Events for June 26 - May 23

Online: Persistence in the Face of Adversity

with Ayyā Somā

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

The Buddha encourages practitioners to contemplate the source of our discomfort, no matter its form. Once we truly understand the nature of pain, loss, oppression, and despair, we can make the appropriate response and be free from the suffering they cause.

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Online: The Joy of Meditation – Vipassana and the Whole Nine Yards

with Jon Aaron

Thursdays, February 4th - March 25th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

The variety of meditation practices found in Buddhism can lead to confusion and doubt, or to staying on the surface level in our practice as a result of switching around so much. This course will spend time investigating our own experience with each of these practices and sharing the fruit of wisdom and compassion that comes of this.

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Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Orientation: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Course: Thursdays, February 4th - March 25th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Daylong: Sunday, March 14th, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm 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.

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Online: Using Inquiry and Reflection in Meditation Practice

with Oren Jay Sofer

Saturday, February 6th, 2021 from 1:00pm - 4:30pm ET

The Buddhist tradition includes a wide range of practices beyond formal meditation training exercises. In this half-day session, we’ll explore core practices for inquiry and reflection, using the thought and recollection skillfully to enhance understanding and apply Dharma principles to life.

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Online: Life and Death – Going Forward

with Jon Aaron, Rosemary Blake, Nancy Glimm and Amy Selzer
Sunday, February 7th, Saturday, June 5th, Sunday, September 12th, Saturday, December 4th, 2021 from 10:00am – 4:00pm ET

These four quarterly, daylong retreats will include meditation, understanding and preparing for death through the Buddha’s teachings, small and large group reflections, and deepening our connection to one another through sangha, moving us toward living life more fully. Find out more

Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Monthly Online Community Potluck

Friday, February 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller

Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Cultivating Peace Within You in a Chaotic World

with Bhante Buddharakkhita

Saturday, February 20th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

The world is on fire. Many countries are experiencing injustice, political unrest and a COVID-19 pandemic. How can you find balance and cultivate peace within you? The online retreat will include guided mindfulness and equanimity meditation, Dhamma talk, and a question and answer session.

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Online: Planting the Seeds of Peace and Happiness – A Beginner’s Meditation Workshop

with Lani Miller

Sunday, February 21st, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

Have you been wanting to learn how to meditate? Or perhaps looking for a way to refresh or renew your existing practice? This three hour comprehensive workshop includes instructions for experiential meditation practice with guidance from a New York Insight teacher, useful information for developing and continuing a meditation practice with plenty of time for sharing and Q & A.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online Urban Retreat: Sweeping Our Temple – Remembering Kind Awareness

with Leslie Booker & Bart van Melik

Saturday February 27th, 2021 | 9:00 am - 5:00pm ET
Sunday, February 28th, 2021 | 9:00am - 3:00pm ET

Through the Buddha's teachings on the 5 Spiritual Powers, (Faith, Energy, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom), we will train our ability to bear witness to personal and social pains and immerse ourselves in heart qualities inviting us to dance, and vacuum, in our temple we call home.

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Online: The Radiant Mind

with Bhante Suddhāso

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Buddhist practice offers us the tools to free the mind from the constraints of discontent, irritation, and confusion—and when the mind is well liberated from these unwholesome states of mind, even temporarily, the path to true happiness becomes clear.

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Online: MBSR Alumni Daylong

with Elaine Retholtz
Saturday, March 6th, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm ET

Have you taken an MBSR course? Would you like to spend time practicing in community with support of a teacher to help you refine your skills of mindfulness? 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, explore how it is manifesting in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come. Find out more

Online Sacred Earth Sangha: Climate Crisis, Trauma Healing and Collective Action

with Sensei Kritee Kanko, PhD

Monday, March 8th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In this gathering, Kritee will dispel what, in her view, are myths around climate science that are common in the activist as well as Buddhist communities. We will then take a deep hard look at the scale of trauma we already face individually and collectively. Last but not the least, Kritee will share her understanding of how we can take meaningful and strategic collective actions for racial healing and putting down the fires of climate crisis.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Truth, Honesty and Dharma 

with Matthew Brensilver

Friday, March 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Dharma practice is a form of rigorous honesty, an attempt to resist self-deception, and a commitment to perceive experience in novel ways. In this evening together, we will explore the ways that the pursuit of truth animates Buddhist practice.

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Mindfulness & Ethical Evolution: A Daylong Online Retreat

with Matthew Brensilver

Saturday, March 13th, 2021 from 9:30am - 4:00pm ET

In this daylong, we’ll examine the process – in our direct experience – of maturing our ethical commitments. The process is facilitated by the perception of non-separation, an intimacy with the experience of suffering, a willingness to grieve, a spirit of renunciation and the courage to relinquish familiar understandings of ourselves.

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Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree

with Bart van Melik

Mondays, March 8th - March 29th, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET

If you've never read a Buddhist text before or you're looking to refine your understanding of the teachings, this four week course with Bart van Melik is a wonderful way to deepen your connection with this timeless wisdom.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Monthly Online Community Potluck

Friday, March 19th, 2021 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm

In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online: Skillful Pleasure

with Peter Doobinin

Saturday, March 20th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

As the Buddha came to discover, we have to learn to establish a skillful relationship to pleasure if dharma practice is going to thrive and if we’re going to know happiness in life. In this three-hour class, we’ll learn about skillful pleasure, what it is, how we cultivate it, and why there’s such great benefit in doing so.

