Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 from 7pm-9pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.
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Monday November, 18th, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Join David Nichtern, a four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer-guitarist-producer, entrepreneur and Senior Buddhist teacher for an evening exploring how to integrate the creative process with our spiritual practice and livelihood.
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.
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Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.
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Sunday, December 1st, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
According to the Buddha the mind is forerunner of all experience. The lens through which we see life colors our experience. So often we resist an experience and suffer unnecessarily. On this day of meditation we will investigate living life in harmony with all its joys and sorrows.
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice.
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Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 from 7pm – 9pm
In this evening program, we’ll consider the way death can harden or soften our heart – and how dharma practice might lead us to a life that feels complete.
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 from 8:00pm-12:30am
Join us for New Year's Eve as we come together in reflection and celebration, in compassionate community, to welcome the New Year.
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Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Required Free Orientation: Friday, January 10th, 2020 | 9:30am-12:00pm
8 Week Course: Fridays, January 17th - March 13th, 2020 | 9:30am-12:00pm
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Required Free Orientation: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm
8 Week Course: Thursdays February 6th - March 26th, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Sunday, February 16th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:30pm
This comprehensive three-hour workshop provides fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Required Free Orientation: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9pm
8 Week Course: Wednesdays, March 11th- May 6th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9pm
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Sunday, March 15th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:30pm
This comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an online opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesdays, March 24th - April 14th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Due to COVID-19, this program is being postponed to a future date.
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm, ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm, ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm EST
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Free Orientation: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
8 Week Course: Thursdays, April 30th - June 18th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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8 Week Course: Fridays, May 1st - June 26th, 2020 from 9:30am - 12:00pm 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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May 3rd, May 17th, June 7th, June 21st, 2020 | 10:00-11:30am ET
Gina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change
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Mondays, May 4th - June 15th, 2020 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm ET
This online course will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, May 8th - May 29th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am, ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of greed, hatred and confusion. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 3:30pm, ET
In this online workshop, we'll discuss practical strategies to face and manage anxiety, and learn ways to deal effectively with uncertainty. We'll integrate dharma teachings, guided meditation practices and learn mind-body skills that cultivate resilience and support finding calm within the COVID-19 global crisis.
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, May 8th - May 29th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am, ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of greed, hatred and confusion. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, May 8th - May 29th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am, ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of greed, hatred and confusion. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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May 31st, 2020 from 10:00-11:30am ET
Gina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Orientation: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Course: Wednesdays, June 10th - July 29th, 2020 | 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.
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June 7th, 2020 from 10:00-11:30am ET
Gina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Friday, June 12th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Orientation: Friday, June 5th, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Course: Fridays, June 12th - July 31st, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm 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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Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, June 19th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, June 20th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
This comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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June 21st, 2020 from 10:00-11:30am ET
Gina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Friday, June 26th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, June 27th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Experience an afternoon immersion with renowned bestselling author, and spiritual elder, Lama Surya Das. Learn experiential tools for dealing with distraction and interruption, a way to work with desire and aversion, of wanting and not wanting, and a means of dealing with the difficult emotions and life situations we are all currently experiencing.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, July 3rd - July 24th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, July 10th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Fridays, July 17th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday July 18th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
The Buddha’s happiness is sometimes known as “true happiness” because it’s a happiness that’s true, reliable, and always there. In this three-hour online class, we’ll learn about this quality of true happiness, what it is, and how we can come to know it.
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Sunday, July 19th, 2020 from 10:00am-1:00pm ET
This comprehensive online three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, July 24th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, August 7th - August 28th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Join us for a creative, mindfulness workshop to cultivate resilience, calm, focus, and openness. Through creative exploration and compassion-based practices, we will inspire inclusivity, equality, and right action.
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Friday, August 14th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, August 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
According to Chinese medicine, the element of fire illuminates, warms, expands, spreads, proliferates, and burns aways impurities. Join us us for an online program exploring how cultivating a healthy expression of the "fire" element can make us feel more joyful, dynamic, spontaneous, and alive.
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join Sebene Selassie and Sharon Salzberg as they come together for an online discussion on the themes of each of their forthcoming books, "You Belong" and "Real Change".
