hall Gathering
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
The New York Insight’s Friends Leadership Council along with the Board, Staff and Teachers invite you to our Community Town Hall Gathering, either in-person or online. Together, 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.
Online: The Seven Factors of Awakening
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, April 17th, 24th, May 1st, May 15th, 22nd, June 5th, June 12th, 2023 from 9:30am - 11:30am ETDuring this course will be exploring how to cultivate mindfulness in various aspects of our lives through Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening - wholesome qualities that help us remember and connect to the simple joys of non-clinging. Find out more
Online: Training the Mind and Heart – Peace, Health and Happiness through Meditation
with Dr. Paul Epstein
Tuesdays, April 18th - May 9th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETKeeping 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. Find out more
In-Person Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Basic Goodness
with Amma Thanasanti
Saturday, April 22nd, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETThe 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. We will begin to practice attachment wounding repair using insight meditation, a type of loving-kindness meditation using visualization and collaborative co-regulation. Find out more
In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Can We Meditate Our Way Out of Fear of Death?
with Paul Fulton
Thursday, April 27th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIn this evening 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. Find out more
Online: Vipassana Meditation Daylong – Understanding the Mind
with Melissa McKay
Saturday, April 29th, 2023 from 11:00am - 4:00pm ETThere is no scientific tool to observe the mind. The only way to do it is in the first person – and Vipassana (Insight) meditation is a powerful instrument we can use to understand the mind. Join meditation teacher Melissa McKay for this day of Vipassana meditation practice. Together we will develop mindfulness and concentration to explore our minds to understand them and ourselves more deeply. Find out more
In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, May 5th, 19th, and 26th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Postponed: Creativity and Meditation Retreat
with Lani Miller
PostponedIn this daylong retreat, we will explore the relationship between meditation and creativity through meditation practice, experiential creative processes, short talks by the teacher, and group sharing. Find out more
Online: Embodying Wisdom – A Four-Week Exploration of Somatic Practices for Cultivating Spaciousness and Non-Duality
with Scott Tusa
Tuesdays, May 9th - 30th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this four-week class series you will be guided through a process of somatic practices and approaches aimed at helping you to develop more spaciousness within and around your thoughts and emotions, a broader and more grounded meditative awareness, and how to connect these to the practice of non-duality in Buddhism. Find out more
In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, May 10th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Awakening Through the Senses
with nico hase
Thursday, May 11th, 2023 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin visiting teacher nico hase, to learn how to fully arrive in our senses and discover a simplicity and depth that is hidden in plain sight. Together we will explore what's available for us, right at the heart of experience, and tap into the joy of being a whole, fully-engaged human. Find out more
Postponed: Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life Retreat
with Donald Rothberg
PostponedIn this weekend retreat, we will be examining how according to the teachings of Buddhism meditation and daily life can be understood as a kind of profound “non-doing” that paradoxically can also be a basis for action and doing, a "doing coming out of a deep not-doing". Find out more
In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Down and Out – Working with Grief and Grace
with sadada jackson
Thursday, May 18th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETDuring this evening with teacher sadada jackson, we will consider the role of grief in our life, how grief and grace are related, and use practices and cycles to support us in our grieving and liberation practice. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, May 19th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person: Spring Brunch Potluck
Sunday, May 21st, 2023, from 1:30pm - 3:30pm ET
Come and be a part of the blossoming community at New York Insight.
In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, May 26th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: An Embodied Estuary of Practices
with Jill Satterfield
Thursdays, June 1st - 22nd, 2023 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ETThis series is designed to enliven practice and create the conditions for nervous system balance to foster ease of being with, guided embodiment practices for further insight into the consciousness of the body, and open awareness to support being with the inevitable joys and sorrows of our life. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, June 2nd, 16th, and 30th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Postponed: Cultivating Three Key Elements of Practice – Mindfulness, Investigation and Energy
with Walt Opie
PostponedOne prominent teaching in Buddhism, the Seven Factors of Awakening, starts with three key elements of meditation practice that are extremely important to cultivate: mindfulness, investigation and energy. During this half day retreat, we will meditate together and explore ways to better understand how to strengthen and deepen these three critical elements of practice that lead us onwards on the path. Find out more
In-Person and Online: New York Insight’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, June 4th 2023 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Join us online or in-person for a special gathering to celebrate New York Insight's 25th anniversary. Come share in an afternoon of sangha connection while learning about the origins of our New York Insight Meditation Center. Enjoy some delicious food, spend time connecting with other Sangha members and participate in a special Sangha ceremony led by our co-Guiding Teacher, Leslie Booker.