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Online: Facing Aging and Fear with Love and Wisdom

with Amy Selzer, Nancy Glimm, Rosemary Blake

Sunday, March 21st, 2021 | 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

In our Aging As A Spiritual Practice daylong, yogis will explore their fears around aging through the teachings of the Buddha on Impermanence, holding what arises with the Brahma Viharas, and recognizing the wisdom that arises through the cultivation of these practices. This daylong will include meditation, exercises and reflections, dharma talks, as well as small and large group discussions.

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Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree

with Bart van Melik

Mondays, March 8th - March 29th, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET

If you've never read a Buddhist text before or you're looking to refine your understanding of the teachings, this four week course with Bart van Melik is a wonderful way to deepen your connection with this timeless wisdom.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Town Hall and Community Gathering

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a special town hall and community gathering as we reunite as a community, introduce the Center's new Executive Director, and review the struggles and victories experienced by our community over the past year.

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Online: Wisdom and Compassion on the Path of Recovery

with Kevin Griffin and Patricia Johnson

Saturday, March 27th, 2021 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET

On this half-day retreat we will explore how Buddhist insight teachings and heart practices can support people in recovery. There will be meditation instruction, dharma talks, and opportunities for questions and discussion.

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Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree

with Bart van Melik

Mondays, March 8th - March 29th, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET

If you've never read a Buddhist text before or you're looking to refine your understanding of the teachings, this four week course with Bart van Melik is a wonderful way to deepen your connection with this timeless wisdom.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: The Potential of Human Relatedness on a Whole-Life Path

with Gregory Kramer and Peace Twesigye

Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 from 11:00am - 5:00pm ET

Join us in a day of relational meditation through Insight Dialogue practice to contemplate how we might meet each moment as embodied beings in relationship to a whole. Turning toward our shared human experience, what is our responsibility to each other and the world as we engage a wholesome path of practice?

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Online: Liberation of the Heart

with Bhante Sumano

Tuesday April 6th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join Buddhist monk Bhante Sumano for a discussion of five common obstacles to meditation practice and the antidotes we can skillfully apply in response.

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Online: Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, April 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online Sacred Earth Sangha

with Sebene Selassie, Lin Wang Gordon, and Jon Aaron

Monday, April 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

The NYI Sacred Earth Sangha is a community formed around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of the climate crisis.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Course: Thursdays, April 15 - June 3, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Daylong: Saturday, May 22, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm

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.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Tushar D. Bhagat

Course: Saturdays, April 17th - June 19th, 2021 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Daylong: Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 | 9:00am - 4:30pm 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.

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Online: Meditating With the Elements – A Weekend Workshop 

with Bodhipaksa

Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th, 2021 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ET

On this weekend workshop Bodhipaksa offers us a rare opportunity to explore the Six Element Practice — a beautiful form of insight meditation taught by the Buddha himself. This reflective practice gently encourages us to question limited assumptions we hold about who and what we are, leading us toward a more open, expansive sense of ourselves. It helps us to connect the world within and the world outside, so we can recognize that they are in reality one non-dual reality.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron

Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: What is Nirvana?

with Tuere Sala

Saturday, April 24th 2021 from 9:00am - 4:00pm ET

Have you ever wondered, "What is nirvana?" Is it something concrete or some elusive concept about the afterlife? Is nirvana, sometimes called awakening, even possible? During this daylong, we will explore this nirvana by looking deeper at the 3rd Noble Truth. We will look at why it is so important in today’s urban world to practice towards awakening.

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Online: Unlocking The Trap of Pain – Exploring Gentle Practices to Live with Ease

with Joan Griffiths Vega

Sunday, April 25th, Wednesday, April 28th, Sunday May 2nd, 2021 from 10:30am - 12:30pm ET each day

Acute or chronic pain needs a multifaceted approach to minimize its domination. In our time together we will explore the ways to turn towards the pain with kindness and curiosity to reduce the pain. When acceptance of pain is present, the exhausting war stops. New choices arise.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Continuity of Awareness and the Art of Living Meaningfully

with Alexis Santos & Susa Talan

Saturday, May 8th, 2021 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ET

Inspired by the teachings of Theravādin Buddhist monk, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, during this daylong retreat we will explore the practice of meditation as a foundation for developing the heart and mind. Together we’ll practice cultivating moment by moment awareness, in a relaxed and natural way--leading us to an embodied sense of clarity, resilience and connection.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, May 15th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online: Transcending Gender

with Ayyā Somā

Sunday, May 16th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

Buddhist monk Ayyā Somā will lead us in an exploration of how the Buddha's teachings encourage us to investigate gender—and all identities—and how to ultimately transcend it.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Well-Being is a Skill: An Online Benefit for New York Insight

with Richard Davidson

Thursday, May 20th 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join renowned author and neuroscientist Richard Davidson for an online evening benefit event for New York Insight. Together we will discuss the interaction between dharma and scientific evidence that suggests we can change our brains by transforming our minds and cultivate habits of mind that will improve our well-being and the world.

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Online: Dukkha and the End of Dukkha – Transforming Suffering and Reactivity

with Donald Rothberg

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ET

In this daylong retreat, we will explore the Buddha’s teachings on suffering, the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, and the Two Arrows. We will learn ways to study and implement these teachings both in formal meditation and in everyday life, including in the context of the pandemic and contemporary “social dukkha.”

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Online: ¡Únicamente Latinx! Medio dia de retiro en meditación

with Nakawe Cuebas Berrios and Isabel Adon

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 from 10:00am - 2:00pm ET

Únase a nosotros en un retiro de medio día para reflexionar en lo que significa crear una sangha con otros meditadores latinos / Latinx y profundizar en nuestras prácticas espirituales, las cuales pueden fortalecernos para compartir con nuestras familias, unirnos a movimientos sociales y otras comunidades.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 on 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: The Four Seals of Dharma

with Scott Tusa

Wednesdays, June 2nd-23rd, 2021 from 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET

In this four-week online course led by Buddhist teacher Scott Tusa, we will explore the Buddha's four seals together through periods of teaching, meditation, and discussion.

