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The Four Noble Truths

with Angela Dews
Tuesdays October 2nd, 9th, 23rd and 30th from 10:00am-12:00pm

This course explores the Buddha's seminal teachings on the Four Noble Truths and investigates what he described as the causes and conditions that make freedom possible. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Jon Aaron
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Working with the Judging Voice

with Gary Singer
Fridays, October 19th - November 16th, 2018 from 10am-12pm

One of the most powerful impediments to our awakening and peace in our lives is our judging, self-critical voice that can undermine our efforts. In this course, we’ll use the tools of the dhamma to investigate the roots of the judging voice and how we can quiet it. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Bart van Melik
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Effortless Mindfulness Embodied

with Loch Kelly
Friday, October 26, 2018 from 7-9pm

Effortless mindfulness is an advanced, yet simple form of mindfulness. Rather than concentrating to calm and focus your mind, in this class we will learn to intentionally shift into our awake aware mind, which is already calm, intelligent, and able to effortlessly focus. Find out more

Aging As a Spiritual Practice Daylong

with Rosemary Blake, Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 from 10:00am-5:00pm

Join us for a day exploring aging as a spiritual practice through meditation practice, teachings and group discussion. Find out more
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The Dharma of Consent, Finding a Common Language

Tuesday Dharma Gathering with Lama Rod Owens

Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

Visiting teacher Lama Rod Owens will lead this week's Tuesday Dharma Gathering. These sittings provide an opportunity for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Dharma in an Age of Distress

with Joseph Goldstein
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm at Middle Collegiate Church

Join us for this special evening as we learn practical tools for deepening awareness of ourselves and others, and explore methods for cultivating greater insight, equanimity and kindness in the face of change and challenge. Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Elaine Retholtz
Sunday, November 4, 2018 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

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

Sitting on Sunday

with Charmaine Henderson
Sunday, November 4, 2018 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice. Find out more

Exploring the Eightfold Path

with Angela Dews
Tuesdays, November 6th - December 11th, 2018 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

The Buddha describes the Noble Eightfold Path as the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering. This course will explore these teachings and include practice, instruction and talks, as well as group dialogue and inquiry. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Tricycle Movie Night at NY Insight: The Last Dalai Lama?

with film director Mickey Lemle and Tricycle editor James Shaheen
Friday, November 9th, 2018 | 6:00pm-8:30pm

Join Tricycle and New York Insight for a special screening of Mickey Lemle’s new award-winning documentary, The Last Dalai Lama?, in which the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, takes a look at his legacy as he enters the ninth decade of his life. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Amy Selzer
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Sitting on Sunday

with Angela Dews
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 | 10:00am-12:00pm

This Sunday daylong retreat begins with a guided meditation followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice. Find out more

The Three Refuges and Other Threes

with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, December 6th, 13th, & 20th, 2018 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

During these three Thursdays we will explore how these key teachings from the Buddha overlap and interface with each other. Find out more

Bringing Your Practice to Life: Three Thursday Evenings for MBSR Alumni

with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, December 6th, 13th, & 20th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

Whether you've recently completed Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction or your practice just needs a bit of energizing this will be a three-week class to re-enforce and renew. This is an opportunity to practice together and learn ways to bring these practices into our lives while bringing life to our practice. 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.

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Awakening Together: The Power of Spiritual Friendship

with Bart van Melik and Janet Surrey
Sunday, December 9, 2018 from 10:00 am - 5:00pm

This 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Lani Miller
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Beginner’s Workshop

with Karen Williams
Saturday, December 15th, 2018 from 10:00am-1:00pm

This 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

CANCELLED: Creativity & Meditation: A Daylong Retreat

with Lani Miller and Brian Simmons
Sunday, December 16th, 2018 from 10am-5pm

During this daylong retreat workshop we will explore the natural relationship and flow between meditation and creativity. The day will include and unfold with Buddhist meditation practice, experiential processes related to this topic, short talks by the teachers, and lots of group participation. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, December 25th, 2018 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

New Year’s Eve Gathering

Monday, December 31, 2018 from 8:00pm-12:30am

Join us for New Year's Eve as we come together in reflection and celebration, in compassionate community, to welcome the New Year.

