New York Insight Blog
Spiritually Bypassing with Onekia Mays
In this short video, meditation teacher Oneika Mays reflects on spiritual bypassing and what happens when teachings about “love and light” ignore real, embodied experience. She shares how discovering metta offered a practice that didn’t deny suffering, but met it with honesty and care. Join Oneika Mays on Saturday, March 21st for Moving [...]
Life Makes No Sense by Pete Holmes with Neil Degrasse Tyson
In this hilarious exchange, comedian Pete Holmes and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss a clip from Pete’s stand-up special, exploring how everything—from a glass of water to our own bodies—is made of the same shared materials. Pete Holmes brings his one-of-a-kind humor and big-picture take on life to a special live taping [...]
Video: Comedy And Faith Are Intertwined with Pete Holmes and Stephen Colbert
In this short viral clip from The Late Show, comedian Pete Holmes tells Stephen Colbert how his comedy and faith intertwine—reminding us that laughter can open space from worry and connect us to something deeper. Join Pete Holmes and Dan Harris on Tuesday, November 18th, 2025, for a special live taping of the 10% [...]
Video: “What Do We Awake To?” with Martin Aylward
In this video recorded at the London Insight Meditation Center, Buddhist teacher Martin Aylward explores the process of awakening as uncovering the natural clarity of awareness that is always present. He shows how wisdom and compassion are not qualities we need to create, but inherent aspects of consciousness that reveal themselves when we [...]
Developing Inner Calm and Strength Toward Racial and Social Injustice with Valerie Brown
In this video, Buddhist teacher Valerie Brown shares how mindfulness and compassion practices like RAIN and lovingkindness can help us hold difficult emotions—like fear, anger, and despair—without being overtaken by them. Drawing from Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings, she explores how to care for our inner lives in the face of social and [...]
Coming Home to the Body: The Science and Soul of Somatic Healing
by Fleet Maull, PhD Take a moment right now. Feel your feet on the ground. Notice your breath moving in and out. Sense the weight of your body in this chair, in this moment. How often do we actually do this? In our daily rush of thoughts, endless to-do lists, and screen-filled activities, [...]