In-Person: Sunset Meditative Walk – Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Bridge Park
with Lin Wang Gordon
Saturday, May 10th, 2025 | 6:15pm – 8:30pm
Location: Meet at corner of Chambers St. and Centre St. in Manhattan
We often think of meditation as an indoor formal sitting practice, but it’s a practice we can integrate anytime and anywhere.
Join us for an outdoor meditation as we walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and practice at Brooklyn Bridge Park during sunset. We will explore practices such as open awareness, metta (loving-kindness), four elements, spaciousness, etc.
Together, we will immerse ourselves in the beauty of a cityscape sunset, fostering a deep connection with our body and mind, with humanity, and the natural world.
We will explore the rich history of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a testament to community activism that has transformed an abandoned industrial space into a sustainable waterfront haven, blending recreation with ecological preservation.
The meditative walk will start at the Brooklyn Bridge from the Manhattan side and continue over the bridge to Brooklyn Bridge Park. This experience will proceed rain or shine, barring severe weather threats. In 2024 we held this walk at the end of a thunderstorm and saw double rainbows framing the bridge.
To reach the meeting location by Subway: Take 4, 5, or 6 train to the Brooklyn Bridge stop. We will meet at the intersection of Centre Street and Chambers Street.
Both beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. Hope to see you there!
“Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset with Lin Wang Gordon was a life-changing experience. This wasn’t just a walk. It was an awakening. My understanding of nature, the climate crisis, and my role in it has shifted profoundly since that evening. I never expected the walk to be as insightful and impactful as it was, and I continue to find new depth and meaning in the learnings I take from that walk every day.”
– Participant from Brooklyn Bridge Sunset Meditative Walk, 2024
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Teacher(s)
Lin Wang Gordon
Lin has dedicated over a decade to studying insight meditation (Vipassana) and has recently deepened her practice through the Tibetan Dzogchen traditions. Through her meditation journey, she discovers the transformative power of Buddhist philosophy and practices to help live a life of flow, joy, wonder, and resilience.
She graduated from Mark Coleman’s Awake in the Wild Nature Meditation Teacher Training in 2017 and is currently enrolled in the Community Dharma Leaders Program (CDL7) at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Lin has gained experience leading ecodharma retreats and co-founded the Sacred Earth Sangha of the New York Insight Meditation Center. In addition to sharing earth-based practices and ecodharma, she hopes to guide others in meditation to foster inner transformation and cultivate a deeper sense of purpose and belonging in everyday life.
Lin has served on the Board of the New York Insight Meditation Center and the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. linwanggordon.com