Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Brian Simmons and Janusz Welin
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 | 7:00pm-9:00pm
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
If you are new to Insight, you can attend the Beginner’s Orientation to Insight Meditation for guided meditation instruction from 7-8pm.
If you are new to New York Insight or an experienced meditator, we encourage you to attend this open, community gathering and bring your friends. All are welcome!
Registration:
Note About Registration:
Fee by donation: You can now pre-register by paying the suggested donation online for our Tuesday Dharma Gathering; as always you can just drop in and “pay what you can.” Whatever you offer is greatly appreciated and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. For this event, all donations are shared between the teacher(s) and NYI.
If you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy, membership discount, email confirmation, etc.), please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs, please email registration@nyimc.org.
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Teacher(s)
Brian Simmons
Brian Simmons is a longtime teacher at New York Insight. He is a former award-winning Writer/Producer for Comedy Central and is currently a District Level administrator for a Westchester School District. Brian has pioneered the use of mindfulness in diverse educational environments, and published a chapter on Mindfulness in a college textbook on lowering school violence from Springer Publications in 2023. Brian has maintained an intensive daily practice since the 1990’s and completed teacher trainings at the Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Medical College as well as the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. Brian’s mindfulness work in education has been featured in a documentary on Audible, a NY Times cover story and various other outlets.
Janusz Welin
Janusz Welin is a Brooklyn based mindfulness meditation teacher specializing in creativity practices, emotional and group intelligence practices, and the ways meditation can facilitate social justice work. Janusz has nearly a decade of dedicated mindfulness practice in the insight meditation tradition. Janusz specializes in one-on-one meditation mentorship (via skype) and developing custom meditation courses and strategies for individuals and organizations.
He has gone through over 1,000 hours of formal training in teaching meditation, one-on-one meditation mentorship, and community dharma leadership. He has studied with George Haas, JoAnna Harper, Sayadaw U Indaka, Noah Levine, Gina Sharpe, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Larry Yang and Shinzen Young and has done trainings with Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzburg, Tara Brach and others.
Janusz is a teacher of secular mindfulness through Shinzen Young’s Universal Mindfulness system and has also been empowered to teach by Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center. He is empowered through Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society as a Meditation Mentor.
Janusz received two bachelor degrees in fine art from Maryland Institute College of Art, specializing in immersive installation and conceptual sculpture.