Name: In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
Start: 2025-01-22T09:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-22T12:00:00-05:00
Location: New York Insight Meditation Center

December 2024

In-Person and Online: Sitting on Sunday

with Lani Miller

Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

This monthly Sunday morning practice is led by one of NYI’s seasoned teachers, who will guide participants in both seated and moving meditation, offer a Dharma talk, and engage in dialogue with the community. Find out more

In-Person: Rubin Museum Mindfulness Meditation

with Sharon Salzberg

Thursday, December 26th, 2024 from 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Practice the art of attention in this weekly meditation session hosted and curated by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. Inspired by works of art from the Rubin’s collection and guided by expert teachers, each session is framed around a monthly theme. The sessions are open to beginners and skilled meditators alike and include an opening talk, a 20-minute meditation session, and a closing discussion. Find out more

In-Person and Online: New York Insight’s Annual New Year’s Eve Gathering & Celebration

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

January 2025

In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat

with Leslie Booker and Lin Wang Gordon

Sunday, January 5th, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

This retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. Individual interviews will be available. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch to maintain the meditative atmosphere and concentration. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Insight 101 – Intro to Vipassana Meditation

with Lani Miller

Tuesdays, January 7th - February 11th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

If you’ve been wanting to learn how to meditate or refresh and renew the meditation practice you already have, we invite you to join this six-week meditation course to explore the practice of Insight (Vipassana) meditation in a warm, supportive environment. We will emphasize experiential practice, including instructions for sitting and walking meditation, and explore how we can bring this practice of presence into our everyday lives. Find out more

Online: Cultivating Joy in Uncertainty – An Eight-Week Course

with Jon Aaron

Wednesdays, January 8th - February 26th, 2025 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

Join us for an online eight-week course with New York Insight Teacher Jon Aaron exploring how we can live with uncertainty, not from a place of fear but with buoyancy, curiosity, and ease. We’ll discover how the teachings provide practical ways of coping with various threats and how we can cultivate joy in uncertainty instead of battling it in the hope of clinging to certainties that ultimately will not last. Find out more

Online: Life and Death Through the Eyes and Heart of the Buddha

with Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm

Sunday, January 12th, February 2nd, March 2nd, April 6th, May 4th, June 8th, July 6th, August 3rd, September 7th, October 5th, November 2nd, December 7th, 2025 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

This yearlong course is about living fully in each moment of your life through the Buddha’s perspective—his core teachings. We will explore our thoughts and feelings about dying and how this process awakens us all to the preciousness of this life. Once a month for all of 2025, we will meet to discuss how Buddhist teachings can help us greet death with an open, loving mind. Find out more

In-Person: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation

with Elaine Retholtz

Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 from 9:30am - 12:00pm

In this free MBSR session, we will explore mindfulness practices that are accessible to individuals of any background and experience level. It will also offer insight into reclaiming control over one's well-being, cultivating resilience, and embracing a life of mindful presence. Find out more

In-Person and Online: Buddhist Meditation and Internal Family Systems – A Daylong Retreat

with Ralph de la Rosa

Saturday, January 18th, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

Self-compassion could heal every part of you, if you stayed with it long enough. It also opens the door to the deepest of insights. This daylong retreat is a primer in how to open to this presence in meditation and extend it towards parts of the psyche stuck on the treadmill of affliction. Drawing on the integration of Buddhist principles and the Internal Family Systems model, as explored in Ralph De La Rosa’s new book Outshining Trauma, this retreat invites you into a transformative practice of presence and healing. Find out more

In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz

In-Person Course: Wednesdays, January 22nd - March 12th, 2025 | 9:30am - 12:00pm
In-Person Daylong:Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 | 9:30am - 5:00pm

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. Find out more

Events for January 8, 2025 - January 15, 2025 › Open to All

with Lani Miller

with Sharon Salzberg

with Lin Wang Gordon and Lani Miller

with Leslie Booker and Lin Wang Gordon

with Lani Miller

with Jon Aaron

with Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm

with Elaine Retholtz

with Ralph de la Rosa

with Elaine Retholtz