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February 2020
Bodhichitta: Developing the Mind of Awakening
with Scott Tusa
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 from 10:00am-5:00pmIn this daylong workshop we will dive deep into the heart of the Buddha’s inner transformation and the spiritual tradition that arose from it. Through a combination of experiential learning, guided/silent meditation, and discussion we will explore how to access and develop a grounded open heart, a more available and open space of mindful awareness, and deeper insight into how to better overcome mental and emotional habits that cause us unnecessary suffering. Find out more
Insight OUT Refuge: LGBTQI Sangha & Allies | Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voices Book Launch & Meditation
Monday, February 24th, 2020 from 6:30pm-8:30pm
During this month's Insight OUT Refuge: LGBTQI Sangha, we invite you to join us for a meditation, discussion, and celebration of the Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voice book launch.
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Community Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
New York Insight staff, teachers, and board directors invite you to join us for a Town Hall Meeting to share news about the new opportunities, challenges and transitions we will be facing in 2020. Most importantly, this evening, open to all, is an opportunity to share your thoughts about how NYI can support your practice and better serve as your spiritual home.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pmThis MBSR Daylong is for you! Practicing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
March 2020
Opening the Hand of Thought: Releasing Mental, Emotional and Physical Clinging
with Jill Satterfield
Sunday, March 1st, 2020 from 10:00am -5:00pmCultivating spaciousness in the body leads to spaciousness in heart/mind and vice versa. In this daylong workshop we will practice somatically releasing, cognitively understanding and emotionally allowing whatever it is that we meet with. Find out more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Jon Aaron
Required Free Orientation: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9pm8 Week Course: Wednesdays, March 11th- May 6th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9pm
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
Exploring The Five Wisdom Energies of Tantric Buddhism
with Ethan Nichtern
Saturday, March 7th, 2020 from 10am - 5pmThe Five Wisdoms offers one of the deepest and most spiritually useful bodies of teaching in the tantric Buddhist tradition. By exploring different emotional patterns as they arise in meditation and in daily life, we begin to see the wisdom-potential that exists in every state of mind and every personality type. Find out more
The Healing Journey Meets the Spiritual Path
with Dr Paul Epstein
Sunday, March 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pmThis daylong program will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness meditation and compassion practice can be integrated and applied in the process of healing the dis-eases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits. Find out more
Event Volunteer Training
Friday, March 13th, 2020 from 6pm-8pm
The center needs you to help prepare the space and welcome participants. As a volunteer, you’ll learn more about New York Insight and become an active member of the community.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, March 14th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pmThis MBSR Daylong is for you! Practicing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
Beginner’s Workshop
with Lani Miller
Sunday, March 15th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:30pmThis 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
Origami + Mindfulness Afternoon Group
with paul singleton iii, MA, ATR
5 Mondays From March 16th - April 13, 2020 from 2:30-3:30pmOrigami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, can be a creative way of practicing mindfulness. If engaged in mindfully, origami can be an active complement to formal sitting meditation practice. Find out more
Monthly Community Potluck
Friday, March 20th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
Jhāna, Step By Step: A Weekend Retreat at NYI
with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, March 21st, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmSunday, March 22nd, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
On this two-day retreat Bodhipaksa will break down the components of the jhāna experience and introduce a step-by-step approach to cultivating it. Find out more
An Exploration in Presence: A 4-Week Course
with Lani Miller
Tuesdays, March 24th - April 14th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pmThroughout this course, we will explore teachings on specific areas of meditation practice to include daily practice development, Metta (Loving Kindness) practice, working with sensations, emotions and thoughts, and other relevant practice themes. Each participant will also have the opportunity to explore and discover what areas of practice call most to them. Find out more
Together Under the Bodhi Tree: A Short Course on the Buddha’s Teachings
with Bart van Melik
Wednesdays, March 25th - April 15th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 8:30pmPlease note: Course will not meet on April 8th
Over the course of three evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community. Find out more
How Mindfulness Is and Is Not a Psychotherapy
Matthew Brensilver
Friday, March 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmn what ways does mindfulness practice function as a kind of ‘self-psychotherapy’? In what ways is practice entirely unlike psychotherapy? During our evening together, we’ll explore how the mindfulness overlaps with the healing we might find in psychotherapy. Find out more
Exploring the Power of the Feminine: A Daylong Workshop for Women
with Tracy Cochran and Sebene Selassie
