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Faith: A Buddhist Perspective

with Sharon Salzberg and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

Friday, April 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this weekend program, we will explore a different sense of faith. We will discuss how it can connect us to a deeper place of strength within us and to a bigger picture of life. This type of faith increases confidence, openness, and our ability to recognize something outside of our immediate circumstances as describing who we are.

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Loving Kindness Meditation

with Gary Singer

Sunday, April 28th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Join us for this daylong retreat where we will cultivate our natural capacity for an open and loving heart towards ourselves and all other beings.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Booker Leslie and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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CLIMATE CRISIS: What can we do together? An NYI Community Meeting

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Please join NYI president Tom Carling, teacher Sebene Selassie, and Extinction Rebellion leader Bill Beckler, for an evening of meditation, presentations, and discussion as we explore your ideas and consider how NYI can best support our individual and collective practices in the midst of this new reality.

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SOS – Sitting on Sunday

with Angela Dews

Sunday, May 5, 2019 from 10:00am-12:00pm

These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz

Fridays, May 10th - June 28th, 2019 from 9:30am-12pm

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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Race, Unconscious Bias & Mindfulness

with Sebene Selassie

Friday, May 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

During this evening we will explore how mindfulness and the teachings of Buddhism can help us bring awareness and clarity to the constructs & biases around race that exist in society and within each of us (either as external racism or as internalized oppression), so that we can live with more love, wisdom and compassion.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Jon Aaron

Saturday, May 11th, 2019 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

Join us for a daylong program to practice with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course. You will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come.

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CANCELLED: A Celebration of Mother Earth

with Elizabeth J. Coleman

Sunday, May 12th, 2019 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Join Elizabeth J. Coleman, a poet, public interest attorney, environmental activist, and teacher of mindfulness for a day of celebration reading poems from her new book, HERE: Poems for the Planet, an international contemporary poetry anthology for our planet. Readings will be interspersed with guided meditations and discussion of mindful activism.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Gary Singer

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, May 17th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Awakening to the Climate Emergency: A Wesak Observance

Saturday, May 18th, 2019 from 11:30am-5:00pm

In connection with the Call to Declare Climate Emergency and timed with Wesak, the annual observance of the Buddha’s Awakening, we invite you to come together as a sangha for a live-stream webinar featuring teachers such as Kittisaro and Thanissara followed by a community potluck.

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Day of Insight: A Daylong Meditation Retreat

with Rosemary Blake and Nancy Glimm

Sunday, May 19th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.

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People of Color & Insight Out LGBTQI Sangha

with Lama Rod Owens

Monday, May 20th, 2019, 7-9pm

This 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. Lama Rod Owens will be the guest teacher for this evening. Members of POC Sangha and Insight Out LGBTQI Sangha are invited to attend.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Finding Ourselves and Losing Ourselves

with Dr. Stephen Fulder

Friday, May 24th, 2019 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm

As we move out of automatic living and start to question and explore who or what we are, we open a Pandora's Box and our life can get dramatically more deep and interesting, and sometimes more disturbing. We find ourselves in a world of paradox, mystery, and yet unimagined freedom.

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Equanimity: Dancing with the Unpredictability of Life

with Dr. Stephen Fulder

Saturday, May 25th, 2019 | 10:00am to 4:30pm

In this daylong program, we will examine equanimity, how to recognize and appreciate it, and how it can be developed. We will also explore how we can avoid getting upset and overwhelmed by circumstances, such as conflict, injustice, and suffering.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Spiritual Bypassing: When We Do Not Want to Look Honestly

with Bhante Sukhacitto

Friday, May 31st, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join Theravadan monk Bhante Sukhacitto for an evening exploring how can we use meditation practice to integrate meditation and insight more fully into our lives, instead of using it as a way to escape our problems and challenges in order to experience quiet and peace.

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The Great Potential of Change

with Bhante Sukhacitto and Bart van Melik

Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Supported by kind awareness, wisdom, and community we’ll explore the potential and difficulty of changes in our lives. In this retreat we will introduce the six meditative guidelines of Insight Dialogue: Pause, Relax, Open, Attune to Emergence, Listen Deeply, and Speak the Truth.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Elaine Retholtz

Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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The Healing Power Of Refuge

with Lani Miller and Harpist Pamela Bruce

Friday, June 7th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

On this evening we will explore both the theme and experience of refuge. In these challenging times, remembering that finding and taking refuge is really possible can offer us comfort, support, and strength in our lives.