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Online: Skillful Pleasure

with Peter Doobinin

Thursdays, June 3rd-24th from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ET

As the Buddha came to discover, we have to learn to establish a skillful relationship to pleasure if dharma practice is going to thrive and if we’re going to know happiness in life. In this three-hour class, we’ll learn about skillful pleasure, what it is, how we cultivate it, and why there’s such great benefit in doing so.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Course: Thursdays, June 10th - July 29th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Daylong: Sunday, July 18th, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm 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

Online Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, June 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET

In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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From Shame to Pride: An Online LGBTQIA Pride Event

with Bhante Suddhaso

Sunday, June 20th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

In celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month, Buddhist monk Bhante Suddhaso will share some reflections on how to recognize and uproot shame while sowing seeds of pride and appreciation for our wholesome qualities of mind.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Insight 101 – Six Week Beginner’s Course

with Lani Miller

Wednesdays, June 23rd - July 28th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

If you've been wanting to learn how to meditate or refresh and renew the meditation practice you already have, we invite you to join this six-week meditation course to explore the practice of Insight (Vipassana) meditation in a warm, supportive environment.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews

Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons

Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Mindful Self-Compassion

with Bodhipaksa

Thursdays, July 8th - July 29th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Drawing on lessons from life, the Buddhist tradition, and neuroscience, Bodhipaksa offers a four-step approach to the practice of self-compassion during this special four-week online course to sustain us during times of suffering and help us to deepen the compassion we offer not just to ourselves, but to others as well.

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Online: Creating a Life of Integrity – A Year of Wholehearted Practice

with Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ET 

Join Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark for a free online evening in conclusion of their yearlong course as they discuss the 10 Paramis, talk about their view of the process a year later, and hear students ask questions and share their insights after a year of wholehearted practice.

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Online: New York Insight Event Volunteer Training

Friday, July 16th, 2021 from 6:30pm – 7:45pm, ET

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.

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Online: The Gradual Teaching

with Bhante Suddhaso
Sunday, July 18th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

Join Buddhist monk Bhante Suddhaso for a discussion of the step-by-step path the Buddha laid for spiritual growth, a path that leads onwards to the highest goal. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fatima Jury
Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: A Path of Devotion

with Oren Jay Sofer
Friday, July 23rd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

A core part of the Noble Eightfold Path is cultivating a heart that is enriched by qualities like faith, confidence, and devotion. How can we understand these qualities and their relevance on the path in modern life today? What resources do we have to access a meaningful connection with them in our lives? Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this evening of practice and exploration. Find out more

Online: The Heart of Devotion

with Oren Jay Sofer
Saturday, July 24th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:30pm ET

What role does devotion play on the Buddhist path? How can we understand and cultivate this quality in a direct and meaningful way in our lives? This half-day program will explore these and other questions related to devotion and its role in contemplative practice. Find out more

Community Picnic

Sunday, July 25th, 2021 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm ET

New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you to celebrate summer in the great outdoors for a community picnic in Madison Square Park.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
Tuesday, July 27th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Postponed: Do Dharma and Abolition Go Together? Maybe…?

with karen g. williams, Peace Twesigye, and Kiki Williams
Friday, July 30th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
Saturday, July 31st, 2021 from 11:00am - 5:00pm ET
Sunday, August 1st, 2021 from 11:00am - 1:00pm ET (optional)

Do to unforeseen circumstances, this program will be postponed to a later date. We will be in touch with all program registrants to give a refund or credit. We apologize for any inconvenience. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Meditation – Tools for Our Times

with Lani Miller
Wednesdays, August 4th-25th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

During these challenging times it's good to know that there are tools we can turn to that offer us support and upliftment. In this course we will explore ways our spiritual and meditation practice can be a refuge and offer us the inner nourishment we long for. Find out more

Online: Healing America’s Racial Fractures – An Asian American Buddhist View

with Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams
Wednesday, August 4th 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams draws on Buddhist teachings to offer a perspective that can heal the karmic legacy of racial violence, division, and trauma of the United States. He will offer insight from the history and lived experiences of Asian American Buddhist ancestors who built the foundations of the American sangha. Find out more

Sangha Latinx!

con Nakawe Cuebas Berrios y Isabel Adon
Second Sunday of the Month, August 8th, 2021 from 11:30am - 12:30pm ET

Únete a nosotr@s una vez al mes por medio de Zoom para meditar en español con la Sangha Latinx! Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Relationship as a Liberatory Path – A Daylong for Cultivating Care

with Devon Hase & Peace Twesigye
Saturday, August 14th, 2021 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

The whole of spiritual practice can be framed as relationship: to ourselves, each other, and the natural world around us. Through dialogue, discussion, meditation, and movement, we'll explore the territory of noble relationship and what it means for how we relate to ourselves in practice, in community, and in friendship to the world. Find out more

Community Picnic

Saturday, August 14th, 2021 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm ET

New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you to celebrate summer in the great outdoors for a community picnic in Madison Square Park.

