In-Person and Online: From Overthinking to Clarity – A Mindful Approach to Thought
with Margrit Pittman-Polletta
Tuesdays, June 3rd – 24th, 2025 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
In a world of constant information, stress, and uncertainty, our thinking can shape our emotions, our actions, and even our well-being. 2600 years ago, the Buddha taught that whatever we frequently think and ponder upon becomes the inclination of our minds. Without awareness, we may find ourselves caught in habitual thought patterns that fuel anxiety, self-doubt, or disconnection.
This 4-week course offers practical tools to transform your relationship with thinking—not by stopping it, but by meeting it with mindfulness, curiosity, and compassion.
Through guided meditation, movement, and reflective exercises, you’ll explore how habitual thought patterns influence your perception of yourself and the world, ways to work with thoughts skillfully using mindfulness, the Buddha’s teaching of the Two Kinds of Thinking (Dvedhavitakka Sutta) and non-self or anatta, and practical strategies to cultivate wisdom, ease, and non-attachment to thinking.
Each session includes meditation, discussion, and some kind of movement, relational practice or creative exercise to engage the thinking mind in fresh and insightful ways.
Join us to develop a more mindful and compassionate relationship with your thoughts—so you can respond to life’s challenges with greater clarity and ease.
In-Person Registration:
Please register below. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
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Online Registration:
Please register below. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
If you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.
CLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.
Volunteering
All of our programs rely on volunteers to support our teachers and staff with various tasks and responsibilities. Volunteering allows you to participate in our programs at no cost. To inquire about volunteering opportunities, please fill out our inquiry form, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Teacher(s)
Margrit Pittman-Polletta
Margrit Pittman-Polletta has been a practitioner of the Insight Meditation tradition since 2012, and has sat over a cumulative year of silent retreat since 2016. She is a qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher through the Mindfulness Center at Brown, as well as a certified Vinyasa Yoga teacher. Margrit enjoys teaching mindfulness and the Dharma in various communities, including Elm Community Insight, the Marlene Meyerson JCC and Brooklyn Insight Sangha. She is a trainee in the 2025-28 Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training Program. In addition to Margrit’s deep love of the Dharma and mindfulness practice, she is an educator with over 15 years of experience and currently works as an early childhood educator and caregiver for young people with special needs. Margrit is committed to integration of awareness and wisdom into daily life, and building inclusive community. She enjoys biking around Brooklyn, where she was born and raised and currently resides with her two cats.