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How Mindfulness Meditation Leads to Insight

with Jon Aaron

Sunday, June 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this Daylong, we will explore the concept of meditation, how it leads to insight and what concepts support us in our meditation practice. This program is open to meditators of all levels.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Gary Singer

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Orientation: Thursday, June 13th, 2019 from 6:30-9:00pm
Course: Thursdays, June 20th - August 15th from 6:30-9:00pm

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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Birding and Nature Meditation at Central Park

with Lin Gordon and Stephen Roylance

Saturday, June 15th, 2019 from 8:15am-10:30am

Join nature meditation teacher, Lin Gordon, and science teacher, Stephen Roylance, in taking an early morning walk through Central Park, where we will listen to the sounds within and without.

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Day of Mindfulness Meditation

with Rosemary Blake and Bart van Melik

Saturday, June 15th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Lani Miller

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 from 7pm-9pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, June 21st, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Mindful Writing Workshop

with Tracy Cochran

Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 4:00pm

Join us as we combine mindfulness meditation with short writing exercises geared toward personal reflection, discovering our ways of being heroic, including relaxing and letting go.

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Aging As a Spiritual Practice Daylong Retreat

with Rosemary Blake, Amy Selzer, and Nancy Glimm

Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am-5:00pm

Join us for a day exploring aging as a spiritual practice through direct meditation practice, Dharma offerings from the three teachers, open discussions as well as dyad and triad work among participants.

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Still, in the City: A Circle of Friends Member Event

Monday, June 24th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Please join us for a special evening free to members and those signing up to be members. Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos, is a collection of stories and essays about taking practice off the cushion and into our days, our homes, offices, the park, the streets. This is the fierce practice of Urban Buddhism which makes the practice of Buddhism real.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Brian Simmons

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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The Way of Effortless Mindfulness Book Talk

with Loch Kelly

Friday, June 28th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

In this evening discussion and book talk for his new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness, Loch Kelly teaches how you can “unhook” awareness from chattering thoughts, and access a peaceful mind and a naturally embodied wakefulness.

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The Way of Effortless Mindfulness Daylong Retreat

with Loch Kelly

Saturday, June 29th, 2019 from 10:00am – 5:00pm

In this daylong retreat we will learn to intentionally shift into awake awareness, which is already calm, intelligent, and able to effortlessly focus. Effortless mindfulness helps us shift from a self-centered identity to an empty, yet open-hearted, way of seeing and being.

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Beginner’s Workshop

with Lani Miller

Sunday, June 30th, 2019 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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Launch of the Sacred Earth Sangha

with Jon Aaron

Monday, July 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

NYI is relaunching the Eco Sangha with monthly evening gatherings co-led by rotating NYI teachers, Sebene Selassie, Lin Gordon, and Jon Aaron. This first meeting will be led by Jon Aaron. We invite all of our Dharma friends to come together as a community and create a this new sangha around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of this global emergency.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Gary Singer

Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, July 12th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Summer Meditative Hike to Hook Mountain

with Lin Gordon

Saturday, July 13th 2019 from 8:15am - 3:00pm

Enjoy a summer day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike.

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Cultivating the Five Spiritual Powers – A POC & Allies Daylong

with nakawe cuebas and Wildecy de Fátima Jury

Sunday, July 14th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this daylong program for People of Color (POC) and allies, we will be exploring how the Buddha's Five Spiritual Faculties can be used to work with the Five Mental Hindrances in our everyday world. We will reflect as a group on how to free ourselves from these Hindrances and how to empower ourselves with the Five Spiritual Faculties.

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Obstacles to Practice: Exploring the Five Hindrances

with Elaine Retholtz

July 15th - August 12th, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30am

As we practice meditation, we often experience a range of difficult emotions or mental obstacles. This course will offer an opportunity to explore how to practice with and understand these energies in our formal meditation practice as well as in our daily lives so that they can be skillfully abandoned.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Event Volunteer Training

Friday, July 19th, 2019 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The center needs you to help prepare the space and welcome participants. As a volunteer, you’ll learn more about New York Insight and become an active member of the Sangha.