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Online: Purifying the Mind – An Explanation of the Sabbāsava Sutta

with Ayyā Somā
Sunday, August 15th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

One of the most remarkable aspects of the Buddha's teachings is their flexibility: the Buddha offered countless ways of responding appropriately to any circumstance. Join Ayyā Somā as she discusses the Sabbāsava Sutta and how to apply it's teachings to both our meditation and our daily experience. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer
Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Fundamentals of Mindful Habit Change

with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue, PhD
Saturday, August 21st, 2021 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET

This online program introduces the science of reward-based learning and how it applies to habit formation and habit change. Throughout this daylong program we will practice our new skills with short moments of mindfulness interspersed many times throughout the workshop. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons
Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: The Dharma of Relationship

with Devon Hase
Three Wednesdays, September 1st, 15th & 29th, 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ET

Through small group practice, stories, silent meditation, and mindful speaking and listening, we’ll explore the multi-faceted world of relational mindfulness, including embodied awareness, the art of radical self-acceptance, and the possibility of finding freedom right in the middle of the tangle and dance of day-to-day relating. Find out more

Online: Trust Fall – How to Meet Vulnerability and Uncertainty with Compassion and Wisdom 

with Ralph De La Rosa
Saturday, September 4th, 2021 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET

Whether it's falling in love, surviving a pandemic, claiming your identity, having a child, re-entering society, or having a difficult conversation... life throws us into vulnerable and uncertain situations over and over again. Join author and psychotherapist Ralph De La Rosa for a half day workshop exploring how to meet the challenges we face in this unique moment and excavate them for awakening. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer
Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Gentle Perseverance and Courage

with Tara Mulay
Thursday, September 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

While the Pali word “viriya” is often translated simply as “energy,” this heart quality actually involves cultivation of a kind of courage and gentle perseverance that sustains us and supports resilience. We will dedicate this evening of practice together to an exploration of the liberating potential of viriya. Find out more

Online: The True Heart’s Refuge

with Martin Aylward
Saturday, September 11th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm, ET

During this program we will explore how to wisely and lovingly respond to our own and others’ suffering, and contemplate the traditional Buddhist ’triple gem’ of refuge as a way to steady, gladden and liberate the heart, amidst the ongoing and infinite challenges of our imperfect and unperfectable world. Find out more

In-Person: Sacred Earth Sangha in Greenwood Cemetery

with Lin Wang Gordon and Jon Aaron
Saturday, September 11th, 2021 from 2:00pm–5:00pm

For this month's Sacred Earth Sangha meeting, we will have a special gathering in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn as we cultivate relationships with our personal genealogical ancestors as well as practice reflections and meditations that touch the truth of the whole of nature as "all my relations." Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Postponed: Imperfect Perfections – A Six Week Course on the Ten Paramis

with Gary Singer
Wednesdays, September 15th - October 20th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

The ten perfections (paramis) are ten qualities of character which support both your practice and your compassionate involvement in the world, whether you’re working with your family at home, at the office, or on the cushion. In this 6 week course, we’ll investigate the paramis with an emphasis on how we can bring them practically into our lives. Find out more

Online: Yom Kippur – A Day of Silence and Reflection

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Thursday, September 16th 2021 from 10:00am – 7:00pm ET

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 an online day of silence and reflection. Find out more

Online: The Art of Self-Forgiveness

with Bodhipaksa
Thursday, September 16th 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

There’s no way to instantly forgive ourselves. It takes time and practice. But on this evening with Bodhipaksa we’ll explore several powerful tools, drawn from Buddhist teachings, to help us let go, move on, and be more at peace with ourselves. Find out more

Online: Radical Friendship Roundtable – Sangha in a Pandemic

with Kate Johnson, Stacy McClendon, Dawn Mauricio, Jozen Tamori Gibson and JD Doyle
Friday, September 17th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

How can we give and receive true spiritual friendship in a time of isolation and uprising? Join us as we celebrate the release of dharma teacher Kate Johnson’s first book, Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World, with a round table discussion on what radical friendship means within Buddhist communities and beyond. Find out more

Online: A Life of Inner Worth

with Peter Doobinin
Saturday, September 18th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

In this program, we’ll learn about the qualities, in the teaching of the Buddha, that comprise our inner worth. We’ll learn how we develop these qualities and about the benefits in doing so. Find out more

Online: Touching the Ground of the Body with Kindness

with Scott Tusa
Saturday, September 18th, 2021 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET

In this online workshop, we will dive deep into transformational embodied awareness practices that engage a unified and joyful loving presence. Through periods of meditation and discussion we will explore and develop our connection to a calmer, more resilient, and interconnected state of being and learn how to move beyond the self-fragmentation that causes unnecessary suffering. Find out more

Online: Insights on Kindfulness 

with Bhante Sumitta
Sunday, September 19th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

What do you get when you combine kindness and mindfulness? Kindfulness! Bhante Sumitta, a senior monk from Sri Lanka, explains how to cultivate "kindfulness" and why it's a critical part of Buddhist practice. Find out more

Online: The Power of Forgiveness – A Five Week Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, September 20th - October 25th, 2021 from 9:30am - 11:30m ET

Forgiveness can allow us to come more fully into our hearts and can be a catalyst that transforms bitterness, anger, and grief into compassion and lovingkindness. Join us for an online course examining forgiveness and how to heal our relationships with others, ourselves and the past. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller
Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Mindful Habit Change for Anxiety and Related Behaviors

with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue, PhD
Thursdays, September 23rd - October 14th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

This interactive online course, based on the work of neuroscientist & addiction psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer, explores the science of habit change and teaches a step by step model to understand and outgrow unwanted habits such as anxiety, procrastination, perfectionism, and unwanted behaviors. Find out more

In-Person: Tending Grief in Nature

with Lin Wang Gordon and Peace Twesigye
Saturday, September 25th, 2021 from 10:00am - 4:30pm ET