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SOS – Sitting on Sunday

with Lani Miller
Sunday, January 6, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Peter Doobinin
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Insight Meditation 101: Beginners’ Course

with Lani Miller
Wednesdays, January 9th-February 13th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

This course will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis will be on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life. Find out more

NYI Urban Weekend Retreat

with Rosemary Blake
Saturday, January 12th, 2019 from 10:00am-6:00pm Sunday, January 13th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm

A weekend meditation retreat for those who want to deepen their practice. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Lani Miller
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Into the Void: The Buddha’s Teachings on Emptiness

with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, January 17th - March 21st, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

While they may seem confusing at first, the teachings on emptiness have the potential to open us to the experience and embodied wisdom of Anatta (not-self). This class will be an opportunity to explore how, as we start to live from the place of Emptiness, true freedom is experienced. Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Orientation: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Course: Thursdays, January 31st – March 21st, 2019 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

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Orientation: Friday, January 18th, 2019 or January 25th, 2019 from 9:30am-12:00pm
Course: Fridays, February 1st - March 22nd, 2019 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

Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, January 18th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Fundamentals Course

with Elaine Retholtz or Jon Aaron
Sat, January 19th - Sat, March 23rd, 2019

New York Insight now offers MBSR Fundamentals—the first step in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training Pathway. NYI teachers Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz are authorized by the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness to offer this special MBSR teacher training in New York City. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Janusz Welin
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation

with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Friday, January 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday, January 26th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pm

Join teacher and author Narayan Helen Liebenson for a workshop on how to live from a compassionate love that guides our lives and warms whatever it shines upon. With metta and compassion as companions and allies, we will discover how our own magnanimous hearts can gently allow our inner knots to untie themselves. Find out more

Beginner’s Workshop

with Lani Miller
Sunday, January 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 1:00pm

This comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Lani Miller
Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

SOS – Sitting on Sunday

with Jon Aaron
Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Amy Selzer
Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, February 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Love The One You’re With: Yourself

with Gary Singer
Sunday, February 10th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pm

In this Daylong Retreat in celebration of Valentine's Day, we will look inward to build a stronger understanding of our own hearts and minds before we turn our energy of love outwards. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Day of Insight: A Daylong Meditation Retreat

with Rosemary Blake
Sunday, February 17th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available. Find out more

Community Town Hall Meeting

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 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 welcome our new Executive Director and share exciting news about recent developments at NYI. 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.

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Movie Night at NY Insight: Changing Minds at Concord High School

with Susan Weiser Finley & Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Friday, February 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Join us for a film night at New York Insight where we will take an in depth look at how mindfulness in schools is changing the lives of young people and creating a breath of fresh air in their lives. We will screen this short film and include a lively conversation with the film's director and a professor in the Psychology Department of Hunter College. Find out more

Awakening Together: The Power of Generous Presence

with Bart van Melik
Sunday, February 24th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

This 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker and Lani Miller

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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And Now What? How Do We Bring Practice Into Our Everyday Life

with Lani Miller
Wednesdays, February 27th - March 20th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

How do we bring practice into our everyday life in order to deepen our awareness, moment to moment, and cultivate a more integrated daily relationship with the Dharma? And Now What? is a four-week course for those who have completed an introductory course in Insight or Mindfulness meditation. Find out more

SOS – Sitting on Sunday

with Angela Dews

Sunday, March 3,2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 from 7pm-9pm

These 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.

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Compulsive Thinking, Concentration & Equanimity

with Matthew Brensilver
Friday, March 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

This evening will explore the process through which the mind comes to rest and how concentration and equanimity reinforce each other. We will cultivate a deeper understanding of ourselves and make space for the heart to respond with joy and compassion. Find out more

Vast View, Fine Attention

with Martin Aylward
Saturday, March 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Explore how we might we bring both a vast view and a fine attention to both our inner practices, and in response to the ecological, political and social crises in which we currently find ourselves. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, March 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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The Three Gems

with Bart van Melik
Sunday, March 17th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm

How can we accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and ease, sadness and joy that life brings us? One possible answer is to take refuge in the power of wakefulness, in the Buddha’s teachings and in the community dedicated to harmony and awareness. Find out more

AWARE: The Science and Practice of Presence

with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
Monday, March 18th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
at Middle Collegiate Church

Come join Daniel Siegel in this exploration of well-being in our lives! We’ll dive deeply into the nature of presence, and how learning a reflective practice can build the mental skills of focused attention, open awareness, and kind intention that cultivate important aspects of social, psychological, and physiological flourishing. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Wildecy de FátimaJury

