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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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, 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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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Due to extenuating circumstances, this program has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a future date.
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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.
Find out moreFriday 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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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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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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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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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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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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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, 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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Thursday, December 5th, 2019 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Marble Collegiate Church
Join beloved meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein as he’s interviewed by Dan Harris, ABC anchorman and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “10% Happier”.
Find out moreSunday, December 8th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Embracing change is a moment-to-moment challenge on the path to peace and happiness. This daylong workshop will provide a practical roadmap for those facing a major life transition.
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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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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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Sunday, December 15th, 2019 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
In this daylong event with visiting teachers Josh Korda and Kathy Cherry, we will discuss the relational wounds that underly low self-worth, procrastination, perfectionism and core shame, all of which are implicit behaviors which are resistant to change.
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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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Friday, Dec 20th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
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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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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Sunday, January 5th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
In this daylong program, visiting teacher Bhante Buddharakkhita will explore the Buddha’s teachings on letting go, forgiveness and mindfulness.
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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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Wednesdays, January 8th - February 12th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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.
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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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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, 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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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, 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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Friday, January 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
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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, 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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Saturday, February 1st, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
Integrating the wisdom of Buddhism with trauma theory; somatic psychology; and the evidence-based “parts work” of Internal Family Systems therapy; this daylong is about learning to navigate such vulnerable conditions with clarity, intelligence, and grace.
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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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Sunday, February 9th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
The Buddha's teachings on spiritual friendship are good medicine for times of injustice, and can help us practice freedom even in unfree places.
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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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Thursdays, February 13th - March 19th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
If we are to fully engage with life our meditation practice must be internal and external and in so doing we connect with the eternal that connects all beings. In this way, we have an impact not only on our individual life but we truly share the merit of our practice with all lives.
Find out moreSaturday, 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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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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Friday, February 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
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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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Monday, February 24th, 2020 from 6:30pm-8:30pm
During this month's Insight OUT Refuge: LGBTQI Sangha, we invite you to join us for a meditation, discussion, and celebration of the Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voice book launch.
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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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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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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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Sunday, March 1st, 2020 from 10:00am -5:00pm
Cultivating spaciousness in the body leads to spaciousness in heart/mind and vice versa. In this daylong workshop we will practice somatically releasing, cognitively understanding and emotionally allowing whatever it is that we meet with.
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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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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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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, 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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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.
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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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Friday, March 20th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
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Saturday, March 21st, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pm ET
During this online program, Bodhipaksa will break down the components of the jhāna experience and introduce a step-by-step approach to cultivating it.
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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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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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Saturday, March 28th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
What is feminine power? Is it something to be acquired? Or uncovered and reclaimed? Join us for a day of meditation, writing exercises, and group sharing aimed at exploring these rich questions.
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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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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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Friday, April 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck.
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Saturday, April 4th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm, EST
During this online program, we will explore how to respond skillfully and actively to the ‘cries of the world’ while also discovering and resting in the realization that our true nature is free and unobstructed in its essence, and has always been so.
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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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Saturday, April 11th, 2020
1:00pm - 4:30pm, ET / 10:00am – 1:30pm, PT
Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for a half-day online retreat exploring ways to calm the mind and body, manage fear and anxiety effectively, and offer loving support to others in distress.
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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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Thursdays, April 16th - May 21st, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
Within the Buddha’s own teaching the word Dharma has a number of meanings—the truth, the teachings, the way, the nature of life, qualities of the mind, etc. We will integrate all these meanings into this exploration of practice. Each week we will explore a very specific teaching and see how it reflects our lives, and how our lives reflect the teaching.
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Friday, April 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
This evening will be a unique opportunity to get teachings from Sharon’s newest book, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, to be published September 2020.
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pm ET
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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Every other Monday, April 20th - June 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for a course examining forgiveness and how to heal our relationships with others, ourselves and the past. We will meet in person every other Monday evening and have home practice in the weeks between. This course appropriate is for meditation practitioners of all levels.
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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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Saturday, April 25th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET
In our time of social isolation in the midst of this pandemic, how do we take refuge in the teachings to support our path? Join Zen teacher Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison for an online workshop on cultivating the freshness of feeling our feelings of fear without becoming them.
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:00pm, ET
In this online daylong workshop, based on their new book, How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life, Devon and Craig Hase will be leading participants through meditations, contemplations, dialogues, and exercises to help them tap into their resilience, so that they can face these unprecedented difficulties with warmth, kindness, and some measure of equanimity.
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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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Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm, ET
Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm, ET
In this online weekend retreat we will practice mindfulness meditation and explore recovery and the Twelve Steps through a Buddhist lens.
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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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Wednesdays, May 6th - May 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Over the course of four evenings we will use Dharma Contemplation as a relational meditation practice enabling us to enter into the Buddha’s teachings in a profound way by revealing many layers of meaning.
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Friday, May 8th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
Join Rick Hanson for an evening discussing his groundbreaking yet practical new book, Neurodharma. In it, he offers a bold yet plausible plan for reverse-engineering peak experiences, sense of oneness, and the heights of human possibilities.
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Saturday, May 9th, 2020 from 12:00pm - 3:00pm ET
Join New York Times bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson as we explore the Buddhist analysis of the mind as a road map for strengthening the neural circuitry of deep calm, contentment, kindness, and wisdom—qualities we all need to succeed in the face of adversity.