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Day of Mindfulness Meditation

with Rosemary Blake and Angela Dews

Saturday, July 20th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. One-on-one meetings with the teacher will also be available.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Peter Doobinin

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Mindfulness of Thinking

with Peter Doobinin

Saturday, July 27th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

In this daylong retreat, we'll explore how we can use the practices of mindfulness of mind in our meditation practice and in our lives in in order to find a greater happiness.

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Spiritual Bypass and the War on Emotion

with Dave Smith

Monday, July 29th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

In this evening talk visiting teacher Dave Smith will discuss spiritual bypassing and how our practice can be used to understand and heal emotional suffering.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Course

with Jane Chun

Wednesdays, July 31st - September 25th, 2019 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an 8 Week Course developed at Stanford University to uncover the capacity of individuals to move through life and its challenges with a steadier mind and heart, from a place of greater awareness, connection, and inner strength.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, August 2nd, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Cultivating a Heart of Gold

with Venerable Pannavati

Friday, August 9th, 2019 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, August 10th, 2019 | 10:00am - 5:00pm

Join visiting teacher Ven Pannavati for a daylong program of renewal to move beyond mindfulness, contemplating key passages in the Buddhist suttas that awaken us to the necessity of cultivating joy and compassion.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Angela Dews and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Lani Miller

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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That’s Life! Navigating Major Life Changes with Confidence and Clarity

with Brian Simmons

Sunday, August 25th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Often we fear the unknown of change. But it is possible transform our doubts and fear into courage and ease. This daylong program will provide you with effective skills to reframe and navigate the emotional trauma of major life changes and transitions with a sense of equanimity and purpose.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues.

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Setting Things in Motion: Cultivating Kind Intentions

with Karen G. Williams and Rae Houseman

Saturday, August 31st, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Our thoughts, emotions, and mind-states are constantly in flux and come from specific causes. This doesn’t mean that we don’t take responsibility. In this daylong we will explore the impact of our motivations and how to practice with intentions. We will take a deep dive into what it is to bring kind intentions to our practice and lives.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, September 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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Right Action in the Anthropocene: A Buddhist Response to Global Warming

with Bhikkhu Bodhi and Guests

Friday, September 6th, 2019 from 7pm - 9pm
Saturday, September 7th, 2019 from 10am - 5pm

Join us for this important event as we explore the causes and conditions that have brought us to the climate crisis, the dukkha of extinction and human suffering, and the solutions that we can bring to bear in this critical time of our world.

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The Power of Forgiveness

with Elaine Retholtz

Mondays, September 9th-23rd, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30am

Join us for a 3-week course examining forgiveness and how it can allow us to come more fully into our hearts and be a catalyst that transforms bitterness, anger, and grief into compassion and lovingkindness.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Lani Miller

Tuesday, September 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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Mindfulness for Caregivers: An Introduction

with Joan Griffiths Vega

Thursday, September 12th, 2019 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm

This program is an introduction to the "Mindfulness for Caregivers" course, and offers a set of teachings to help us learn how to reduce daily stress and increase stamina, vitality and well-being in our caregiving relationships.

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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, September 13th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.

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Beginner’s Workshop

with Lani Miller

Saturday, September 14th, 2019 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 Dharma Gathering

with Janusz Welin and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, September 17th, 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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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Orientation: Thursday, Sept 19th, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Course: Thursdays, October 3rd - November 21st, 2019 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.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz

Orientation: Friday, September 20th, 2019 from 9:30am -12:00pm
Course: Fridays, October 4th - November 22nd, 2019 from 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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Mindfulness & Trauma: Healing Our Wounds with Wisdom and Compassion

with Dr. Paul Epstein

Sunday, September 22nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Most of us have experienced some form of trauma in our lives, to greater or lesser degrees. What is unprocessed can, and does, show up in our bodies, minds, hearts and spirit in our daily lives and in our meditation practice. In this retreat, we'll explore the pain and suffering that arises from unresolved, unprocessed trauma.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Karen Williams and Angela Dews

Tuesday, September 24th, 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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The True Promise of Mindfulness

with Mark Coleman

Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

In this evening talk, Mark will lead brief mediations and explore the aspects of his new book From Suffering to Peace – The True Promise of Mindfulness to help practitioners, of all kinds, access and benefit from the "true promise of mindfulness".