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Day of Insight: A Daylong Meditation Retreat

with Rosemary Blake and Nancy Glimm
Sunday, March 24th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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The First Buddhist Women

with Tracy Cochran and Wendy Garling
Saturday, March 30th, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm

This daylong retreat will share little-known stories of the first Buddhist women. They offer a more engaged, emotionally alive and gender-balanced Buddhism, filling gaps we have sensed but haven’t named. Find out more

Brightening the Mind

with Peter Doobinin
Sunday March 31st, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

We brighten the mind by cultivating the heart quality of appreciative joy. In this daylong retreat, we'll learn to develop appreciative joy in meditation and in daily life. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Booker Leslie and Gary Singer

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Orientation: Thursday, April 4th, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Course: Thursdays, April 11th – June 6th, 2019 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

SOS – Sitting on Sunday

with Jon Aaron

Sunday, April 7th, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Angela Dews

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, April 12th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Neuroplasticity: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation

with Dr. Paul Epstein
Sunday, April 14th, 2019 from 10am-4pm

Mindful awareness brings the choice of relating to experience with wisdom and compassion where practitioners train the mind and thus change the brain. Join us for this Daylong Program with Dr. Paul Epstein who will share recent scientific finding that prove that meditation and mindfulness can actually change the brain. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Postponed: The Island of Sangha

with Angela Dews and nakawe cuebas
Sunday, April 21st, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this program has been postponed and will be re-scheduled at a future date. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Faith: A Buddhist Perspective

with Sharon Salzberg and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
Friday, April 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this weekend program, we will explore a different sense of faith. We will discuss how it can connect us to a deeper place of strength within us and to a bigger picture of life. This type of faith increases confidence, openness, and our ability to recognize something outside of our immediate circumstances as describing who we are. Find out more

Loving Kindness Meditation

with Gary Singer
Sunday, April 28th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Join us for this daylong retreat where we will cultivate our natural capacity for an open and loving heart towards ourselves and all other beings. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Booker Leslie and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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CLIMATE CRISIS: What can we do together? An NYI Community Meeting

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Please join NYI president Tom Carling, teacher Sebene Selassie, and Extinction Rebellion leader Bill Beckler, for an evening of meditation, presentations, and discussion as we explore your ideas and consider how NYI can best support our individual and collective practices in the midst of this new reality.

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SOS – Sitting on Sunday

with Angela Dews

Sunday, May 5, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice.

Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Fridays, May 10th - June 28th, 2019 from 9:30am-12pm

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

Race, Unconscious Bias & Mindfulness

with Sebene Selassie
Friday, May 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

During this evening we will explore how mindfulness and the teachings of Buddhism can help us bring awareness and clarity to the constructs & biases around race that exist in society and within each of us (either as external racism or as internalized oppression), so that we can live with more love, wisdom and compassion. Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Jon Aaron
Saturday, May 11th, 2019 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

Join us for a daylong program to practice 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

CANCELLED: A Celebration of Mother Earth

with Elizabeth J. Coleman
Sunday, May 12th, 2019 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Join Elizabeth J. Coleman, a poet, public interest attorney, environmental activist, and teacher of mindfulness for a day of celebration reading poems from her new book, HERE: Poems for the Planet, an international contemporary poetry anthology for our planet. Readings will be interspersed with guided meditations and discussion of mindful activism. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Gary Singer

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, May 17th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Awakening to the Climate Emergency: A Wesak Observance

Saturday, May 18th, 2019 from 11:30am-5:00pm

In connection with the Call to Declare Climate Emergency and timed with Wesak, the annual observance of the Buddha’s Awakening, we invite you to come together as a sangha for a live-stream webinar featuring teachers such as Kittisaro and Thanissara followed by a community potluck.

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Day of Insight: A Daylong Meditation Retreat

with Rosemary Blake and Nancy Glimm
Sunday, May 19th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Finding Ourselves and Losing Ourselves

with Dr. Stephen Fulder
Friday, May 24th, 2019 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm

As we move out of automatic living and start to question and explore who or what we are, we open a Pandora's Box and our life can get dramatically more deep and interesting, and sometimes more disturbing. We find ourselves in a world of paradox, mystery, and yet unimagined freedom. Find out more