Online: Meeting Grief and Loss with Wisdom and Kindness
with Kimberly Brown
Course: Tuesdays, June 6th - July 18th, 2023 (skip July 4th) | 7:00pm-8:30pm ETHalf Day Retreat: Saturday, July 15th, | 10:00am-1:00pm ET
Though all of us will encounter death and change, we can do so with kindness and wisdom, and develop the skills and heart to mourn loss with patience, tenderness, and clarity. In this weekly class, you will learn to bring gentleness and care to your body, mind, and spirit with traditional Buddhist practices, modern therapeutic tools, compassionate listening and friendship. You’ll cultivate your inherent compassion and good sense to support yourself and those closest to you through the pain and sadness of mourning, loss, and grief. Find out more
Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ETDue to hazardous environmental conditions, we moved tonight’s gathering online via Zoom for the health and safety of our teacher, staff and our community at large. Please join us via Zoom. New 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. All are welcome. Find out more
Online: Living With Gratitude
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, June 10th, 2023 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ETOn this half-day workshop we’ll explore, with the aid of meditations based on the Buddhist tradition, how we can train the mind to be more grateful, and therefore more joyful. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, June 14th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck
with David Nichtern
Thursday, June 15th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIf you feel stuck in any of the areas of creativity, practice, or livelihood, or could benefit from exploration of the underlying principles that can lead to greater integration and harmony in your life, joining us for a special guest workshop with Buddhist teacher and four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer and musician, David Nichtern. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, June 16th and 30th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, June 21st, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Showing Up for Our Lives
with Seth Zuihō Segall
Saturday, June 24th, 2023 from 2:00pm - 6:00pm ETThis half-day retreat is designed to foster whole-heartedness, intimate presence, and non-avoidance through meditations that integrate mind, heart, and body with environmental awareness. Find out more
In-Person: Forest Bathing – Awakening the Senses | Sacred Earth Sangha
with Joanie Roney and Veronika Knobová
Sunday, June 25th, 2023 from 12:00pm to 3:00pmForest therapy, also known as forest bathing, is an accessible method for reconnecting with nature, your body, senses, feelings, and emotions in ways that have been shown to improve your mental health and wellness. This in-person, guided walk will guide you through a series of meditative, mindful invitations, where you will start noticing through your senses the subtle beauty around and within you. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, June 28th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, June 30th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out morePostponed: Living With Appreciation – Four Week Course
with Bodhipaksa
Thursdays, July 6 - 27, 2023 from 7pm - 8:30pm ETDuring this course we will explore how to recognize the skillful even when we find it hard. We’ll see how we can overcome the cynical approach of always finding the flaws in others. We’ll look at how we can support and encourage the arising of skillful qualities in ourselves and others. Perhaps most importantly, we’ll experience the benefits of appreciating skillful qualities in ourselves and others, and how it is the single most important way for us to bring joy and peace into our own lives and into the world. Find out more
Online: Actions Without an Actor
with Stephen Fulder
Sunday, July 9th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETIn this online event we will practice and invite insights into the self and beyond the self, and explore its implications in relation to action in life, by means of meditation, exercises, dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online: The Heart of the Matter – Cultivating Lovingkindness Practice
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, July 10 - August 14th, 2023 from 9:30am - 11:30am ETIn this course we will explore the various facets of Lovingkindness practice. There will be ongoing home practices each week, including questions for reflection. In every class there will be time to ask questions and share insights, as well as time to be in breakout rooms sharing, reflecting and learning from each other in smaller groups. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, July 12th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Everyday Life is the Way of Awakening
with José Shinzan Palma
Thursday, July 13th, 2023 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ETIn this online program with José Shinzan Palma, we'll contemplate how we can get out of the duality of "my practice and the world outside" through an exploration of the body-mind as the entire world. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, July 14th and 28th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Cultivating Faith, Trust, Confidence
with Melissa McKay
Tuesdays, July 18th, 25th, & August 1st, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETSaddha is a Pali word often translated as faith, trust or confidence and is one of the Buddha's teachings on the 5 Spiritual Faculties. Join Melissa McKay for this enlightening three-week journey to nurture this extraordinary quality and strengthening it in our meditation practice and lives so we can live with more trust, confidence, and serenity. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: You Are A Wonder Of Life
with Cuong Lu
Thursday, July 20th, 2023 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ETWhen we look deeply at the truths in our lives — without glossing over or denying them — we become present for what is, including the meaning behind our suffering. Join Buddhist teacher and scholar, Chong Lu for an online discussion exploring and learning about suffering. Once we understand it's nature, we have a chance to discover true happiness. Find out more
Online: Cultivating Qualities of Emotional Resilience
with Paul Epstein
Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETJoin us for a workshop on how to move beyond surviving life’s challenges to actively participating in our own deep healing while building resilience for a brighter future, transforming stress, pain, and illness into a journey of self healing and awakening. Find out more
In-Person: Summer Sangha Sundays Community Gathering in Central Park
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023, from 4:45pm – 7:00pm ET
Connect with your NYIMC community in parks across the boroughs this summer! We will meditate, meet, and then celebrate with an optional BYO Picnic.
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023, from 6:30pm-8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, July 28th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Dana – The Practice of Generosity in Daily Life
with Vance Pryor
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ETNot only have acts of generosity supported sanghas for thousands of years, but it is also an essential practice and way of relating to others and the world that trends towards liberation. This talk will explore the traditional practice of dana, generosity, and their role in enriching our lives. Find out more
In-Person: New York Insight Community Picnic
Friday, August 4th, 2023, from 5:30pm – 7:00pm ET
New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you as we gather again to celebrate summer in the great outdoors. Our Community Picnic will once again be in Madison Square Park.