Grief, if not attended to, can often hold us hostage to life’s uncertainty and losses. How do we open our hearts and continue to let our life energy flow while facing and tending to our grief intimately? How do we establish a sense of connection with our loved ones when their bodies are no longer here? Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, September 28th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Wednesdays, September 29th - Nov 17th, 2021 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

Postponed: Awakening – Joy to Stillness

with Tara Mulay
Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 from 10:00am - 2:00pm ET

During this practice period together, we will explore the conditions that progressively lead to awakening. When we practice mindfulness with these as our foundation, we begin to develop a sense of empowerment based on an initial confidence in the practice, which leads to joy and stillness. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildency de Fátima Jury
Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives Find out more

Postponed: A Life of Inner Worth – A Four Week Course

with Peter Doobinin
Thursdays, October 7th - October 28th, 2021 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ET

In practicing the dharma, we seek to develop our inner worth. What does this mean? How do we do this? And what are the benefits of doing so? In this four-week course with meditation teacher, Peter Doobinin, we’ll explore these crucial questions and learn about our innate goodness and our capacity to develop it. Find out more

In-Person: Monthly Community Picnic

Friday, October 8th, 2021 from 5:30:00pm – 7:00pm ET

New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you to celebrate summer in the great outdoors for a community picnic in Madison Square Park (11 Madison Avenue). We look forward to being together!

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Online: Finding Refuge

with Ayya Anandabodhi
Friday, October 8th, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

By settling into our direct experience, aligning with the truth-of-the-way-things-are, we can find peace, even in the midst of challenging times. Find out more

Online: Deepening Refuge

with Ayya Anandabodhi
Saturday, October 9th, 2021 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

The Buddha recognized the calamitous nature of this world and pointed us to a place of refuge that, with practice and sincere investigation, can bring great peace and happiness in our lives. Coming together as community, exploring the truth-of-the-way-things-are, and bringing awareness to our direct experience, we can rediscover that place of refuge that the Buddha pointed to all those years ago. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Stages of Awakening

Bhante Suddhāso
Sunday, October 17th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

According to the Buddhist teachings, there are ten obstacles to overcome on the way to Awakening. As each is progressively abandoned, one attains to progressively higher stages of awakening. In this talk, Bhante Suddhaso will explain each of the ten fetters and how we can overcome them. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 | 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Course: Wednesdays, October 20th - December 15th, 2021 | 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

Online: Cultivating Courage in Changing Times

with Deborah Eden Tull
Friday, October 22nd, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

Discomfort and perceived obstacles are not our challenge but our invitation; not a sign of something to turn away from, but a welcoming threshold to move directly towards. Join dharma teacher Deborah Eden Tull as we explore the innate courage of true nature and how to follow that tendril of courage in the face of fear. Find out more

Online: Letting Go of Fear on Behalf of Collective Consciousness

with Deborah Eden Tull
Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 from 10:00am - 3:00pm ET

In this day-long retreat, we will explore how to work with FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) through compassionate inquiry and subtle body awareness. We will cultivate a sense of joyful responsibility to the collective, which supports us to release fear-based conditioning. Find out more

Online: Gladdening the Mind as We Grow in Our Confidence

with Amy Selzer & Nancy Glimm
Sundays, October 24th - November 14th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

We feel empowered when we are able to free our mind rather than being caught in our habits and patterns. In this course, we will deepen our understanding of finding ease in our daily lives and increase our awareness when faced with difficulties. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: The Wisdom of Self Compassion

with Kimberly Brown
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Practicing self-compassion also enables us cultivate equanimity and courage—the wisdom we need to navigate the ever-changing circumstances of life with openness, patience, and clarity. Join us for this special evening of discussion, Q&A, and guided Metta (aka lovingkindness) meditation. Find out more

Online: The Generous Heart

with Rachel Lewis
Thursday, November 4th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

What if generosity were in itself a profound teaching about interconnection and non-self? In this evening we will explore the potential of generosity to deepen our practice Find out more

Online Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, November 5th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET

In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Outsmart Your Pain – Mindfulness Tools for Chronic Pain

with Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Mindfulness helps us to turn towards what is already here (painful or not) and act in the most kind and wisest way possible in that moment. While the principles taught in this introductory class can also be applied for emotional pain, it is geared towards those who suffer chronic physical pain or from a chronic illness. Find out more

Online: Loving Others, Loving Ourselves

with Bhante Sumano
Thursday, November 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Sincere Buddhist practice leads to a radical opening of the heart, which benefits everyone around us. Through meditation, reflections, and dialogue—Bhante Sumano will explore how we can cultivate unconditional love for all beings, including ourselves. Find out more

Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World: An Online Benefit

with Thanissara, Ajahn Sucitto, Joseph Goldstein, JoAnna Hardy, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Tuere Sala and others
Saturday, November 13th, 2021 from 11:00am to 6:15pm ET
Sunday, November 14th, 2021 from 11:00am to 12:45pm ET

Give your heart a much-needed opportunity to come together with others for an inspiring weekend event with world-renowned Buddhist teachers and other speakers benefitting Cambridge Insight and New York Insight Meditation Centers. Find out more

Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World: An Online Benefit

with Dan Harris and Mark Epstein
Sunday, November 14th, 2021 from 11:00am to 12:45pm ET

Join Dan Harris and Mark Epstein for a special online dialogue on healing ourselves to heal our world. All proceeds for this program go to benefit Cambridge Insight and New York Insight Meditation Centers. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker
Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: The Power of Seeing Impermanence

with Walt Opie
Thursday, November 18th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

The very purpose of cultivating mindfulness is to enable us to see the impermanent nature of things--their arising and passing away--directly in our own experience. This leads to the liberating understanding that there really is nothing worth clinging to because everything will inevitably change. Find out more

