In-Person: Manhattan Pilgrimage – A Meditative Walk through NYC
with nico hase
Saturday, October 19th, 2024 | 9:45am – 5:00pm ET
In-Person Destination: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
Pilgrimage has been an essential part of Buddhist spiritual life for thousands of years. The process of walking (outer pilgrimage) often gives rise to insights, healing, and a deep sense of letting go (inner pilgrimage).
Doing this together builds community and mutual belonging. Doing this in a major American city brings the sacred into the everyday.
In this 10 mile pilgrimage visiting Insight meditation teacher nico hase will guide participants in a meditation walk from the northern tip of Manhattan to our home center at New York Insight. The pilgrimage will happen rain or shine.
The group will gather at 9:45 at the Inwood Hill parking lot. After a guided meditation, dialogue, and intention setting ritual, the group will walk in silence until lunch.
During lunch there will be time for casual conversation, followed by a brief meditation, before resuming the silent meditation walk. The pilgrimage will end at 115 W 29th Street, where nico will offer a dharma talk followed by reflections, dialogue, and a brief closing ceremony.
(See below for a map of our route.)
This pilgrimage is open to anyone who can walk ten miles at a brisk pace with infrequent stops. No prior meditation experience is necessary.
Join visiting Insight meditation teacher nico hase for a day of outer and inner pilgrimage, and a deepening into the sacred in the everyday of city life.
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Teacher(s)
nico hase
nico hase lived in a monastery for six years before earning a PhD in counseling psychology and becoming an Insight meditation teacher full-time. He currently mentors mindfulness teachers, teaches online and in-person retreats, and speaks with students in one-on-one sessions. He and his beloved life partner Devon are the authors of How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life. Find out more at devonandnicohase.com.