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person: Soulcentric Mid-Life – A Five Month Course
with Lin Wang Gordon
Saturdays, August 12th, September 23rd, October 21st, November 18, December 2nd, 2023, from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ETIf you are in your 40s/50s and thinking about the second half of your life, join us for a new in-person course exploring many areas of our lives (health, career, money, family, relationship, kids/no kids) and the gifts of this mid-life stage. Find out more
Online: The Healing Gift Of Being With What Is
with Lani Miller
Tuesdays, August 15th, 22nd, 29th & September 12th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETAs living beings we experience and carry our share of wounds and places in need of healing. The Buddha's teachings include a path that ultimately offers us healing from all suffering. In this course we will explore how learning to be fully present in each moment with what is happening in our bodies, hearts, and minds can be deeply healing. Bringing qualities of interest and kindness to our exploration, we will investigate how the qualities of allowing what is and letting go can enhance and create space for this opening and healing to occur. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Angela Dews
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person: Summer Sangha Sundays – Queens Community Gathering in Astoria Park
Sunday, August 20th, 2023, from 4:45pm – 7:00pm ET
Connect with your NYIMC community in parks across the boroughs this summer! We will meditate, meet, and then celebrate with an optional BYO Picnic.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Insight 101 – A Six Week Meditation Beginner’s Course
with Lani Miller
Thursdays, September 7th - October 12th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
We invite you to join this six-week meditation course to explore the practice of Insight (Vipassana) meditation in a warm, supportive environment. We will emphasize experiential practice, including instructions for sitting and walking meditation, and learn how we can bring this practice of presence into our everyday lives.
Find out moreIn-Person: Summer Sangha Sundays – Brooklyn Community Gathering in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Sunday, September 10th, 2023 from 3:45pm - 6:00pm ET
Connect with your NYIMC community in parks across the boroughs this summer! We will meditate, meet, and then celebrate with an optional BYO Picnic. The Brooklyn gathering is the third of four outdoor, community events to celebrate the diversity of NYIMC’s sangha throughout New York City. Join us this summer to meditate outside and to meet your NYIMC sangha across the boroughs.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: The Way of Effortless Mindfulness
with Loch Kelly
Thursday, September 14th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET“Effortless mindfulness” is an advanced yet simple form of mindfulness available to us in the midst of our busy lives. In this experiential evening Loch will offer us immediate ways to “unhook” awareness from chattering thoughts and shift into our awake peaceful mind and naturally embodied wakefullness. From this heartful space, students report that wisdom is freely available and compassionate activity naturally arises. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, September 15th, 22nd, and 29th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Do I See My True Self? Do I See You? Do I See Nature? A Half-Day Retreat
Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Saturday, September 16th, 2023 from 1:00pm - 5:30pm ETThe practice of Dharma teaches us to see ourselves, others and nature in very genuine ways. It inspires and guides us to embrace ourselves, others and nature by savoring these relationships and bringing profound spiritual growth. In this half day retreat, inside of a safe and supportive container, we will observe, reflect, and share how we are seeing and relating to ourselves and others. Find out more
Online: Unwinding Anxiety – Mindful Habit Change for Anxiety and Related Behaviors
with Laurence Magro and Nancy Logue
Tuesdays, September 19th - October 24th, 2023 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ETThis interactive online course, based on the work of neuroscientist & addiction psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer, explores the science of habit change and teaches a step by step model to understand and outgrow unwanted habits such as anxiety, procrastination, perfectionism, and unwanted behaviors. Find out more
In Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Course: Wednesdays, September 20th - November 8th, 2023, from 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Daylong: Saturday, October 28th, 2023, from 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 moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out morePostponed: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Course: Wednesdays, September 20th - November 8th, 2023 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Daylong: Sunday, October 29th, 2023 | 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 morePostponed: The Heart of Compassion – Looking Towards, Finding Ease
with Scott Tusa
Thursday, September 21st, 2023 from 6:30 - 8:30pm ETLife doesn't always go the way we want. Rather than bypassing its challenges when they come up, meditation offers us an opportunity to look towards in order to find true contentment. In this in person evening talk, and through periods of meditation, experiential learning, and discussion, we will explore how to meet life’s challenges with more awareness, compassion, and ease. Find out more
In Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
In-Person Course: Thursdays, September 21st - November 16th (skipping Nov. 2,) 2023 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
In-Person Daylong: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 | 9:30am - 5:00pm ET
MBSR uses meditation, yoga, and inquiry as a way of training people to relate differently to stresses in their lives and in fact, relate differently to each moment of their lives. Each class includes various “formal” meditation practices, mindful movement and discussion/inquiry exploring the habits of the mind to discover how these patterns of reactivity become a major cause of stress.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, September 22nd and 29th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person: Sunset Meditative Walk – Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Bridge Park
with Lin Wang Gordon
Friday, September 22nd, 2023 from 5:45 - 8:00pm ET
We often think of meditation as an indoor formal sitting practice, when we can meditate anywhere, anytime, on anything. For this fall evening, explore meditating outdoors by walking through the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Bridge Park during sunset.