Online: Self-Lovingkindness – A Day of Deep Practice

with Ralph De La Rosa
Saturday, November 20th, 2021 | 1:00pm - 5:00pm

The relationship we have to ourselves inside has a direct correlation to how we show up in our outer relationships, work, and free time. Join Internal Family Systems therapist and author Ralph De La Rosa, LCSW for an immersive half-day of self-love meditation. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Be Not Afraid – Messages From Buddha Nature

with Larry Ward
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In this insight meditation practice, we come to see that every aspect of our being is in a permanent state of flux, and we learn how to appreciate the reality of our interconnectedness with the universe. It liberates us from a limited view of ourselves and helps us to see that we are nothing less than the universe becoming conscious of itself. Find out more

Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: What is Health? A Buddhist View in the Time of Pandemic

with Dr. Eliot Tokar
Thursday, December 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Tibetan medicine provides the modern world with an enormous wealth of accumulated information regarding health and healthcare, contextualized within a Buddhist perspective that becomes even more relevant as we face this watershed moment in public health worldwide. Find out more

Online: Wise Self-Care and Overcoming Resentment

with Bodhipaksa
Saturday, December 11th, 2021 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ET

On this half-day retreat, Bodhipaksa will introduce us to what it means to practice “wise self-care,” so that in forgiving others we don’t inadvertently invite them to behave in ways that are harmful to us. Find out more

Online Monthly Community Potluck

Saturday, December 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET

In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Finding Motivation, Cultivating Compassion – The Four Reminders

with Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls
Thursday, December 16th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

During this evening program, Dr. Smalls will (re)introduce attendees to the Four Reminders, a pithy and powerful teaching that emphasizes what is actually real and important: the preciousness of human birth, the reality of death and impermanence, the pitfalls and possibilities of karma, and lure of samsara. Find out more

Online: Enlightened Women

with Ayya Soma
Sunday, December 19th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

During this talk, Buddhist monk Ayya Soma will share some verses and stories of enlightened bhikkhunis and eminent lay disciples from the time of the Buddha. These stories provide inspiration and guidance for our own practice of attaining awakening. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Insight 101 – Six Week Beginner’s Meditation Course

with Lani Miller
Wednesdays, January 5th - February 9th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

If you've been wanting to learn how to meditate or refresh and renew the meditation practice you already have, we invite you to join this six-week meditation course to explore the practice of Insight (Vipassana) meditation in a warm, supportive environment. Find out more

Online: Still Like Winter, Clear Like Water – A Half Day Retreat

with Mona Chopra
Saturday, January 8th, 2022 from 10:00am - 2:00pm ET

Similar to what we observe in the natural world, the winter offers us a precious time to connect with the deeper layers of our experience, our consciousness, our being - to tend to the vast depths of the ocean underlying the surface waves of our experience. This half day retreat will support us in opening up to these depths within as we move into the new year. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Four Noble Truths Four Week Course

with Gary Singer
Wednesdays, January 12th - February 2nd, 2022 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

The teachings of the Four Noble Truths—which are about suffering and the cessation of suffering—are both simple and profound and contain the essence of the Buddha’s way. Over the course of four weeks, we’ll study portions of the Buddha’s teaching, as well as contemporary writings on the Four Noble Truths, to help us bring the teachings into our everyday lives. Find out more

Online: The Zen of Therapy – Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life

with Mark Epstein
Thursday, January 13th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In his new book, The Zen of Therapy, Mark Epstein reflects on a year’s worth of selected sessions with his patients and observes how, in the incidental details of a given hour, his Buddhist sensibility influences the way he works. How are minds jolted in therapy? How is the ego disrupted and the soul made aware? How can Buddhism enhance (or obstruct) therapy? Find out more

Online: The Skill of Acceptance

with Peter Doobinin
Saturday, January 15th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

As we make our way along the path to a greater happiness, it’s essential that we learn to practice acceptance. In this three-hour class, we’ll learn about the skill for developing acceptance, in meditation practice and in life. Find out more

Online: Introduction to Mindful Habit Change for Unwanted Eating Patterns

with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue, PhD
Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

So many people find themselves stuck in unhealthy and or uncomfortable relationships with food, weight, or body image! Learn about an evidence-based model of habit change that can help you develop sustainable patterns of self-care for eating and relating to your body. Find out more

Online: A New Year Invitation – The Five Daily Reflections

with Nikki Mirghafori
Thursday, January 20th, 2022 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

The Buddha advised all practitioners, lay and monastic alike, to engage with the Five Daily Reflections. The more we welcome these five friends into our awareness, the more they shake us out of complacency of wasting time, motivate us to live aligned with our values, open our hearts in generosity and letting go, keep us from falling into the trap of self-pity, moisten our hearts in compassion for ourselves and others, and more. Find out more

Online Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, January 21st, 2022 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET

In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Course: Wednesdays, January 26th - March 16th, 2022 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

Cancelled: Skillful Self-Healing in a Traumatized World

with Patricia Mushim Ikeda
Thursday, January 27th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Our worlds have changed completely in the last two years. How can social justice-informed mindfulness practices help us regain a sense of wholeness and daily well being in a deeply wounded and polarized society and world? How can self-healing and community-healing be understood as two ways of describing the same thing that is needed to go forward? During this evening with Patricia Mushim Ikeda, we'll explore these inquiries, and more, together. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Mindful Eating – Habit Change for Self-Care 6 Week Course

with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue
Wednesday, February 2nd - March 9th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Join Laurence Magro and Nancy Logue, psychotherapists and certified mindfulness educators, for a six week course to explore our habits of mind and heart around food and eating. Discover an innovative and compassionate approach to healing your relationship to this everyday life-sustaining activity. Find out more