Find out moreTuesday, May 12th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join Ayya Anandabodhi for an online evening of poetry and teachings from the new poetry collection, "The First Free Women" featuring verses of Awakening from the Early Buddhist nuns.
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Wednesdays, May 13th - June 3rd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm ET
If there’s ever been a time when we needed our practice to lean on - it’s now! Join us for an online course offering sangha, a group of one’s own, a place and time to sit together to develop gentle ways to untangle our tangles, dissolve delusion, see through the causes of suffering, and find peace.
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Wednesdays, May 13th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Over the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community.
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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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Friday, May 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of community, please join us for an online potluck.
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Saturday, May 16th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
In this online half-day workshop, we will explore the unfolding of grief and meeting reality as it is, fear and finding ground in groundlessness and examining our illusion of control, fear of change and impermanence and uncovering of who we really are and what’s really important to us.
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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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Wednesdays, May 20th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Over the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community.
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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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Wednesdays, May 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Over the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community.
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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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Saturday, May 30th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ET
In this time of home-sheltering and social distancing, what do the Buddha's teachings on interdependence tell us about the meaning of “true connection”? What is the difference between being alone and feeling isolated? What does it mean to be “independent”? How do we create grace within the nature of interdependent relationships?
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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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Sunday, May 31st, 2020 from 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Drawing from both classical Buddhist practices and non-Buddhist techniques from a variety of sources, the program is designed to inspire courage, confidence and context for powerful transformation. If you are facing a major life transition, this course is for YOU!
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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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Saturday, June 6th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:30pm
In this workshop open to all self-identified People of Color, we will create connection and build sangha in order to explore our individual and group level relationships to systems of oppression. We will also explore how we can integrate wisdom from the Dharma with contemplative practice to find freedom from pain and suffering.
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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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Saturday, June 13th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
This online workshop will provide a conceptual framework and practice guidelines for “Indigenous Presence” meditation - a way of coming into harmony with the present moment and our world; and provides space for acceptance, and the cultivation of clarity, confidence, resilience and strength.
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Sunday, June 14th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ET
Through meditation, breath practices and a restorative posture to calm the central nervous system, we’ll explore somatically, compassionately and tenderly. Together, we’ll rejuvenate and resource the body of awareness to navigate our own ways home.
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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.
Find out moreWednesdays, June 17th - July 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
You’ve learned to meditate and started to develop a daily practice and perhaps are wondering “now what”? If so, this course is for you. Each session in this online, four-week class will include meditation and discussion of how we bring our meditation practices to life and life to our practice.
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Thursdays, June 18th - July 9th, 2020 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ET
Join Booker for a four-part online course exploring the Buddhist teachings on the paramis, 10 enlightened qualities that can help us realize our full potential, bringing the highest benefit to ourselves and others.
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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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Monday, June 22nd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, ET
For this online gathering in the month of Pride, La Sarmiento will share their journey from assimilation to liberation through the teachings and practices of the Buddha. Through guided meditation, mindful movement, chanting, small and large group sharing, and song, may we know and trust our rainbow-infused buddhanature and share it with the world for the liberation of all beings! This Insight Out LGBTQI Sangha evening sit is open to all.
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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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Sunday, June 28th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
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 our wildness. In this half-day online retreat, we will practice both silent meditation and robust creative self-expression.
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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.
Find out moreWednesdays, July 1st - August 5th, 2020 from 9:30am – 12:00pm ET
New York Insight is offering an online course for white practitioners to create a space to examine our privilege, blind spots, and racial conditioning in the context of Dharma teachings and practice.
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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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Thursday, July 9th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Please join us for an informal online evening of sangha and community.
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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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Saturday, July 11, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pm
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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Sunday, July 12th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
This daylong will be a way to explore and cultivate the Buddha's teachings on the four brahma-viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Imbued with the virtues of these four states, we are better able to embrace ourselves, our current situation and the entire world.
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Buddhist teacher Bhante Suddhaso will give an online talk about the joy that comes through cultivating faith in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha and how that joy serves as a basis for deepening Samadhi and Vipassana.
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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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Friday, July 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha Potluck.
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Saturday, July 25th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET
The Buddha taught the first foundation of mindfulness – awareness of body and breath – as a cornerstone to enlightenment. With body centered practices, during this online half day retreat, we will open our focus and rest in awareness itself.
Find out moreMondays, July 27th - August 31st from 6:30pm – 9:00pm ET
New York Insight is offering an online course for white practitioners to create a space to examine our privilege, blind spots, and racial conditioning in the context of Dharma teachings and practice.
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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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Monday, August 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
In this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra.
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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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Monday, August 10th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
In this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra.
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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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Friday, August 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
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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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Sunday, August 16th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Join psychotherapist and meditation teacher Jenny Hannah for an online workshop for meditation instructors, counselors, and therapists exploring a foundational understanding of types of trauma, how to respond skillfully and prevent retraumatization, and examine assumptions surrounding mindfulness meditation.
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Mondays, August 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
In this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra.
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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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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
In this half-day online retreat we will explore the wisdom teachings of the bodhisattva Prajnaparamita as found in the Heart Sutra.
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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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Friday, August 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join author, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist Ralph De La Rosa for a celebration of his timely new book, Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage Feels and Freak Outs.
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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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Thursdays, September 3rd, 2020 - March 11th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
Join us for a weekly BIPOC guided practice and inquiry group to delve deeply into the dynamic book, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem. The author is a Black trauma therapist, and offers embodied practices to explore the somatic experience while looking at racialized trauma in the United States.
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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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