Find out moreCanceled: End of Summer Sangha Sunday – Community Gathering in Central Park
Sunday, September 24th, 2023 from 3:45pm - 6:00pm ET
Connect with your NYIMC community as we transition from Summer to Fall! We will meditate, meet, and then celebrate with an optional BYO Picnic. This gathering is the final of four outdoor, community events to celebrate the diversity of NYIMC’s sangha throughout New York City. Join us as summer ends and fall begins to meditate outside and to meet your NYIMC sangha across the boroughs.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Yom Kippur – A Day of Silence and Reflection
with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Monday, September 25th, 2023, from 10:00am – 7:00pm ETYom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a day when, as a community, Jews are asked to reflect on their actions of the past year and to ask for atonement for any actions that were unskillful. In support of this day, NYI hosts an In-Person and Online day of silence and reflection. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Fire, Forgiveness, and Knowing the Truth for Yourself
with nico hase
Thursday, September 28th, 2023 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ETJoin visiting Insight meditation teacher, nico hase, for an evening of stories, reflections, teachings, and dialogue. Together we will explore the three foundations of motivation, forgiveness, and deep inquiry as a way of clearing out what might be holding us back, and finding the motivation to walk forward on the path. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, September 29th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Sacred Earth Sangha – Kuan Yin Harvest Moon Ceremony
with Florie St. Aime
Friday, September 29th, 2023 from 6:30pm to 8:30pmJoin us online as we engage in a Kuan Yin Ceremony, a devotional practice adapted by Buddhist teachers Thanissara and Kittasaro. Kuan Yin is the bodhisattva who listens with compassion to the cries of the world has transformed identity through culture and time. Find out more
Online: Lessons in Lovingkindness – Practical Advice from 40 Years of Practice
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, September 30th, 2023 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ETIn this half-day workshop Bodhipaksa will be sharing — in a very practical way — some of the things he's learned over 40 years practicing and teaching lovingkindness (metta) practice to help you grow and deepen your own practice. Your lovingkindness practice will never be the same again! Find out more
Postponed: The Social Action of Kind Awareness
with Jill Satterfield
PostponedIt can be difficult to know where to start in terms of taking some form of social, compassionate action in our troubled world. This series will explore a variety of practices and teachings that will facilitate the direct experiences and benefits of living with kind awareness for ourselves, our community and the world around us. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: At the Crossroads of Secular and Socially Engaged Buddhism – Four Week Course
with Mike Slott, Katya de Kadt, and Karsten Struhl
Thursdays, October 5th - 26th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETOn this four-evening workshop series we’ll explore two key trends in Buddhism today: a secular or naturalistic approach to the dharma and socially engaged Buddhism. We will discuss how the secular dharma and socially engaged Buddhism contribute both to individual transformation and social change. Find out more
Online: Secular Buddhism
with Mike Slott, Ted Meissner, Lenorë Lambert, and Winton Higgins
Thursday, October 5th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this workshop, we’ll explore the development of secular Buddhism, the relationship of secular Buddhism to the broader trend of “Buddhist modernism”, and the application of secular Buddhist ideas and practices to everyday life. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, October 6th and 13th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreIn-Person: Sacred Earth Sangha Governors Island Gathering
with Guilaume Caron
Saturday, October 7th, 2023 from 12:30pm to 4:00pmJoin us for an afternoon of practice, exploration, connecting, and sharing on the splendid grounds of Governors Island. Along with a planned tour of the Teaching Farm, Compost Learning Center, and Bee Sanctuary, NYI Practice Leader, Guillaume Caron, will guide us in sitting and walking meditation, sharing, and a special land acknowledgment honoring Indigenous People’s Day. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Gary Singer
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Socially Engaged Buddhism
with Mike Slott, Seth Segall, Karsten Struhl, and Pamela Weiss
Thursday, October 12th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this workshop, we’ll explore different approaches to socially engaged Buddhism based on a variety of perspectives, including feminism, theories of human flourishing, and radical critiques of our social, economic, and political systems. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, October 13th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreIn-Person: New York Insight Community Picnic
Friday, October 13th, 2023, from 5:30pm – 7:00pm ET
New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you as we gather again to celebrate summer in the great outdoors. Our Community Picnic will once again be in Madison Square Park.
