Events for March 20 - December 9, 2024 › Evening Events

with Bob Stahl

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 from 7:00-9:00pm ET

If we don't learn to stay present in our body without clinging to our experience, we risk reinforcing attachment to our physical self, which can leave us feeling frustrated and stuck in our meditation practice. In this two-hour online event, teacher Bob Stahl will guide us through a unique Buddhist practice known as the Contemplation of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation. Together, we’ll work on understanding the true nature of the body, reflect on its impermanence, and discuss its four primary elements. Find out more

with Kaira Jewel Lingo and Marisela Gomez

Thursday, December 12th, 2024 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

In this two-hour evening event, these teachers will talk about their experiences as Black women and Buddhists, and share wisdom from their new book, Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation. Together, we’ll learn embodied mindfulness practices and other techniques to help us lean into our individual and collective liberation, as well as our sense of belonging and joy. Everyone is welcome to participate. Find out more

with Lin Wang Gordon and Lani Miller

Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 from 9:00pm - 12:15am ET

Ring in the new year with purpose at New York Insight! Everyone is welcome to join this community gathering, whether you’re brand new to practice or a seasoned meditator. Come honor the losses and triumphs of 2024 and set your intentions for 2025. Together we will meditate, chant, and welcome the new year with a traditional ringing of our bell 108 times. Find out more

with Michel Pascal

Friday, January 17th, 2025 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

Join NYIMC for a night of creativity, meditation, and community. Over the course of two hours, meditation teacher Michel Pascal will lead a guided “emotional detox” to encourage the release of stress and negative emotions, as well as a meditation on how we maintain a calm mind by tapping into our inner groundedness. Find out more

with Peter Doobinin

Friday, February 7th, 2025 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

Suffering can block us from our goodness, from wisdom and love, from our own hearts. All humans are prone to the spiritual disease of suffering, but the cure can be found in the spiritual path the Buddha laid out for us. What relief might we find if we follow his prescribed course of treatment? Find out more

with Lavina Shamdasani

Friday, February 14th, 2025 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

This Valentine’s Day, join meditation teacher Lavina Shamdasani for an evening of deepening compassion. Together, we’ll practice metta (loving-kindness) and mindfulness meditation to help ease self-criticism, open our hearts, and learn how to live a more balanced, loving life. Find out more

with Toni Bernhard

Sunday, February 16th, 2025 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm ET

Join Toni Bernhard, acclaimed author of How to Be Sick, for a two-hour evening program about living with, and getting curious about, chronic pain and illness. Using the Buddha's teachings as a guide, we'll discover profound insights and practices to help us respond to health challenges with grace. Find out more

with Jeff Warren

Thursday, March 20th, 2025 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Life is hard! So much happening, so many people doing important things, running helter skelter all over in a flurry of productivity. This 90 minutes is not about any of that. Instead, it is about the art of doing nothing—as an aspiration, as a way to reset the nervous system, and as a deep spiritual practice of undoing a lifetime of chronic stress and control-freak micromanagement. Find out more