Equanimity: Dancing with the Unpredictability of Life

with Dr. Stephen Fulder
Saturday, May 25th, 2019 | 10:00am to 4:30pm

In this daylong program, we will examine equanimity, how to recognize and appreciate it, and how it can be developed. We will also explore how we can avoid getting upset and overwhelmed by circumstances, such as conflict, injustice, and suffering. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Spiritual Bypassing: When We Do Not Want to Look Honestly

with Bhante Sukhacitto
Friday, May 31st, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join Theravadan monk Bhante Sukhacitto for an evening exploring how can we use meditation practice to integrate meditation and insight more fully into our lives, instead of using it as a way to escape our problems and challenges in order to experience quiet and peace. Find out more

The Great Potential of Change

with Bhante Sukhacitto and Bart van Melik
Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Supported by kind awareness, wisdom, and community we’ll explore the potential and difficulty of changes in our lives. In this retreat we will introduce the six meditative guidelines of Insight Dialogue: Pause, Relax, Open, Attune to Emergence, Listen Deeply, and Speak the Truth. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Elaine Retholtz

Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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The Healing Power Of Refuge

with Lani Miller and Harpist Pamela Bruce
Friday, June 7th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

On this evening we will explore both the theme and experience of refuge. In these challenging times, remembering that finding and taking refuge is really possible can offer us comfort, support, and strength in our lives. Find out more

How Mindfulness Meditation Leads to Insight

with Jon Aaron
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this Daylong, we will explore the concept of meditation, how it leads to insight and what concepts support us in our meditation practice. This program is open to meditators of all levels. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Gary Singer

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Orientation: Thursday, June 13th, 2019 from 6:30-9:00pm
Course: Thursdays, June 20th - August 15th from 6:30-9:00pm

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

Birding and Nature Meditation at Central Park

with Lin Gordon and Stephen Roylance
Saturday, June 15th, 2019 from 8:15am-10:30am

Join nature meditation teacher, Lin Gordon, and science teacher, Stephen Roylance, in taking an early morning walk through Central Park, where we will listen to the sounds within and without. Find out more

Day of Mindfulness Meditation

with Rosemary Blake and Bart van Melik
Saturday, June 15th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Lani Miller

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 from 7pm-9pm

These 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.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, June 21st, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Mindful Writing Workshop

with Tracy Cochran
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 4:00pm

Join us as we combine mindfulness meditation with short writing exercises geared toward personal reflection, discovering our ways of being heroic, including relaxing and letting go. Find out more

Aging As a Spiritual Practice Daylong Retreat

with Rosemary Blake, Amy Selzer, and Nancy Glimm
Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm

Join us for a day exploring aging as a spiritual practice through direct meditation practice, Dharma offerings from the three teachers, open discussions as well as dyad and triad work among participants. Find out more

Still, in the City: A Circle of Friends Member Event

Monday, June 24th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Please join us for a special evening free to members and those signing up to be members. Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos, is a collection of stories and essays about taking practice off the cushion and into our days, our homes, offices, the park, the streets. This is the fierce practice of Urban Buddhism which makes the practice of Buddhism real.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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The Way of Effortless Mindfulness Book Talk

with Loch Kelly
Friday, June 28th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

In this evening discussion and book talk for his new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness, Loch Kelly teaches how you can “unhook” awareness from chattering thoughts, and access a peaceful mind and a naturally embodied wakefulness. Find out more

The Way of Effortless Mindfulness Daylong Retreat

with Loch Kelly
Saturday, June 29th, 2019 from 10:00am – 5:00pm

In this daylong retreat we will learn to intentionally shift into awake awareness, which is already calm, intelligent, and able to effortlessly focus. Effortless mindfulness helps us shift from a self-centered identity to an empty, yet open-hearted, way of seeing and being. Find out more

Beginner’s Workshop

with Lani Miller
Sunday, June 30th, 2019 from 10:00am-1:00pm

This 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

Launch of the Sacred Earth Sangha

with Jon Aaron

Monday, July 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

NYI is relaunching the Eco Sangha with monthly evening gatherings co-led by rotating NYI teachers, Sebene Selassie, Lin Gordon, and Jon Aaron. This first meeting will be led by Jon Aaron. We invite all of our Dharma friends to come together as a community and create a this new sangha around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of this global emergency.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Gary Singer

Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, July 12th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Summer Meditative Hike to Hook Mountain

with Lin Gordon
Saturday, July 13th 2019 from 8:15am - 3:00pm

Enjoy a summer day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike. Find out more

Obstacles to Practice: Exploring the Five Hindrances

with Elaine Retholtz
July 15th - August 12th, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30am

As we practice meditation, we often experience a range of difficult emotions or mental obstacles. 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Amy Selzer
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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

Event Volunteer Training

Friday, July 19th, 2019 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.