Find out moreOnline: Healing the Child Within – Integrating the Healing Journey and Spiritual Path
with Dr Paul Epstein
Saturday, October 14th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETThrough mindfulness and (self) compassion practice and teachings, we can begin to transform our pain and suffering into an integrated journey of both self healing and awakening. Join Paul Epstein for this half-day online retreat to explore this healing power of mindfulness. Find out more
In-Person: Manhattan Pilgrimage
with nico hase
Sunday, October 15th, 2023 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe process of walking--outer pilgrimage—often gives rise to insights, healing, and a deep sense of letting go—inner pilgrimage. Join visiting Insight meditation teacher nico hase for a day of outer and inner pilgrimage, and a deepening into the sacred in the everyday of city life. Find out more
Online: Investigating the Three Characteristics of Existence
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, October 16th - November 13th, 2023 from 9:30am - 11:30am ETJoin New York Insight Teacher Elaine Retholtz for a five week online course on the Three Marks of Existence (impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self), essential Buddhist teachings regarding the nature of experience. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Socially Engaged Buddhist Approaches to the Climate Crisis
with Tom Carling, Mark Graham, Mike Slott and Karsten Struhl
Thursday, October 19th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this workshop, we will discuss how the climate crisis is rooted in a broader systemic crisis and identify a variety of dharmic responses to the climate crisis, including forms of non-violent, direct action, community action, and the creation of broad, popular movements. Find out more
Online: Deep Rest as Wise Effort
with Kaira Jewel Lingo
Thursday, October 19th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIn this evening of practice, we are invited to return home to our body and mind to discover the wisdom and clarity that can emerge from profound rest. With so many aspects of our lives impacted and disrupted by systems that insist that we be ‘on’ all the time, during this event, we'll create a refuge to nurture and support our nervous systems, and practice ways to deeply rest together and in our daily lives. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Socially Engaged Buddhist Approaches to Racism
with Patrisse Cullors, Reggie Hubbard, Barbara Barnes and Katya de Kadt
Thursday, October 26th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn this workshop, we’ll explore how Buddhists – both white people and people of color – can respond to the structural roots of racism and the ways in which racism is internalized. Find out more
Postponed: Finding Refuge In Daily Life – The Gifts of the Three Jewels
with Lani Miller
PostponedIn these times of great change and uncertainty, knowing that refuge is possible and that direct access to it can be found through connection with our own body, heart, and mind is reassuring. In this four-week course, we will explore the powerful and transformative teachings of The Three Jewels and how we can make them accessible and applicable in our daily lives. Find out more
Online: New York Insight Online Event Volunteer Training
Become a New York Insight Event Volunteer
Friday, October 27th, 2023, from 4:30pm – 6:00pmNew York Insight relies on volunteers to create a welcoming and organized atmosphere for all our events. The community needs you to help prepare the online space for our events and support participants and teachers. Find out more
Online: Transforming Turmoil – Making Peace with Difficult People
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, October 28th, 2023 from 10:00am - 1:30pm ETYou’re not alone if you struggle with hurt, anger, or resentment as a result of the behavior of others, but you don’t have to wait until a reconciliation or an apology from someone else before making peace with yourself. During this workshop, we’ll explore the nature of difficult relationships, learn to meet our internal experiences without shame, blame, or judgement, and recognize any underlying fears or beliefs that hinder us from finding ease and openness. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, November 3rd, 10th, and 17th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Allowing Life to Unfold – What Does It Mean to Let Go?
with Kimberly Brown
Thursday, November 9th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETMany people feel that letting go means giving up, resigning, or detaching. But authentic letting go —knowing what you can and can’t control—is wise, compassionate, and sensible. Letting go of what you can’t control alleviates stress, struggle, and tension, and enables you to meet all circumstances with clarity and good sense. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, November 10th, and 17th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreOnline: Cultivating Gratitude and Awareness
with Melissa McKay
Saturday, November 11th, 2023 from 11:00am - 4:00pm ETOur minds tendency is to notice what is missing from our lives leaving us feeling unfulfilled and stuck in a cycle of constant craving. The practice of gratitude counters this tendency helping us to arrive in our lives more completely and connect with the gifts and beauty of life that is always there. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Awakening Glimpse by Glimpse
with Loch Kelly
Sunday, November 12th, 2023 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETHaving experienced some of the initial benefits of mindfulness, is it now possible to awaken to the deep sense of well-being, creativity, and unconditional love that is our true nature? In this daylong retreat, you will learn contemporary versions of effortless mindfulness that help you live from your heart-mind. This program will be immediately followed by light in-person reception to celebrate the release of Loch's new app, Mindful Glimpses. Find out more
In-Person and Online: New York Insight Fall Benefit
with Dan Harris and Leslie Booker
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin us for a captivating evening with Dan Harris, author of the best-selling book "10% Happier," and New York Insight's Guiding Teacher, Leslie Booker. This event is also a benefit celebrating an exciting new chapter for New York Insight. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, November 17th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreOnline: Love, Embrace, Release – Letting Go of Trying to Control it All
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, November 18th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETBy practicing the art of letting go, you’ll create space for self-acceptance, forgiveness, and emotional healing. Join us for this daylong online program, and explore ways to gently release self-judgment, past regrets, and unhelpful patterns that hinder your self-compassion and belief in yourself, so you can lighten up, enjoy, and appreciate your life. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, December 1st, 8th, and 15th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreIn-Person: Finding Joy in the Refuge of Uncertainty
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETHolding the uncertainties in our individual lives can be challenging enough, but when we add the uncertainties of society -- war and violence, the climate crisis, political divisions, and many more -- it can be overwhelming. This day of practice will integrate meditation, movement and group discussion to explore the nature of uncertainty and discover how uncertainty itself can become a refuge. Find out more
Online: Finding Your Way
with Sharon Salzberg and Jay Michaelson
Monday, December 4th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:15pm ETIn a conversation with Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, Sharon Salzberg will reflect on the essential dharma teachings in her new book, Finding Your Way, and on how they distill and reflect her many decades as a beloved meditation teacher. There will also be time for Q&A and a short guided meditation as well. Find out more
Online: Finding Contentment in the Midst of Life’s Challenges
with Scott Tusa