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Friday, August 21st, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 from 9:30am - 4:45pm ET
As we go through an intense year of pandemic and social transformation, how do we access our inner resources regardless of external circumstances? Through this day online and outdoors, you’ll be guided through nature meditation practices that connect to your senses and explore your internal and external experiences intimately.
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Our nervous systems have never been so raw. The loss, the upheaval, the uncertainty, the hope, the fear – it’s never been more real. For meditators committed to keeping our eyes and our hearts wide open through all of this, it can be particularly challenging. This half-day workshop will offer practices for meeting the complexities of our situation directly. Through meditations, breathwork, lively talks, and group discussion, this workshop will offer sustenance and insight that is free of platitudes and spiritual bypassing.
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Sunday, August 30th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
In the chaos of our everyday lives, we often run on auto-pilot finding ourselves caught in unhealthy habit patterns. Fortunately, mindfulness provides practices and skills that can help us change unhealthy habits and live in greater harmony with life.
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join Buddhist monk Ayya Soma for an online talk about the ways we can ensure our practice of the Dhamma is geared towards undoing ignorance. After a guided meditation and talk, we will leave space for Q&A and discussion.
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Fridays, September 4th - September 25th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Monday, September 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
This online talk by guest teacher Tara Mulay, will explore how a deeper understanding of not-self frees us and supports engaged practice. The People of Color Sangha sitting group provides instruction in insight meditation and fosters mutual support and understanding among the growing community of people of color who find nourishment and inspiration in the practice of meditation.
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Wednesdays, September 9th - October 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
This course will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life. The course is appropriate for beginners as well as experienced meditators who wish to maintain their “beginner’s mind.”
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Fridays, September 11th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, September 12th, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:15pm ET
Join Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark for a free online program sponsored by New York Insight and Tricycle Magazine on living with integrity and finding our compass in a world turned upside down.
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020 from 3:00pm - 6:00pm, ET
The myth of "not enough time" is one of the most pervasive stories of today’s world, but in this age of global uncertainty, we have a rare opportunity to improve our relationship with time. This online retreat is inspired by the Zen teaching of Uji or “being time.” Resting in present moment awareness, we reconnect with “all time being” and “all being’s time.” We will also apply our practice to the systemic distortions that influence our relationship with time, including domination over nature, patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism. Join us for a restorative, experiential online retreat.
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Monday, September 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for an online evening with one of the most important voices on climate today, renowned author and environmentalist, Charles Eisenstein.
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, September 18th from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Sunday, September 20th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Dharma practice shows us how to lean into the stark truth of death and impermanence- meeting and embracing our dying nature so as to live more fully and freely. Join us for this online day of potent practices and liberating teachings for living fully and dying freely.
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Thursdays, September 24th, 2020 - June 24th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
In this year-long course, explore how practicing the 10 paramis--qualities of integrity—can lead to awakening. Led by Gail Stark, author of Creating a Life of Integrity, you’ll follow the path she took, guided by Joseph Goldstein--a deep dive that is transformational, invigorating, and joyous.
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Fridays, September 4th - September 25th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
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Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Thursdays, October 1st - November 19th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Fridays, October 2nd - October 23rd, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Fridays, October 2nd - November 20th, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm 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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Sunday, October 4th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
Pain, acute or chronic, requires a multifaceted, multi-dimensional approach to manage its overwhelming domination. Join us for a workshop on how mindfulness supports a kind, curious awareness towards pain contains practices to soften pain and open the body to greater ease.
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Monday, October 5th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
In this People of Color Sangha meeting led by teacher Wildecy de Fátima Jury, we will together examine various ways that will support our practice and our Buddhist studies, and a few steps on how to experience the profound spaciousness and depth of the dharma.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Friday, October 9th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, October 10th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm
In this online workshop, we’ll learn about karma and how we change it. We will learn how to take skillful action that enables us to know a greater happiness: happiness of heart.
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, October 16th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Monday, October 19th, 2020 from 7-9pm ET
Join meditation teacher Devin Berry for an online talk on the Buddha's teachings on the brahamaviharas as an expression of the wisdom of the liberation narrative.
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Wednesdays, October 21st - November 11th, 2020 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.
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Friday, October 23rd, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020 from 7:00pm – 8:00pm
On November 2, the day before election Tuesday, renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg will offer a free, hour long online program sharing words of wisdom and encouragement as we navigate this difficult time. She will also lead several guided meditations to cultivate calm and stability and help restore our connection to ourselves and to one another.