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The Way of Effortless Mindfulness

with Loch Kelly

Friday, September 27th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

This evening of meditation and book signing is based on Loch Kelly’s new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness. Meditation is often taught in two stages. The first is deliberate mindfulness, which includes one-pointed focus and nonjudgmentally observing the changing contents of our mind and body. The second practice is called effortless mindfulness, not because no initial effort is made, but because of the discovery of an awareness that is already awake and able to focus effortlessly.

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Shifting From Head To Heart-Mind

with Loch Kelly

Saturday, September 28th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Having experienced some of the initial benefits of mindfulness, is it now possible to awaken to the deep sense of well-being, creativity, and unconditional love that is our true nature? In this daylong retreat, you will learn contemporary versions of effortless mindfulness that help you live from your heart-mind.

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Day of Mindfulness Meditation: Spiritual Friendship

with Bart van Melik and Rosemary Blake

Sunday, September 29th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Buddha often emphasized the importance of friends and said that friendship is a prerequisite for awakening. On this day of silence we’ll reflect on this ancient teaching and investigate how friendship can support us in cultivating a kind heart in this challenging world.

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Insight and Resilience in Times of Change

with Oren Jay Sofer

Monday, September 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm

Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this evening of practice, contemplation, and reflection on how can our spiritual practice be a source of healing and guidance in troubled times.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron and Savanna Jo (Upayadhi) Luraschi

Orientation: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Course: Wednesdays, October 16th - December 4th, 2019 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.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Janusz Welin

Tuesday, October 8th, 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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Yom Kippur: A Day of Silence and Reflection

with Jon Aaron, Elaine Retholtz and Sandra Weinberg

Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 from 10:00am - 7:00pm

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 a day of silence and reflection.

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Cultivating Awareness + Wisdom

with Alexis Santos

Friday, October 11th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Awareness and wisdom are qualities of mind that together provide the ingredients for clear seeing and compassion to arise. This evening of meditation and discussion will explore how to cultivate these essential qualities.

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When Awareness Becomes Natural: An IMS Urban Retreat

with Alexis Santos and Susa Talan

Saturday, October 12th, 2019 from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, October 13th, 2019 from 9:00am - 4:00pm

Through relaxing the body and mind, we can come to understand the effortless nature of being mindful. Join us for this first IMS Urban Retreat at New York Insight to learn how natural awareness leads to the blossoming of wisdom and compassion.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Amy Selzer

Tuesday, October 15th, 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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Meditative Hike to Hook Mountain

with Lin Gordon

Sunday, October 20th, 2019 from 8:15am - 3:00pm

Enjoy a Fall day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike.

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Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

with Jill Satterfield

Sunday, October 20th, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

The seeds of anxiety originate from a variety of sources: repeated trauma, illness, chronic pain, hormonal imbalance, a mind caught in fear of the unknown future. By developing mindfulness, we cultivate internal awareness to address anxiety before it spreads, give kind attention to our bodies, and learn to recognize the progression of thoughts and emotions that arise prior to anxiety taking hold.

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Cultivating Lovingkindness as an Insight Practice

with Elaine Retholtz

Mondays, October 21st - November 18th, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30am

Join New York Insight teacher Elaine Retholtz for a five week course on cultivating Lovingkindness and the other Brahma Viharas: Compassion, Empathetic Joy, and Equanimity.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Gary Singer

Tuesday, October 22nd, 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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An Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation

with Brian Simmons

Wednesdays, October 23rd - November 20th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

This 5-week course is designed to provide a clear and practical path for people wanting to experience the profound benefits of mindfulness meditation both on and off the cushion. Ancient techniques and teachings of Buddhist meditation will be made abundantly practical and relevant for modern city dwellers in the 21st century.

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Mindful Eating for Self-Care

with Laurence Magro

Saturday, October 26th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm

Do you eat when you are stressed out, bored or sad? Have you tried to eat more healthfully but just can’t seem to stick with it? Join Laurence Magro, psychotherapist and certified mindfulness educator on an exploration of habits of mind and heart around food and eating.