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ETIn this online evening talk, and through periods of meditation, experiential learning, and discussion, we will explore how to meet life’s challenges with more awareness, compassion, and ease. Find out more
Online: Living With Appreciation – A Three Week Course
with Bodhipaksa
Revised Dates: Tuesdays, December 5th - 19th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETThrough talks, reflection, and meditation, we’ll explore how to recognize the skillful even when we find that hard. During this course, we’ll see how we can overcome the cynical approach of always finding the flaws in others. We’ll look at how we can support and encourage the arising of skillful qualities in ourselves and others. And we’ll see how admiration leads to emulation. Perhaps most importantly, we’ll experience the benefits of appreciating skillful qualities in ourselves and others, and how it is the single most important way for us to bring joy and peace into our own lives and into the world. Find out more
Online: Introduction to Mindful Eating and Consuming
with Laurence Magro and Nancy Logue
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ETAre you stressed by your eating and/or other habits of consuming? Have you noticed that you sometimes manage stress with food and/or other feeds (streaming, gaming, shopping, social media)? Join Mindful Habit Change facilitators Laurence Magro and Nancy Logue for an introduction to a model of sustainable habit change and learn accessible skills for self-care through seasonal stressors and beyond. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, December 8th, and 15th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreOnline: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That – A Daylong Retreat for Radical Self Care
with Gina LaRoche
Saturday, December 9th, 2023 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETOn this retreat, we will explore what it means to guard oneself with care during great uncertainty and tumult. We will find ways to nourish and sustain ourselves through moment-to-moment awareness, all while letting go of the context and structure of time while experimenting with the retreat form. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Sandra Weinberg Memorial Celebration
Sunday, December 10th, 2023 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Please join us for a memorial celebration to honor longtime community member and New York Insight Co-Founder Sandra Weinberg’s life and legacy.
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreOnline: The Dharma of Craving – Abandoning Attachment, Opening to Connection
with Walt Opie
Thursday, December 14th, 2023 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETWhen we get caught up in various forms of craving, desire, and attachment, we are often blocked from deeper connection with ourselves and others in our lives. It can be as if we are living with blinders on. What is the solution? Join Insight meditation teacher Walt Opie for an evening exploring how we get caught by craving, how it blocks us from meaningful connection, and how we can effectively move through it. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, December 15th, 2023, from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreOnline: Taking Refuge in Rituals
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Friday, December 15th, 2023 from 6:30 - 9:00pm ETSaturday, December 16th, 2023 from 1:00 - 5:30pm ET
There are many ceremonial rituals practiced in Buddhism which can help deepen wisdom, connection and bring individual and collective healing. In this program, we will explore some of the sacred rituals of Buddhism with the intention of noticing those to which we feel connected and would like to cultivate. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, December 20th, 2023, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New 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. All are welcome.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Angela Dews
Wednesday, December 27th, 2023, 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 moreIn-Person and Online: New York Insight’s Annual New Year’s Eve Gathering & Celebration
with Jon Aaron, Lani Miller and other NYI Teachers
Sunday, December 31st, 2023 from 9:00pm - 12:15am ETNew York Insight Meditation Center teachers and staff warmly invite you to our annual New Years Eve gathering and celebration. Join us for a special online evening which will include meditation, chanting, time for silence and for connection, setting intentions for the new year, and our wonderful unique ending in which all are invited to participate. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, January 3rd, 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 moreOnline: New Year’s Retreat – Liberating the Heart through the Practice of Generosity
with Mona Chopra
Saturday, January 6th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETIn this half-day retreat, we’ll explore the Buddhist teachings on generosity, and consider for ourselves, creatively, imaginatively, how we might expand and deepen our understanding of it. We will practice sitting meditation, gentle movement, and contemplative journaling. And we will use this time to enter the year feeling rested, clear, inspired and enlivened. Find out more
Online: Get Your Sit Together
with Bodhipaksa
Mondays, January 8th - 29th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETThis four-week course is designed to help you become a rock-solid daily meditator. 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. Find out more
Online: Insight 101 – Six Week Beginner’s Course
with Lani Miller
Tuesdays, January 9th - February 13th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm 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 moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Gary Singer
Wednesday, January 10th, 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 moreOnline: Mindful Eating in 2024 – Changing Habits for Self-Care
with Laurence Magro and Nancy Logue
Thursdays, January 11th - February 15th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ETIn this six-session course, you will learn the practices of Mindfulness-Based Habit Change, pioneered by psychiatrist, addiction expert, and longtime meditation practitioner Dr. Judson Brewer. This proven method combines combine the tools of mindfulness practice and behavioral science to fundamentally change how we relate to our eating and other consuming behaviors. It is an innovative and compassionate approach that builds a balanced relationship to these everyday activities. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, January 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: To Be Happier This Year, Reflect on Your Finitude
with Nikki Mirghafori
Saturday, January 13th, 2024 from 10:00am-1:00pm ETWe feel happier when we turn our minds towards gratitude, generosity, and goodwill, and away from entitlement, greed, and hatred. But how do we do that? In this half-day retreat, we'll explore these Buddhist trainings with the joyful, positive intention to free our hearts and minds as we enter a new year. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, January 17th, 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Malik
Fridays, January 19th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Audacity – Your Gateway to Freedom
with nico hase
Saturday, January 20th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETIs genuine awakening possible? For you? For me? In these times? In this life? In this one-day online retreat, nico hase will delve into adhitthana parami, that quality of the heart that simply doesn’t give up, that keeps you coming back to the path again and again. Which, with consistent practice, leads to the cultivation of peace, joy, and lasting happiness. Find out more
In Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
In-Person Course: Tuesdays, January 23rd - March 12th, 2024 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ETIn-Person Daylong: Sunday, February 25th, 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
In Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
In-Person Course: Wednesdays, January 24th - March 13th, 2024 from 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
