In-Person: AAPI Community Potluck – Celebrating Asian Heritage Month
Thursday, May 29th, 2025 | 6:15pm – 8:15pm (Doors Open at 6:00pm)
Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
Join us for a heartwarming gathering of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islanders) community, culture, and mindfulness! We’re coming together as Asian practitioners to share food, stories, and traditions in celebration of Asian Heritage Month.
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Time: 6:15pm – 8:15pm (Doors open at 6:00pm)
Bring: A vegetarian/vegan dish to share, inspired by your heritage or favorite Asian cuisine.
This potluck is a space to honor our diverse roots, connect with fellow AAPI practitioners at NY Insight, and nourish body, mind, and spirit. Feel free to bring a poem, song, or short reflection that represents your culture or spiritual path. Let’s celebrate the richness of our heritage, together in community.
This event is intended as a dedicated space for those who self-identify as AAPI. We kindly ask that those who do not identify as AAPI honor this intention by supporting from afar, as we hold space for our community to connect, celebrate, and reflect. Families of AAPI practitioners are welcome.
We look forward to coming together in joy and presence.
Registration:
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Teacher(s)
Lin Wang Gordon
Lin has dedicated over a decade to studying insight meditation (Vipassana) and has recently deepened her practice through the Tibetan Dzogchen traditions. Through her meditation journey, she discovers the transformative power of Buddhist philosophy and practices to help live a life of flow, joy, wonder, and resilience.
She graduated from Mark Coleman’s Awake in the Wild Nature Meditation Teacher Training in 2017 and is currently enrolled in the Community Dharma Leaders Program (CDL7) at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Lin has gained experience leading ecodharma retreats and co-founded the Sacred Earth Sangha of the New York Insight Meditation Center. In addition to sharing earth-based practices and ecodharma, she hopes to guide others in meditation to foster inner transformation and cultivate a deeper sense of purpose and belonging in everyday life.
Lin has served on the Board of the New York Insight Meditation Center and the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. linwanggordon.com
Tim Hwang
Tim Hwang has been practicing meditation for over 15 years. He is a licensed occupational therapist and a certified mindfulness meditation teacher with a focus on mental health. Currently, Tim serves as a therapist in the NYC Public School system, where he specializes in mindfulness-based programming and interventions for high school students with disabilities. He actively works on workshops and initiatives to support mindfulness education among staff and students.
His love for meditation was nurtured by NY Insight, which has been his refuge for community and practice since 2019.