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Day of Mindfulness Meditation

with Rosemary Blake and Angela Dews
Saturday, July 20th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Peter Doobinin

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Mindfulness of Thinking

with Peter Doobinin
Saturday, July 27th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

In this daylong retreat, we'll explore how we can use the practices of mindfulness of mind in our meditation practice and in our lives in in order to find a greater happiness. Find out more

Spiritual Bypass and the War on Emotion

with Dave Smith
Monday, July 29th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

In this evening talk visiting teacher Dave Smith will discuss spiritual bypassing and how our practice can be used to understand and heal emotional suffering. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Course

with Jane Chun
Wednesdays, July 31st - September 25th, 2019 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an 8 Week Course developed at Stanford University to uncover the capacity of individuals to move through life and its challenges with a steadier mind and heart, from a place of greater awareness, connection, and inner strength. Find out more

Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, August 2nd, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Cultivating a Heart of Gold

with Venerable Pannavati
Friday, August 9th, 2019 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, August 10th, 2019 | 10:00am - 5:00pm

Join visiting teacher Ven Pannavati for a daylong program of renewal to move beyond mindfulness, contemplating key passages in the Buddhist suttas that awaken us to the necessity of cultivating joy and compassion. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Angela Dews and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Lani Miller

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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That’s Life! Navigating Major Life Changes with Confidence and Clarity

with Brian Simmons
Sunday, August 25th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Often we fear the unknown of change. But it is possible transform our doubts and fear into courage and ease. This daylong program will provide you with effective skills to reframe and navigate the emotional trauma of major life changes and transitions with a sense of equanimity and purpose. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

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Setting Things in Motion: Cultivating Kind Intentions

with Karen G. Williams and Rae Houseman
Saturday, August 31st, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Our thoughts, emotions, and mind-states are constantly in flux and come from specific causes. This doesn’t mean that we don’t take responsibility. In this daylong we will explore the impact of our motivations and how to practice with intentions. We will take a deep dive into what it is to bring kind intentions to our practice and lives. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.

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Right Action in the Anthropocene: A Buddhist Response to Global Warming

with Bhikkhu Bodhi and Guests
Friday, September 6th, 2019 from 7pm - 9pm
Saturday, September 7th, 2019 from 10am - 5pm

Join us for this important event as we explore the causes and conditions that have brought us to the climate crisis, the dukkha of extinction and human suffering, and the solutions that we can bring to bear in this critical time of our world. Find out more

The Power of Forgiveness

with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, September 9th-23rd, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30am

Join us for a 3-week course examining forgiveness and how it can allow us to come more fully into our hearts and be a catalyst that transforms bitterness, anger, and grief into compassion and lovingkindness. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Lani Miller

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.

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Mindfulness for Caregivers: An Introduction

with Joan Griffiths Vega
Thursday, September 12th, 2019 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm

This program is an introduction to the "Mindfulness for Caregivers" course, and offers a set of teachings to help us learn how to reduce daily stress and increase stamina, vitality and well-being in our caregiving relationships. Find out more

Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, September 13th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

Find out more

Beginner’s Workshop

with Lani Miller
Saturday, September 14th, 2019 from 10:00am - 1:00pm

This 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Janusz Welin and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Orientation: Thursday, Sept 19th, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Course: Thursdays, October 3rd - November 21st, 2019 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

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Orientation: Friday, September 20th, 2019 from 9:30am -12:00pm
Course: Fridays, October 4th - November 22nd, 2019 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

Mindfulness & Trauma: Healing Our Wounds with Wisdom and Compassion

with Dr. Paul Epstein
Sunday, September 22nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Most of us have experienced some form of trauma in our lives, to greater or lesser degrees. What is unprocessed can, and does, show up in our bodies, minds, hearts and spirit in our daily lives and in our meditation practice. In this retreat, we'll explore the pain and suffering that arises from unresolved, unprocessed trauma. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Karen Williams and Angela Dews

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice

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The True Promise of Mindfulness

with Mark Coleman
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

In this evening talk, Mark will lead brief mediations and explore the aspects of his new book From Suffering to Peace – The True Promise of Mindfulness to help practitioners, of all kinds, access and benefit from the "true promise of mindfulness". Find out more

The Way of Effortless Mindfulness

with Loch Kelly
Friday, September 27th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