In-Person Daylong: Saturday, March 2nd, 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 moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, January 24th, 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Malik
Friday, January 26th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, January 31st, 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 moreBack to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, February 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, February 7th, 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 moreBack to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, February 9th, 16th & 23rd, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: The Powerful Energy of Sangha – An Online Retreat for the BIPOC Community
with Wildecy de Fatima Jury and Gayah (Imani) Gillson
Saturday, February 10th, 2024 from 1:00pm - 5:30pm ETAlthough we celebrate Valentines Day – the day of love and friendship – in February, many also experience loneliness and social isolation during this time. So this is a great time to connect to sangha, a community of people who together strive to offer support, practice the dharma, and obtain understanding, acceptance, harmony and love. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, February 14th, 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, February 16th & 23rd, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Reality – Hidden in Plain Sight
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, February 17th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETWhat stops us from seeing things as they really are? It's not their remoteness or obscurity — it is the fact that we have unconsciously erected mental filters that prevent us from seeing what’s right in front of our noses. In this half-day workshop we’ll learn to find ways to take off those mental filters, even if just temporarily. Find out more
In-Person: Winter Brunch Potluck
Sunday, February 18th, 2024 from 2:30pm – 4:30pm ET
Experience the warmth of community with NYI. Come join our Winter Brunch Community Potluck!
In-Person: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World in Crisis – Cultivating Aspiration, Energy and Rest
with Oren Jay Sofer
Monday, February 19th, 2024 from 1:30pm - 4:30pm
This half-day program will explore three essential qualities on the path to transformation—aspiration, energy, and rest—with practical suggestions for how to cultivate and apply them in your life and work. The afternoon will include time for silent meditation, reflection, discussion, and questions, and will be followed by a book-signing with the author.
Find out moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Angela Dews
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
Please Note: New Temporary In-Person Location at Balance Arts Center (Kemp Space) on the 3rd Floor at 151 W 30th St, New York, NY
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 moreOnline: What is the Good Life?
with Seth Zuihō Segall
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETWhat can Buddhism (alongside the ancient Confucian and Aristotelian traditions) tell us about the nature of the good life today? This talk and discussion based on Seth Zuihō Segall’s new book, The House We Live In: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism (Equinox, 2023), offers a view of the Buddhist path that is naturalistic, pragmatic, and humanistic. One that is about living the best possible life we can in this, our present lifetime. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, February 23rd, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Meditation in Real Life
with Sharon Salzberg and Jay Michaelson
Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 from 6:00pm-7:30pm ETWe are living in a world torn by conflict, from wars around the world to hate crimes and political division here at home. During this evening with meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Jay Michaelson, we will discuss the difficult (and important) emotions that often arise in “real life” — that is, a life engaged with the world around us. What are the practices that help us find balance so that we are better able to be present for our loved ones and our communities? How do we make room for difficult emotions (despair, fear, powerful concern, anger) so that they inspire and do not devour us? Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
Please Note: New Temporary In-Person Location at Balance Arts Center (Kemp Space) on the 3rd Floor at 151 W 30th St, New York, NY
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 moreIn-Person: In the Shelter of the Now – How We Can Rest, Simplify and Let Go
with Kaira Jewel Lingo
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 from 10:00am-4:00pmIn this day of practice, we explore how to deepen inner contentment through rest, creating space and simplifying our life. When we allow ourselves to find balance and restore, we are empowered to move into the world and bring about greater justice and peace. Find out more
Online: Creativity and Meditation
with Lani Miller
Tuesdays, March 5th-26th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETBoth meditation and creativity involve opening to and allowing what is already present to emerge. Over this four-week course, we will have the opportunity to explore and share how we experience and are inspired by the already present and inherent connection between these two ways of experiencing and opening to life. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, March 6th, 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 moreIn-Person and Online: Love Like a Buddha
with Kimberly Brown
Thursday, March 7th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ETJoin us for a night of community where we’ll learn how love can support personal fulfillment, contribute to a positive and equitable society, and create strong and lasting social bonds. We’ll discover how to recognize our inherent lovingness and to develop it with traditional practices of lovingkindness and insight meditation. Find out more
Online: Becoming Your Love – A Half-Day Retreat on the Brahma Viharas
with Amanda Gilbert
Saturday, March 9th, 2024 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ETIf you've ever wondered how to develop the heart-centered aspects of meditation, or have yearned to be more kind-hearted towards yourself or others, this half-day retreat daylong will focus on the timeless teachings of the Brahma-Viharas. These renowned teachings are a training for the heart to reside in its original state of loving awareness and open-heartedness. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, March 13th, 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 moreIn-Person and Online: This is How Civilizations Heal – The Alchemy of the 3 Poisons
with Leslie Booker
Saturday, March 16th, 2024 from 10:00am-4:00pm ETGreed, Aversion and Delusion, collectively known as the Three Poisons, are mind states that cloud the heart and mind; separating us from each other. But these energies contain information that can lead us to a deep healing that can mitigate the chaos of the world. Join us for a daylong program exploring and practicing with the Three Poisons. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, March 20th, 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 moreIn-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
In-Person Course: Wednesdays, March 27th - May 22nd, 2024 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
In-Person Daylong: Sunday, May 5th, 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 moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, March 27th, 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, March 29th, April 5th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Discover Your Love and Be a Force for Good – Embodying the Brahma Viharas
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, March 30th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETDuring this workshop, we will learn how to recognize and develop our inherent capacities for love, and notice the obstacles and limiting beliefs that prevent us from opening the heart. And we will connect those capacities of the heart to taking skillful actions for ourselves and the world. Find out more
Online: What’s Vedanā Got to Do With It?