Saturday, March 28th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmWhat is feminine power? Is it something to be acquired? Or uncovered and reclaimed? Join us for a day of meditation, writing exercises, and group sharing aimed at exploring these rich questions. Find out more
Knowing the Body: A Path to Greater Happiness
with Peter Doobinin
Sunday, March 29th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmThe latest research in neuroscience and psychology confirm what the Buddha knew: if we’re able to cultivate an embodied awareness, we can make significant strides in our efforts to transform the mind and heart. In this daylong retreat, we’ll develop in our understanding of these important skills. Find out more
April 2020
Monthly Community Potluck
Friday, April 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
There Is No Problem
with Martin Aylward
Saturday, April 4th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmDuring this daylong program, we will explore how to respond skillfully and actively to the ‘cries of the world’ while also discovering and resting in the realization that our true nature is free and unobstructed in its essence, and has always been so. Find out more
Holistic Awareness: A Day of Inner and Outer Practice
with Oren Jay Sofer
Saturday, April 11th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmIn this daylong meditation retreat, we will explore both silent individual practice and interactive relational practices, strengthening our innate capacities for a dynamic and stable kind-hearted awareness. Find out more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Required Free Orientation: Friday, April 17th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:00pm8 Week Course: Fridays, May 1st - June 26th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:00pm
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
Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World
A NYI Member Event with Sharon Salzberg
Friday, April 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmThis evening will be a unique opportunity to get teachings from Sharon’s newest book, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, to be published June 2nd, 2020. Find out more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Jon Aaron
Sunday, April 19th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pmPracticing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more
The Power of Forgiveness: A 5-Week Course
with Elaine Retholtz
Every other Monday, April 20th - June 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin us for a 5-week course examining forgiveness and how to heal our relationships with others, ourselves and the past. We will meet in person every other Monday evening and have home practice in the weeks between. This course appropriate is for meditation practitioners of all levels. Find out more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Katherine Marx
Free Orientation: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm8 Week Course: Thursdays, April 30th - June 18th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
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
Wholehearted: Cultivating Freshness, Receptivity and Love
with Koshin Paley Ellison
Saturday, April 25th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmSocial isolation is one of the modern health pandemics. How can we find the intimacy that is always available moment to moment? Meditation practice and attitude can support us to live our values, root them in our bodies and widen out. Find out more
Wisdom & Compassion: Guiding Our Life
with Joseph Goldstein and Bart van Melik
Sunday, April 26th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmLocation: West Side Loft at 163 Bank St
Join Joseph Goldstein and Bart van Melik for a special daylong event exploring the simple and direct practice of of moment-to-moment mindfulness. Find out more
May 2020
Meditative Birding in Central Park
with Lin Gordon and Stephen Roylance
Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 from 8:15am-10:30amJoin nature meditation teacher Lin Gordon and former science teacher Stephen Roylance in taking an early morning meditative birding walk through Central Park, where we will listen to the sounds within and without. Find out more
Dharma and Recovery: A Weekend Retreat at NYI
with Kevin Griffin
Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmSunday, May 3rd, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
In this weekend retreat we will practice mindfulness meditation and explore recovery and the Twelve Steps through a Buddhist lens. Find out more
Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom
with Rick Hanson
Friday, May 8th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmRick Hanson's groundbreaking yet practical new book, Neurodharma shares practices for strengthening the neural circuitry of profound contentment and inner peace—qualities that offer essential support in everyday life while also supporting the exploration of the most radical reaches of human consciousness. Find out more
Already Home: The New Science & Ancient Wisdom of Awakening
with Rick Hanson
Saturday, May 9th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pmJoin New York Times bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson as we explore the Buddhist analysis of the mind as a road map for strengthening the neural circuitry of deep calm, contentment, kindness, and wisdom—qualities we all need to succeed in the face of adversity. Find out more
Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Daylong Intensive
with Jane Chun
Saturday, May 16th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pmCompassion training offers a way to strengthen our innate and relational resources, broaden and shift our perspective, and metabolize the challenges of life, big and small. This daylong intensive workshop condenses the essence of the 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) into a one-day format. Find out more
June 2020
An IMS Urban Retreat at NYI
with Bonnie Duran
Saturday, June 13th, 2020 from 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, June 14th, 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
July 2020
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