This evening of meditation and book signing is based on Loch Kelly’s new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness. Meditation is often taught in two stages. The first is deliberate mindfulness, which includes one-pointed focus and nonjudgmentally observing the changing contents of our mind and body. The second practice is called effortless mindfulness, not because no initial effort is made, but because of the discovery of an awareness that is already awake and able to focus effortlessly. Find out more

Shifting From Head To Heart-Mind

with Loch Kelly
Saturday, September 28th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Having 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. Find out more

Day of Mindfulness Meditation: Spiritual Friendship

with Bart van Melik and Rosemary Blake
Sunday, September 29th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Buddha often emphasized the importance of friends and said that friendship is a prerequisite for awakening. On this day of silence we’ll reflect on this ancient teaching and investigate how friendship can support us in cultivating a kind heart in this challenging world. Find out more

Insight and Resilience in Times of Change

with Oren Jay Sofer
Monday, September 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this evening of practice, contemplation, and reflection on how can our spiritual practice be a source of healing and guidance in troubled times. Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron and Savanna Jo (Upayadhi) Luraschi
Orientation: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Course: Wednesdays, October 16th - December 4th, 2019 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Janusz Welin
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more

Yom Kippur: A Day of Silence and Reflection

with Jon Aaron, Elaine Retholtz and Sandra Weinberg
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 7:00pm

Yom 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 a day of silence and reflection. Find out more

Cultivating Awareness + Wisdom

with Alexis Santos
Friday, October 11th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Awareness and wisdom are qualities of mind that together provide the ingredients for clear seeing and compassion to arise. This evening of meditation and discussion will explore how to cultivate these essential qualities. Find out more

When Awareness Becomes Natural: An IMS Urban Retreat

with Alexis Santos and Susa Talan
Saturday, October 12th, 2019 from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, October 13th, 2019 from 9:00am - 4:00pm

Through relaxing the body and mind, we can come to understand the effortless nature of being mindful. Join us for this first IMS Urban Retreat at New York Insight to learn how natural awareness leads to the blossoming of wisdom and compassion. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.

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Meditative Hike to Hook Mountain

with Lin Gordon
Sunday, October 20th, 2019 from 8:15am - 3:00pm

Enjoy a Fall day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike. Find out more

Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

with Jill Satterfield
Sunday, October 20th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

The seeds of anxiety originate from a variety of sources: repeated trauma, illness, chronic pain, hormonal imbalance, a mind caught in fear of the unknown future. By developing mindfulness, we cultivate internal awareness to address anxiety before it spreads, give kind attention to our bodies, and learn to recognize the progression of thoughts and emotions that arise prior to anxiety taking hold. Find out more

Cultivating Lovingkindness as an Insight Practice

with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, October 21st - November 18th, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30am

Join New York Insight teacher Elaine Retholtz for a five week course on cultivating Lovingkindness and the other Brahma Viharas: Compassion, Empathetic Joy, and Equanimity. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Gary Singer

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.

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An Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation

with Brian Simmons
Wednesdays, October 23rd - November 20th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

This 5-week course is designed to provide a clear and practical path for people wanting to experience the profound benefits of mindfulness meditation both on and off the cushion. Ancient techniques and teachings of Buddhist meditation will be made abundantly practical and relevant for modern city dwellers in the 21st century. Find out more

Mindful Eating for Self-Care

with Laurence Magro
Saturday, October 26th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm

Do you eat when you are stressed out, bored or sad? Have you tried to eat more healthfully but just can’t seem to stick with it? Join Laurence Magro, psychotherapist and certified mindfulness educator on an exploration of habits of mind and heart around food and eating. Find out more

Mindful Healing: Working with Pain & Difficulty

with Jon Aaron
Sunday, October 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Buddha taught of suffering and the end of suffering but for those with physical pain, particularly chronic physical pain, this end of suffering seems like it might never happen. This day of practice will focus on physical pain and how mindfulness practice and some specific Buddhist teachings can open up a pathway to freedom through our pain. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Gary Singer

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.