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, April 1st - May 13th, 2024 from 9:30am-11:30am ETVedanā refers to the immediate feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral that arises in every moment of contact. In this course we will investigate our personal experience of vedanā, the role it plays in fueling craving and aversion, and the deeply ethical implications it has for our views, biases, and motivations for harm. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesday, April 3rd, 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, April 5th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: Introduction to the Four Noble Truths
with Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm
Saturdays, April 6th - 27th, 2024 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETWhat we often forget is that we have a choice to deepen our experiences of joy, and lessen our experiences of dukkha (suffering, unsatisfactoriness, or stress). In this four-week class we will look at the truth of our experiences, and practice how these truths can move us toward more skillful choices and contentment. Find out more
Online: AI, Ethics, Compassion, and the Path Ahead
with Nikki Mirghafori
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETAs AI systems weave intricately into our lives and with rising concerns about super-intelligent systems, it becomes imperative to ensure that they not only echo human intelligence but also human virtues. In this talk, we will explore the importance of understanding the values we are individually and collectively optimizing for, emphasizing the pivotal role personal wisdom, compassion, and ethics play in guiding this powerful tool for the greater good. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Gary Singer
Wednesday, April 10th, 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 moreIn-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Wednesday, April 17th, 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, April 19th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person: Presence – The Art of Being At Home in Yourself
with Tracy Cochran
Friday, April 19th, 2024 from 6:00pm -7:30pmJoin us as we celebrate the publication of the book Presence: The Art of Being at Home In Yourself by a long-time meditation teacher Tracy Cochran at the Rubin Museum of Art. We'll discuss teachings from the book and explore how the light of presence can illuminate and expand your life. Find out more
In-Person: Awake in Urban Nature Meditation
with Maho Kawachi
Saturday, April 20th, 2024 from 10:00am to 12:30pmPlease join us in honoring Earth Day with a guided meditative walk along the Hudson River. While practicing walking, standing, and sitting meditation together, we will engage our five senses, notice thoughts, feelings, and reactions, and give ourselves an opportunity to open to our body, heart, and environment. Find out more
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Wednesday, April 24th, 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, April 26th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person or Online: Community Town Hall Gathering
Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm ET
New York Insight’s Leadership Collective would like to invite you to our Community Town Hall Gathering. Together, we will have an opportunity to connect with each other, introduce you to some new people (staff & board), provide updates on many wonderful things-including our search for a new home, share preliminary results from our Community Survey and hear your thoughts on how NYI can continue to support your practice and serve as your spiritual home.
In-Person and Online: Community Meditation Gathering
with Lani Miller
Wednesday, May 1st, 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 moreIn-Person and Online: Liberation through Relationship – The Four Wise Efforts
with Leslie Booker and Kate Johnson
Thursdays, May 2nd - 23rd, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn the Four Wise Efforts, the Buddha offers us a path of skillful action that leads to a liberated mind. Join us in this four week course, as dharma teachers and longtime friends Leslie Booker and Kate Johnson apply the Four Wise Efforts to the practice of wise relationships. Together, we will develop an embodied, relational understanding of this time-honored Buddhist teaching, and learn how to better protect our energy, let go of what does not serve, cultivate the good, and sustain our liberated relationships over the long term. Find out more
Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, May 3rd - May 17th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Online: The Wheel of Climate Emotions
with Anya Kamenetz and Jay Michaelson
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETIn 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, May 10th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
Canceled: Celebrating and Embodying Mahapajapati
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Friday, May 10th, 2024, 6:30pm - 9:00pm ETSaturday, 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 - 1:30pmIn 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 moreOnline: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Friday, May 17th, 2024 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even the presence of challenging emotions. Find out more
In-Person: Awake in Urban Nature Meditation
with Maho Kawachi and Sam Moll
Saturday, May 18th 2024 from 9:30am to 12:00pmJoin 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
Saturday, May 18th, June 22nd, July 20th, August 10th, September 21st, October 19th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ETThe 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