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Fridays, November 6th - November 27th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Vipassana meditation (insight or mindfulness practice) unites the stillness of concentration with the immediacy of moment to moment experience. As we learn to calm the body and mind, intuitive wisdom arises. This allows us to open to the truth of each moment’s experience within and around us. In this way, we increase our ability to meet life’s ups and downs with ease and presence. During this event, students will be guided on how to deepen their liberation practice in an atmosphere of kind awareness.
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, November 13th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, November 14th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
In this program we will look closely at some of the images, similes, and other literary devices used in the Pali Canon, and in some later literature, to define and describe the practice of mindfulness. We will pause from time to time to examine some of these images experientially as an aid to our own meditation practice.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
How can Dharma wisdom teachings and practices of mindfulness and compassion support us during these times? Mark Coleman will explore key Dharma teachings and practices that help us find clarity, heartfulness and balance in the midst of life.
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 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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Friday, November 20th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, November 21st, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Giving thanks is a tradition in both Buddhism and Native American cultures. Thanksgiving ceremony is a medicine that we can use to begin to heal to ourselves, our relationships, and our world. In this half day program, the teachers will offer meditation practices to develop gratitude which are grounded in Buddhist teachings and informed by their perspectives as Native Americans.
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 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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Friday, November 27th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for an evening dharma talk with Buddhist Insights and Buddhist monastic Venerable Santi exploring the spiritual faculties that can propel us to deep and lasting awakening, and how these qualities can be carefully seeded, watered, and cultivated for the benefit of ourselves and all living beings.
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Who you are is both an internal (Me) and an interconnected (We) self that shapes your identity and sense of belonging. But how can you be both within the body and between the body and in relationship to people and the planet? In this talk we will explore how you can combine an inner “Me” and an inter “We” to become a whole integrated self – a MWe!
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Fridays, December 4th - December 18th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 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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Friday, December 11th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Monday, December 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ET
The NYI Sacred Earth Sangha is a community formed around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of the climate crisis. For this session of the SES we are delighted to host Thanissara, who’s deeply engaged in activism informed by decades of Buddhist practice and teaching, her time at Standing Rock, and with Baba Mandaza Kandemwa of Zimbabwe.
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 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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Friday, December 18th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, December 19th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm
This comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 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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Tuesdays, January 5th-February 9th, 2021 from 7:00-9:00pm ET
Join Buddhist teacher and Emmy-award winning musician, David Nichtern and New York Times best-selling author and founder of the Open Heart Project, Susan Piver for a special online course series on cultivating the transcendent qualities known as the Six Paramitas: Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Exertion, Meditation, & Wisdom.
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Monday, January 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
Join us for a rare evening to learn from activist Dekila Chungyalpa's breadth and depth of knowledge from the frontline of climate crisis, and the wisdom of how we embody compassion as we engage in this work.
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Tuesday, January 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.
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Fridays, January 15th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:30pm ET
In this MLK Day-inspired retreat, Lama Dawa Tarchin Phillips and Community Dharma Leader Pamela Ayo Yetunde will offer dharma reflections on MLK's concept of the Beloved Community, the role of sangha in healing from the Amputated S/self, and Lovingkindness Meditation.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 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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Fridays, January 22nd, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Join Mark Epstein and Amy Gross as they sit down together again for an online conversation about Mark’s evolving understanding of how therapy and Buddhism combine to untangle the tangle of self and suffering. What can therapy offer that Buddhism needs?
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Tuesday, January 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.
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Orientation: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 from 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Course: Fridays, January 29th - March 19th, 2021 from 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Daylong: Saturday, March 6th, 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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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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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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Fridays, February 5th - February 26th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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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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Friday, February 12th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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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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Friday, February 19th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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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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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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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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Friday, February 26th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Fridays, March 5th - March 26th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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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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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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Friday, March 12th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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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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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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Friday, March 19th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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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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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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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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Mondays, March 29th - May 10th, 2021 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET
This course will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the formal practices of sitting and walking meditation and on developing mindfulness in daily life.
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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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Friday April 2nd, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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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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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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Saturday, April 10th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Due to unforeseen circumstances this program is postponed and will be rescheduled for a future date.
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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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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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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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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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