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Mindful Healing: Working with Pain & Difficulty

with Jon Aaron

Sunday, October 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Buddha taught of suffering and the end of suffering but for those with physical pain, particularly chronic physical pain, this end of suffering seems like it might never happen. This day of practice will focus on physical pain and how mindfulness practice and some specific Buddhist teachings can open up a pathway to freedom through our pain.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Gary Singer

Tuesday, October 29th, 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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Exploring Peace in Our Hearts

with Nina Wise

Friday, November 1st, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

During these troubled times when we are witnessing so much polarization, fear and hatred in our world, this is a time to come together to experience the peace that lies at the heart of our being.

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Citta: A Union of the Heart, Mind, and Body

with Leslie Booker

Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this daylong retreat, we'll unpack the mysteries of Buddha's Third Foundation of Mindfulness by moving through the body, feeling tones, and how we can use it to gain freedom from the turbulence of unexamined emotional experiences.

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Joyful Awakening Through Creative Self-Expression

with Nina Wise

Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:30pm

Contemplative practices and expressive practices enhance one another; in concert they quiet the mind, calm the heart, give rise to insight and happiness, and release robust creative self-expression.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Jon Aaron

Tuesday, November 5th, 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 Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller and Janusz Welin

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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Seven Stages of the Spiritual Journey

with Donald Rothberg

Friday November 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

In this evening talk, we will examine the seven stages of the spiritual journey, starting with taking life for granted, being caught up in habitual and conditioned mind and behavior, and ending with (some degree of) awakening and then re-entering the “ordinary” world, often bringing gifts from the journey.

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Transforming the Judgmental Mind: A NYI Weekend Retreat

with Donald Rothberg

Saturday, November 16th, 2019 | 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, November 17th, 2019 | 9:00am - 4:00pm

In this retreat, we will cultivate mindfulness around our judgments; inquiry into the deep roots of judgments; and heart practices such as lovingkindness, forgiveness, and compassion. We will also explore the somatic and social dimensions of judgments--how we internalize dominant views (e.g., of race, gender, etc.)

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Annual Thanksgiving Potluck

Sunday, November 17th, 2019 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Annual Thanksgiving Celebration. The event begins with a meditation sit from 6:30pm-7pm, followed by a delicious vegetarian or vegan meal that we will share together.

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Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck

with David Nichtern

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 Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Elaine Retholz

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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Buddhist Teachings for the Natural World

with David Loy

Friday, November 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

The evening will focus on three aspects: practice in the natural world, a curious parallel between our usual individual predicament and our current collective predicament, and the new ecosattva path.

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We Are Nature: Remembering Our Sacred Connection to Earth

with Sebene Selassie, DaRa Williams and Lin Gordon

Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

In this daylong program, we will take time to reconnect to our bodies, hearts and minds remembering that we are nature. Centering land and ancestors, we will cultivate meditative awareness to sense the sacred connection to earth that is always present when we open to it.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Jon Aaron and Savanna Jo (Upayadhi) Luraschi

Sunday, November 24th, 2019 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

This MBSR Daylong is for MBSR alumni, and those currently taking the course, to have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons and Gary Singer

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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A Day of Mindfulness Meditation: In Touch with Wise View

with Rosemary Blake and Bart van Melik

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 Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz

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 Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Gary Singer

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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Dharma Rhythms Holiday Fest

Saturday, December 14th, 2019 from 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Join us for an afternoon of amazing music, homemade refreshments and irresistible raffle prizes—from $5 up. We are celebrating New York Insight and and all the people who have made it a sangha, a refuge of peace and sanity in the city.

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Death and the Poignancy of Life

with Matthew Brensilver

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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Mindful New Year’s Eve Gathering

with Jon Aaron, Brian Simmons, Lani Miller and Upayadhi (Savanna) Luraschi as 'Chant Leader'

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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Life and Death – Is That All There Is?

with Rosemary Blake, Jon Aaron, Nancy Glimm and Amy Selzer

Saturday, January 4th - Saturday, December 12th, 2020

This yearlong course is about living fully each moment of our lives. Over twelve months we will live as though this is our last year. We will reflect upon life and death from the Buddhist perspective while incorporating powerful teachings from other spiritual traditions.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Gary Singer

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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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz

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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The RAIN of Compassion

with Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust

Friday, January 10th, 2020 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, January 11th, 2020 | 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location: Marble Collegiate Church, 1 West 29th Street at Fifth Avenue

Please join us for this special evening and daylong program with Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust as they explore the alchemy of Radical Compassion and guide us in awakening this intrinsic expression of our evolutionary potential.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons

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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Interpersonal Mindfulness: An 8-Week Course

with Elaine Retholtz

Course: Wednesdays, January 15th - March 4th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Daylong: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

In this course, participants will learn how to pause in midst of the habit mind, notice tensions and relax, kindly accept present moment experience, open and trust emergence as we listen deeply and speak the truth of our subjective experience.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Lani Miller

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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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

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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Finding the Way Home to Kind Awareness: An IMS Urban Retreat

with Bart van Melik and Leslie Booker

Saturday, January 25th, 2020 from 9:30am – 6:00pm
Sunday, January 26th, 2020 from 9:30am – 4:00pm

Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is pleased to present this weekend urban retreat at New York Insight. During this retreat, we will explore the heart of the Buddha’s teaching: suffering and its causes and freedom from its causes. With the help and cultivation of our kind and natural awareness, we can become intimate with what it is like to be human.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews and Brian Simmons

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 Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik and Lani Miller

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 Dharma Gathering

Angela Dews and Gary Singer

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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What’s Up with Waking Up

with Jon Aaron

Saturday, February 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

If we aren’t practicing meditation to wake up, then why are we bothering? What does waking up really mean? What are we waking up from or to? There is a Buddha in each of us waiting to wake up to a life without fear even in a world with much to be fearful of. In this daylong, we will practice directly with some of the Buddha’s teachings on freedom and investigate how to integrate these into every moment of our lives.

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Beginner’s Workshop

with Bart van Melik

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 Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz

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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Bodhichitta: Developing the Mind of Awakening

with Scott Tusa

Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 from 10:00am-5:00pm

In this daylong workshop we will dive deep into the heart of the Buddha’s inner transformation and the spiritual tradition that arose from it. Through a combination of experiential learning, guided/silent meditation, and discussion we will explore how to access and develop a grounded open heart, a more available and open space of mindful awareness, and deeper insight into how to better overcome mental and emotional habits that cause us unnecessary suffering.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons

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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Community Town Hall Meeting

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

New York Insight staff, teachers, and board directors invite you to join us for a Town Hall Meeting to share news about the new opportunities, challenges and transitions we will be facing in 2020. Most importantly, this evening, open to all, is an opportunity to share your thoughts about how NYI can support your practice and better serve as your spiritual home.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Elaine Retholtz

Saturday, February 29th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

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, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Bart van Melik and Angela Dews

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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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

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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Exploring The Five Wisdom Energies of Tantric Buddhism

with Ethan Nichtern

Saturday, March 7th, 2020 from 10am - 5pm

The Five Wisdoms offers one of the deepest and most spiritually useful bodies of teaching in the tantric Buddhist tradition. By exploring different emotional patterns as they arise in meditation and in daily life, we begin to see the wisdom-potential that exists in every state of mind and every personality type.

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The Healing Journey Meets the Spiritual Path

with Dr Paul Epstein

Sunday, March 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm

This daylong program will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness meditation and compassion practice can be integrated and applied in the process of healing the dis-eases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons

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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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Alumni Daylong

with Jon Aaron

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pm

This MBSR Daylong will be offered in-person at NYI and online. Practicing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come.

Find out more

Beginner’s Workshop

with Lani Miller

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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Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

Jon Aaron and Lani Miller

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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Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz and Brian Simmons

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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Now Online: How Mindfulness Is and Is Not a Psychotherapy

with Matthew Brensilver

Friday, March 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In what ways does mindfulness practice function as a kind of ‘self-psychotherapy’? In what ways is practice entirely unlike psychotherapy? During our evening together, we’ll explore how the mindfulness overlaps with the healing we might find in psychotherapy.

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Now Online: Finding a Refuge in the Body

with Peter Doobinin

Sunday, March 29th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm, EST

One of the most important aspects of the Buddha’s teachings is developing the ability to find refuge.  In a world that is always changing and often presents difficulty, it is essential that we have this skill if we’re to know true happiness in our lives.

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Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Bart van Melik

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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