Online: Right View & Right Resolve

with Peter Doobinin
Thursdays, February 3rd - February 24th, 2022 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ET

Right view informs the steps we take as we make our way on the path to a greater happiness. And right resolve provides us with the wholehearted intention and sense of purpose that’s needed in order to take these steps. In this four week course, we’ll learn about these elemental components of the Buddha’s path and how to skillfully apply these understandings as we make the journey along the path. Find out more

Online: Inner Dialogue and Dharma

with Oren Jay Sofer
Friday, February 4th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Dharma practice offers encouragement to develop a wise and kind inner voice, to become an ally, companion and advocate for ourselves in life. Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for an evening of meditation and exploration on how we can transform our inner dialogue. Find out more

Online: The Heart of the Matter – Cultivating Lovingkindness Practice

with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, February 7th - March 21st, 2022 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET

In this course we will explore the various facets of Lovingkindness practice. There will be ongoing home practices each week, including questions for reflection. In every class there will be time to ask questions and share insights, as well as time to be in breakout rooms sharing, reflecting and learning from each other in smaller groups. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Interpersonal Mindfulness Course Eight Week Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Wednesdays, February 9th - March 30th, 2022 from 9:30am - 12:00pm ET

The program was specifically designed for graduates of MBSR programs but is suitable for anyone with a mindfulness practice who has experience or is willing to experience stepping out of silent practice and applying mindfulness in human interaction. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Cultivating Emotional Wisdom

with Celeste Brooke Young
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join InsightLA core teacher, Celeste Young for an engaging evening exploring some of the traditional Buddhist teachings on how to work mindfully with emotion, as well as modern approaches drawing on the latest research in positive psychology and neuroscience. Find out more

Online: Meditation – Tools for Our Times

with Lani Miller
Wednesdays, February 16th - March 9th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

During these challenging times it's good to know that there are tools we can turn to that offer us support and upliftment. In this course we will explore ways our spiritual and meditation practice can be a refuge and offer us the inner nourishment we long for. Find out more

In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron
Course: Thursday, February 17th - April 7th, 2022 | 6:30 - 9:00pm ET
Daylong: Sunday, March 27th, 2022 | 9:30am - 5:00pm 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

Online: Buddhist Practice for Modern Westerners

with Seth Zuiho Segall
Thursday, February 17th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Buddhism is a living tradition that has, throughout its history, adapted to the needs of the cultures that have adopted it. This evening will focus on how the goals of Western Buddhist practice are evolving, and how meditation can be understood within this evolving context. Find out more

Online: Making Meditation Easy – Good Ethics and Right View

with Ayya Santussika
Sunday, February 20th, 2022 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

Meditation doesn't need to be difficult - and if we establish the right foundations for our practice, meditation becomes much easier. In this session, bhikkhuni Ayyā Santussikā will draw on the Buddha's teachings to explain how we can use activities and concepts to strengthen our meditation. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Belonging through Lovingkindness

with Kimber Simpkins-Nuccio & Noliwe Alexander
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

Join us for an afternoon/evening of discovering what it means to belong to ourselves and each other through the lens of deep reflection and Lovingkindness practice. Starting wherever you are, we’ll look at how to meet ourselves with friendliness in our own hearts and extend that grounded awareness into the world. Find out more

Online: Monthly Community Potluck and Movie Night

Friday, February 25th, 2022 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET

In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha "Potluck" and Movie Night . Looking forward to virtually sharing this community gathering with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Postponed: Embodied Communication in a Digital World

with Jenny Hannah
Saturday, February 26th, 2022 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET

Join this workshop as we explore ways to deepen our relationships, and unstick our image based and verbal processing, both with ourselves and others. Through moving meditation, short investigative talks, group inquiry, discussions, and experiential breathing and movement exercises, we will fully embody our authentic felt presence and communicate with whole body expression. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Postponed: Mindful Politics

with Bodhipaksa
Wednesdays, March 2nd - March 30th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

With the help of traditional Buddhist teachings and insights from social psychology, and through exploring our own minds and emotions in meditative practice, we’ll seek a way to practice a more compassionate, wiser, and more mindful politics. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Indigenous Presence

with Jeanne Corrigal
Thursday, March 10th, 2022 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In this online session, we will explore the intersections of indigenous culture and Insight Meditation and the guidance they offer for living in a sacred, kind, wise way in the world, in the midst of these times. Find out more

Online: Befriending Mortality – Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death

with Nikki Mirghafori
Saturday, March 12th, 2022 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET

Rather than running away from our inevitable mortality, we can harness the power of this reflection to stay aligned with our deepest values and to live and love more fully. Fully embracing our life’s impermanence can give rise to a deep letting go and freedom, so that we can be fearlessly, peacefully prepared for our death as a potentially liberative moment. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Calm and Steadiness, Insight and Wisdom

with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Saturday, March 19th, 2022 from 10:00am - 5:30pm ET

The Buddha taught the basic practices of Shamata Vipassana meditation. However, we shouldn’t mistake “basic” to mean simply applicable for beginners. The understanding of how to cultivate calm and steadiness, as well as insight and wisdom, is an important, ongoing arena of exploration and discovery for both new and experienced practitioners. Find out more

Online: Wise Awareness – The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

with Bhante Kusala
Sunday, March 20th, 2022 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

