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November 2018
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Angela Dews and Amy Selzer
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues. Find out more
Conscious Living | Conscious Working 2.0
with Brian Simmons
November 14th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThis course is for CLCW graduates to learn how to apply heart and mind-opening practices, blending wisdom, skillful behavior and meditation. Find out more
Dharma and Sangha: New York Insight’s Thanksgiving Potluck
Friday, November 16, 2018 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Please join us for the NYI Annual Thanksgiving Potluck. The meditation starts at 6:30pm, and the potluck meal is from 7-9pm.
The Brahma Viharas
with Rosemary Blake, Nancy Glimm and Amy Selzer
Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 10am-5pmCome join us for a day of practice with the Brahma Viharas, building confidence in our heart’s capacity to love. These practices offer an effective framework for cultivating our best selves. Find out more
Day of Insight: A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Rosemary Blake and Sandra Weinberg
November 18th, 2018 from 10:00am-5:00pmA daylong meditation retreat for those who want to deepen their practice. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues. Find out more
Thanksgiving Meditative Hike to Hook Mountain
with Lin Gordon
Saturday, November 24, 2018 from 8:15am - 3:00pmImmerse in the peaceful beauty of autumn in the Hudson Valley before winter arrives. This guided, meditative hike includes expansive vistas only 1.5 hours outside of the city, and extraordinary land designated by the New York Audubon Society as an Important Bird Area. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Bart van Melik and Lani Miller
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues. Find out more
December 2018
What Does It Mean to Heal? Why Buddhism and Psychotherapy Need Each Other
with Mark Epstein, MD
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pmJoin Buddhist psychiatrist and author Mark Epstein for a discussion about the relationship of Buddhism and psychotherapy. Find out more
Tricycle Movie Night at NY Insight: In Between Mountains and Oceans
Friday, December 7th, 2018 from 6:00pm-8:30pm
Every 20 years, locals tear down Ise Jingu, one of the most important Shinto shrine complexes in Mie Prefecture, Japan, only to rebuild it entirely from scratch. Explore this 1,300-year-old ritual in Tricycle’s and New York Insight’s screening of In Between Mountains and Oceans (Umi Yama Aida) directed by acclaimed Japanese photographer Masaaki Miyazawa.
Awakening Together: The Power of Spiritual Friendship
with Bart van Melik and Janet Surrey
Sunday, December 9, 2018 from 10:00 am - 5:00pmThis daylong retreat will be an opportunity to learn and to deepen the practice of Insight Dialogue, a fully engaged relational meditation practice. Insight Dialogue brings together meditative awareness, the wisdom teachings of the Buddha, and the power of relationship to support insight into the nature, source, and release of human suffering. Find out more
Conscious Living | Conscious Working 2.0
with Brian Simmons
December 12, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThis course is for CLCW graduates to learn how to apply heart and mind-opening practices, blending wisdom, skillful behavior and meditation. Find out more
Event Volunteer Training
Friday, December 14th, 2018 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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 Sangha.
January 2019
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, January 17th - March 21st, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pmMBSR 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