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May 2020
Now Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, May 8th - May 29th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am, ETStep by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of greed, hatred and confusion. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application. Find out more
Now Online: Interdependence Day – The Buddha’s Teaching on Dependent Arising
with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
Saturday, May 30th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ETIn this time of home-sheltering and social distancing, what do the Buddha's teachings on interdependence tell us about the meaning of “true connection”? What is the difference between being alone and feeling isolated? What does it mean to be “independent”? How do we create grace within the nature of interdependent relationships? Find out more
Now Online: Fierce Love, Fierce Change in the Time of COVID-19
with Gina Sharpe
May 31st, 2020 from 10:00-11:30am ETGina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change Find out more
Now Online: That’s Life – Navigating Major Life Changes with Confidence and Clarity
with Brian Simmons
Sunday, May 31st, 2020 from 1:00pm - 4:30pmDrawing from both classical Buddhist practices and non-Buddhist techniques from a variety of sources, the program is designed to inspire courage, confidence and context for powerful transformation. If you are facing a major life transition, this course is for YOU! Find out more
June 2020
Now Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Katherine Marx
Orientation: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ETCourse: Wednesdays, June 10th - July 29th, 2020 | 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 more
Now Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, June 5th - June 26th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ETStep by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application. Find out more
Now Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
Orientation: Friday, June 5th, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ET Course: Fridays, June 12th - July 31st, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ETMBSR 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
Now Online: Free At Last – Identifying Our Suffering Around Race
with DaRa Williams and Karen Williams
Saturday, June 6th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:30pmIn this workshop open to all self-identified People of Color, we will create connection and build sangha in order to explore our individual and group level relationships to systems of oppression. We will also explore how we can integrate wisdom from the Dharma with contemplative practice to find freedom from pain and suffering. Find out more
Now Online: Fierce Love, Fierce Change in the Time of COVID-19
with Gina Sharpe
June 7th, 2020 from 10:00-11:30am ETGina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change Find out more
Now Online: Indigenous Presence – Decolonizing Our Hearts
with Bonnie Duran
Saturday, June 13th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETThis online workshop will provide a conceptual framework and practice guidelines for “Indigenous Presence” meditation - a way of coming into harmony with the present moment and our world; and provides space for acceptance, and the cultivation of clarity, confidence, resilience and strength. Find out more
Now Online: Resting into the Body of Awareness
with Jill Satterfield
Sunday, June 14th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ETThrough meditation, breath practices and a restorative posture to calm the central nervous system, we’ll explore somatically, compassionately and tenderly. Together, we’ll rejuvenate and resource the body of awareness to navigate our own ways home. Find out more
Now Online: A Meditator’s Practical Guide to Daily Life
with Jon Aaron
Wednesdays, June 17th - July 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETYou’ve learned to meditate and started to develop a daily practice and perhaps are wondering “now what”? If so, this course is for you. Each session in this online, four-week class will include meditation and discussion of how we bring our meditation practices to life and life to our practice. Find out more
Now Online: Exploring the Paramis as a Practice of Liberation
with Leslie Booker
Thursdays, June 18th - July 9th, 2020 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ETJoin Booker for a four-part online course exploring the Buddhist teachings on the paramis, 10 enlightened qualities that can help us realize our full potential, bringing the highest benefit to ourselves and others. Find out more
Now Online: Beginner’s Meditation Workshop
with Gary Singer
Saturday, June 20th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETThis comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life. Find out more
Now Online: Fierce Love, Fierce Change in the Time of COVID-19
with Gina Sharpe
June 21st, 2020 from 10:00-11:30am ETGina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change Find out more
Now Online: Born This Way – The Liberating Practice of Self-Acceptance
with La Sarmiento
Monday, June 22nd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, ETFor this online gathering in the month of Pride, La Sarmiento will share her journey from assimilation to liberation through the teachings and practices of the Buddha. Through guided meditation, mindful movement, chanting, small and large group sharing, and song, may we know and trust our rainbow-infused buddhanature and share it with the world for the liberation of all beings! This Insight Out LGBTQI Sangha evening sit is open to all. Find out more
Now Online: Tibetan Mindfulness – Beyond the Breath
with Lama Surya Das
Saturday, June 27th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETExperience an afternoon immersion with renowned bestselling author, and spiritual elder, Lama Surya Das. Learn experiential tools for dealing with distraction and interruption, a way to work with desire and aversion, of wanting and not wanting, and a means of dealing with the difficult emotions and life situations we are all currently experiencing. Find out more
Now Online: Calm Abiding, Creative Awakening
with Nina Wise
Sunday, June 28th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETContemplative practices and expressive practices enhance one another; in concert they quiet the mind, calm the heart, give rise to insight and happiness, and release our wildness. In this half-day online retreat, we will practice both silent meditation and robust creative self-expression. Find out more
July 2020
Now Online: The Fierce Vulnerability of Heart Practice – A New Look at the Brahmaviharas
with Leslie Booker
Sunday, July 12th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThis daylong will be a way to explore and cultivate the Buddha's teachings on the four brahma-viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Imbued with the virtues of these four states, we are better able to embrace ourselves, our current situation and the entire world. Find out more
An IMS Urban Retreat at NYI
DaRa Williams with Devin Berry and Tara Mulay
Saturday, July 25th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, July 26th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pm
Join us for this upcoming retreat at NYI. The details of the retreat will be updated as soon as they become available. Find out more
August 2020
September 2020
Cultivating Curiosity, Kindness & Care: An IMS Urban Retreat at NYI
with Bart van Melik
Saturday, September 26th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, September 27th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for this upcoming retreat at NYI. The details of the retreat will be updated as soon as they become available. Find out more
October 2020
Emotional Resilience for Politically Charged Times: A Weekend Retreat at NYI
with Ralph De La Rosa
Saturday, October 24th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday October 25th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for this upcoming retreat at NYI. The details of the retreat will be updated to this description as soon as they become available. Find out more
November 2020
December 2020
Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart: An IMS Urban Retreat at NYI
with Narayan Liebenson
Saturday, December 12th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, December 13th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
In this weekend retreat we will turn our attention to the Buddha's Brahmaviharas or the Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart; loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. There are specific instructions and practices for cultivating each of the four Brahmaviharas, and over the course of the weekend we will practice with each one. Find out more