In Buddhism, the term 'mindfulness' means far more than just 'awareness' - it also incorporates the development of incisive, mind-transforming wisdom. Bhante Kusala will walk us through the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta and discuss how we can relate it to our contemplative practice, to take us far beyond mere attention and deep into the domain of profound insight. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, March 25th, 2022 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online: Beginner’s Meditation Workshop

with Lani Miller
Saturday, March 26th, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET In this three hour comprehensive workshop, we'll learn the basics of Insight /Mindfulness Meditation Practice in a warm supportive environment and look at what draws us to explore meditation. There will be instructions for and time to practice meditation , as well as suggestions on how to develop and maintain an ongoing meditation practice. Find out more

Online: Kindness Even Now?! Making Loving-Kindness a Real Part of Your Meditation and Life

with Amanda Gilbert and Jay Michaelson
Thursday, March 31st, 2022 from 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET Join Amanda Gilbert and author, editor and teacher, Jay Michaelson, for an intimate and personal discussion on why Loving-Kindness and these practices of the heart are a leading practice and primary means to engage with ourselves and each other in today’s world. We will explore how these heart practices can guide us towards deeper transformation, personal growth, and connection to our authentic self. Find out more

Online: Waking Up to Your Life – Intimate Presence

with Seth Zuihō Segall
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET This half-day retreat utilizes insight meditation and Zen practices to cultivate intimate, whole-hearted presence with our bodies, hearts, and minds, and our fundamental connection to others and the world. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, April 5th, 2022, from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Sensing the Subtle Body in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness – Practices to Cultivate Embodied Awareness

with Jill Satterfield
Fridays, April 8th - 29th, 2022 from 6:00pm - 8:30pm ET The union of body/mind is integral to full understanding and liberation of heart. Being embodied isn’t necessarily innate, but can definitely be cultivated. We can become aware of how a feeling tone feels, how thoughts and emotions are sensed in sensations and how the mind can be felt energetically in terms of expanded or contracted shapes. Find out more

Online: New York Insight Event Volunteer Training

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm ET 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.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: The Healing Journey Meets The Spiritual Path – How Pain and Illness Can Be a Vehicle for Awakening

with Dr. Paul Epstein
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET How we are with and relate to our pain and life's difficult challenges is as important as what we do to treat them. This workshop will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness and compassion practice can be integrated in the process of facing and healing the dis-eases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

CANCELLED: Remembering the Already Awakened State – Waking Down to the Wisdom of Our Bodies

with Deborah Eden Tull
Friday, April 22nd, 2022 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ET It is through embodied presence, rather than mental effort or philosophizing, that we remember the already awakened state. Our bodies know the way home. Awareness is the key that allows us to recognize this, beyond habits of hierarchical perception. In this experiential teaching, we will explore the subtle body as guide to both inner-connection and interconnection, both on and off the cushion. Find out more

CANCELLED: Love, Courage, Collective Awakening – Embodying the Nine Principles of Relational Mindfulness

with Deborah Eden Tull
Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 from 10:00am - 3:00pm ET At this moment in history, there is a significant tear in the fabric of human relationship, and we all long for deeper connection and understanding. This retreat teaches the dharma of relational intelligence, which is the ability to see ourselves and one another clearly with the heart, beyond the mind of separation. Find out more

Online: There Is More to Death Than Dying

with Amy Selzer, Nancy Glimm & Jon Aaron
Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET The second of four daylong retreats around living life fully as we explore death, this will be a day of retreat to cultivate the compassionate heart which is in each of us. Find out more

Online: Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening

with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, April 25th - June 20th, 2022 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET In our culture there can be a tendency to dwell on the negative – what we need to be rid of. In this course we will be investigating and practicing the cultivation of mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy or rapture, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Community Town Hall Meeting

Thursday, April 28th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET This Town Hall will provide an opportunity for you to connect with each other and share your thoughts with all of us on how NYI can continue to support your practice and serve as your spiritual home. We will also share a brief report from our committees and the board president and update you on how we plan to celebrate our 25th Anniversary.

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Postponed: The Synergy of Dharma and Abolition

with karen g. williams, Peace Twesigye & Kierstin Williams
Friday, April 29th, 2022 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET Saturday, April 30th, 2022 from 11:00am - 5:00pm ET Whether within systems, relational spaces, or within our own minds, abolition speaks to the process of unlearning and undoing, moving towards greater freedom and non-harming. Join us for this weekend of fun, liberating inquiry, and practice in community. Find out more

Cancelled: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz
Course: Wednesdays, May 4th - June 29th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm 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

Online: Meditating With the Eyes

with Bodhipaksa
Thursday, May 5th, 2022 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET Join Bodhipaksa for this evening exploring how the practice of kind eyes can transform our practice of lovingkindness, giving us effortless access to feelings of warmth, appreciation, and caring both for others and for ourselves. Even after a brief experience of these approaches to meditation, your practice may never be the same again. Find out more

Online: Touching the Earth

with Jeanne Corrigal
Saturday, May 7th, 2022 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET Indigenous teaching is based in the knowledge of our relationship and reciprocity with nature. In this daylong program, we will come together to practice and touch the earth with our hearts, minds, and bodies. Find out more

Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings are a chance to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives. Find out more

Online: Cultivating Conscious Intentions

with Melissa McKay
Thursday, May 12th, 2022 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET Intentions are the seeds we plant that will determine what will arise in life. In this class, we will practice mindfulness with an emphasis on learning to be more aware of our intentions and set aspirations that align more favorably in our lives. Find out more

Online: Exploring The Beautiful – Creativity and Meditation Daylong

with Lani Miller
Sunday, May 15th, 2022 from 10:00am - 3:00pm ET During this daylong workshop/ retreat we will have the opportunity to explore together the relationship between meditation practice and creativity. Through our direct experience during this workshop, we will explore the already present and inherent interconnection between meditation practice and creative expression. Find out more
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