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Exploring Peace in Our Hearts

with Nina Wise
Friday, November 1st, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

During these troubled times when we are witnessing so much polarization, fear and hatred in our world, this is a time to come together to experience the peace that lies at the heart of our being. Find out more

Citta: A Union of the Heart, Mind, and Body

with Leslie Booker
Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this daylong retreat, we'll unpack the mysteries of Buddha's Third Foundation of Mindfulness by moving through the body, feeling tones, and how we can use it to gain freedom from the turbulence of unexamined emotional experiences. Find out more

Joyful Awakening Through Creative Self-Expression

with Nina Wise
Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:30pm

Contemplative practices and expressive practices enhance one another; in concert they quiet the mind, calm the heart, give rise to insight and happiness, and release robust creative self-expression. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Janusz Welin
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 from 7pm-9pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more

Seven Stages of the Spiritual Journey

with Donald Rothberg
Friday November 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

In this evening talk, we will examine the seven stages of the spiritual journey, starting with taking life for granted, being caught up in habitual and conditioned mind and behavior, and ending with (some degree of) awakening and then re-entering the “ordinary” world, often bringing gifts from the journey. Find out more

Transforming the Judgmental Mind: A NYI Weekend Retreat

with Donald Rothberg
Saturday, November 16th, 2019 | 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, November 17th, 2019 | 9:00am - 4:00pm

In this retreat, we will cultivate mindfulness around our judgments; inquiry into the deep roots of judgments; and heart practices such as lovingkindness, forgiveness, and compassion. We will also explore the somatic and social dimensions of judgments--how we internalize dominant views (e.g., of race, gender, etc.) Find out more

Annual Thanksgiving Potluck

Sunday, November 17th, 2019 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Annual Thanksgiving Celebration. The event begins with a meditation sit from 6:30pm-7pm, followed by a delicious vegetarian or vegan meal that we will share together.

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Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck

with David Nichtern
Monday November, 18th, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join David Nichtern, a four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer-guitarist-producer, entrepreneur and Senior Buddhist teacher for an evening exploring how to integrate the creative process with our spiritual practice and livelihood. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Elaine Retholz
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more

Buddhist Teachings for the Natural World

with David Loy
Friday, November 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

The evening will focus on three aspects: practice in the natural world, a curious parallel between our usual individual predicament and our current collective predicament, and the new ecosattva path. Find out more

We Are Nature: Remembering Our Sacred Connection to Earth

with Sebene Selassie, DaRa Williams and Lin Gordon
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

In this daylong program, we will take time to reconnect to our bodies, hearts and minds remembering that we are nature. Centering land and ancestors, we will cultivate meditative awareness to sense the sacred connection to earth that is always present when we open to it. Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Jon Aaron and Savanna Jo (Upayadhi) Luraschi
Sunday, November 24th, 2019 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

This MBSR Daylong is for MBSR alumni, and those currently taking the course, to 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Gary Singer
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more

A Day of Mindfulness Meditation: In Touch with Wise View

with Rosemary Blake and Bart van Melik
Sunday, December 1st, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

According to the Buddha the mind is forerunner of all experience. The lens through which we see life colors our experience. So often we resist an experience and suffer unnecessarily. On this day of meditation we will investigate living life in harmony with all its joys and sorrows. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Gary Singer
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more

Dharma Rhythms Holiday Fest

Saturday, December 14th, 2019 from 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Join us for an afternoon of amazing music, homemade refreshments and irresistible raffle prizes—from $5 up. We are celebrating New York Insight and and all the people who have made it a sangha, a refuge of peace and sanity in the city.

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Death and the Poignancy of Life

with Matthew Brensilver
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 from 7pm – 9pm

In this evening program, we’ll consider the way death can harden or soften our heart – and how dharma practice might lead us to a life that feels complete. Find out more

Mindful New Year’s Eve Gathering

with Jon Aaron, Brian Simmons, Lani Miller and Upayadhi (Savanna) Luraschi as 'Chant Leader'
Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 from 8:00pm-12:30am

Join us for New Year's Eve as we come together in reflection and celebration, in compassionate community, to welcome the New Year. Find out more

Life and Death – Is That All There Is?

with Rosemary Blake, Jon Aaron, Nancy Glimm and Amy Selzer
Saturday, January 4th - Saturday, December 12th, 2020

This yearlong course is about living fully each moment of our lives. Over twelve months we will live as though this is our last year. We will reflect upon life and death from the Buddhist perspective while incorporating powerful teachings from other spiritual traditions. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Gary Singer
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Required Free Orientation: Friday, January 10th, 2020 | 9:30am-12:00pm 8 Week Course: Fridays, January 17th - March 13th, 2020 | 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

The RAIN of Compassion

with Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust
Friday, January 10th, 2020 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, January 11th, 2020 | 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location: Marble Collegiate Church, 1 West 29th Street at Fifth Avenue

Please join us for this special evening and daylong program with Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust as they explore the alchemy of Radical Compassion and guide us in awakening this intrinsic expression of our evolutionary potential. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more

Interpersonal Mindfulness: An 8-Week Course

with Elaine Retholtz

Course: Wednesdays, January 15th - March 4th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Daylong: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this course, participants will learn how to pause in midst of the habit mind, notice tensions and relax, kindly accept present moment experience, open and trust emergence as we listen deeply and speak the truth of our subjective experience.

Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Lani Miller
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Required Free Orientation: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm 8 Week Course: Thursdays February 6th - March 26th, 2020 | 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

Finding the Way Home to Kind Awareness: An IMS Urban Retreat

with Bart van Melik and Leslie Booker
Saturday, January 25th, 2020 from 9:30am – 6:00pm
Sunday, January 26th, 2020 from 9:30am – 4:00pm

Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is pleased to present this weekend urban retreat at New York Insight. During this retreat, we will explore the heart of the Buddha’s teaching: suffering and its causes and freedom from its causes. With the help and cultivation of our kind and natural awareness, we can become intimate with what it is like to be human. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Lani Miller
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Angela Dews and Gary Singer
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more

What’s Up with Waking Up

with Jon Aaron
Saturday, February 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

If we aren’t practicing meditation to wake up, then why are we bothering? What does waking up really mean? What are we waking up from or to? There is a Buddha in each of us waiting to wake up to a life without fear even in a world with much to be fearful of. In this daylong, we will practice directly with some of the Buddha’s teachings on freedom and investigate how to integrate these into every moment of our lives. Find out more

Beginner’s Workshop

with Bart van Melik
Sunday, February 16th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:30pm

This comprehensive three-hour workshop provides 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Buddha Statue

Bodhichitta: Developing the Mind of Awakening

with Scott Tusa
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 from 10:00am-5:00pm

In 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These 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.

Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

This 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Bart van Melik and Angela Dews

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.

Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Required Free Orientation: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9pm
8 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 - 5pm

The 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 - 4:00pm

This 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

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.

Find out more

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Jon Aaron
Saturday, March 14th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

This MBSR Daylong will be offered in-person at NYI and online. 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 - 12:30pm

This 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: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Jon Aaron and Lani Miller

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

These teacher-led sittings provide an online opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.

Find out more

Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm, ET

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.

Find out more

Now Online: How Mindfulness Is and Is Not a Psychotherapy

with Matthew Brensilver
Friday, March 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In 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

Now Online: Finding a Refuge in the Body

with Peter Doobinin
Sunday, March 29th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm, EST

One of the most important aspects of the Buddha’s teachings is developing the ability to find refuge.  In a world that is always changing and often presents difficulty, it is essential that we have this skill if we’re to know true happiness in our lives. Find out more

Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm, ET

These 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: There Is No Problem

with Martin Aylward
Saturday, April 4th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm, EST

During this online 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

Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Booker Leslie
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm EST

These 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 Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

These 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: The Dharma is Your Life – A Six-Week Course

with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, April 16th - May 21st, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

Within the Buddha’s own teaching the word Dharma has a number of meanings—the truth, the teachings, the way, the nature of life, qualities of the mind, etc. We will integrate all these meanings into this exploration of practice. Each week we will explore a very specific teaching and see how it reflects our lives, and how our lives reflect the teaching. Find out more

Now Online: The Power of Forgiveness

with Elaine Retholtz
Every other Monday, April 20th - June 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join us for a 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

Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

These 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: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Katherine Marx
Free Orientation: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
8 Week Course: Thursdays, April 30th - June 18th, 2020 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 more

Now Online: Fearlessness in the Midst of Fear

with Koshin Paley Ellison
Saturday, April 25th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET

In our time of social isolation in the midst of this pandemic, how do we take refuge in the teachings to support our path? Join Zen teacher Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison for an online workshop on cultivating the freshness of feeling our feelings of fear without becoming them. Find out more

Now Online: Surviving Modern Life – A Daylong Workshop

with Devon and Craig Hase
Sunday, April 26, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm, ET

In this online daylong workshop, based on their new book, How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life, Devon and Craig Hase will be leading participants through meditations, contemplations, dialogues, and exercises to help them tap into their resilience, so that they can face these unprecedented difficulties with warmth, kindness, and some measure of equanimity. Find out more
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