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July 2020
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online: Community Gathering – Many Ways to Belong
Thursday, July 9th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Please join us for an informal online evening of sangha and community.
Now Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, July 10th, 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
Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong
with Jon Aaron
Saturday, July 11, 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
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
Now Online: Surprised by Joy
with Bhante Suddhaso
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETBuddhist teacher Bhante Suddhaso will give an online talk about the joy that comes through cultivating faith in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha and how that joy serves as a basis for deepening Samadhi and Vipassana. Find out more
Now Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, July 17th, 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
Online: New York Insight Event Volunteer Training
Friday, July 17th, 2020 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm
New York Insight relies on volunteers to create a welcome and organized atmosphere for all our events. The center needs you to help prepare the online space for our events and support participants and teachers.
Now Online: A Happiness That Doesn’t Die
with Peter Doobinin
Saturday July 18th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ETThe Buddha’s happiness is sometimes known as “true happiness” because it’s a happiness that’s true, reliable, and always there. In this three-hour online class, we’ll learn about this quality of true happiness, what it is, and how we can come to know it. Find out more
Beginner’s Meditation Workshop
with Lani Miller
Sunday, July 19th, 2020 from 10:00am-1:00pm ETThis comprehensive online 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
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Angela Dews
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
with Bart van Melik
Fridays, July 24th, 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
Online Community Potluck
Friday, July 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha Potluck.
Online: Resourcing, Resiliency and Inquiry
Amma Thanasanti
Saturday, July 25th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ETThe Buddha taught the first foundation of mindfulness – awareness of body and breath – as a cornerstone to enlightenment. With body centered practices, during this online half day retreat, we will open our focus and rest in awareness itself. Find out more
Online: White Awake
with Elaine Retholtz and Gary Singer
Mondays, July 27th - August 31st from 6:30pm – 9:00pm ETNew York Insight is offering an online course for white practitioners to create a space to examine our privilege, blind spots, and racial conditioning in the context of Dharma teachings and practice. Find out more
Now Online: Nothing Stands Alone – A Four Part Course Exploring the Heart Sutra
with Scott Tusa
Mondays, July 27th - August 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIn this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Gary Singer
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
August 2020
Now Online: Nothing Stands Alone – Half-Day Retreat Exploring Interdependence as Taught in the Heart Sutra
with Scott Tusa
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ETIn this half-day online retreat we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra. Find out more
Online: Nature Meditation – Cultivating Wisdom and Resilience Through Nature-Based Mindfulness Practice
with Lin Gordon
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 from 9:30am - 4:45pm ETAs we go through an intense year of pandemic and social transformation, how do we access our inner resources regardless of external circumstances? Through this day online and outdoors, you’ll be guided through nature meditation practices that connect to your senses and explore your internal and external experiences intimately. Find out more
September 2020
Cultivating Curiosity, Kindness & Care: An 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 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