New York Insight Meditation Center

01/16/2026

If you're curious about or interested in taking a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course, we invite you to join Instructor Jon Aaron for an upcoming FREE online MBSR orientation session on Friday, January 23rd, 2026 from 12:00pm - 2:30pm ET.

In this 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.

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Online: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation   with Jon Aaron   Friday, January 23rd, 2026 | 12:00pm - 2:30pm ET     In this free

01/16/2026

The Buddha’s First Noble Truth begins with a simple statement: there is dukkha.

Translated as suffering or dissatisfaction, dukkha describes a universal human experience. Loss, change, and uncertainty are unavoidable, yet most of us are never taught how to meet them.

In early Buddhist teachings, suffering is not treated as a problem to solve. It is understood as the starting point of transformation.

Beginning February 5th, this three-part online series with meditation teacher Jon Aaron explores the positive nidanas, a sequence of teachings that describe how clarity and confidence arise through direct experience. Through guided meditation, teaching, and discussion, the series draws from early Buddhist sources and the work of Pema Chödrön.

Designed for those navigating grief, transition, or instability, this program offers a grounded approach to working with suffering in daily life.

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Online: When Sh*t Hits the Fan - Broken Heart Dharma (Three-Part Series) with Jon Aaron Part 1: When Things Fall Apart (Feb.

01/16/2026

When stress takes over, we cling to familiar thoughts, habits, and identities to feel safe. These patterns are not failures. They are intelligent survival responses from the nervous system.

On Thursday, February 5th, 2026, join meditation teacher and Somatic Experiencing® practitioner Kathy Cherry for a two hour evening class exploring a body based approach to stress and reactivity.

Through somatic meditation, mindfulness, and gentle movement, you will learn to recognize stress responses as signals rather than problems to fix, and begin to cultivate a felt sense of safety that supports clarity and choice.

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In-Person and Online: Nervous System Reset - An Introduction to Somatic Meditation with Kathy Cherry Thursday, February 5th, 2026 | 6:30pm -

01/16/2026

Feeling stuck in old patterns? Wondering whether meditation actually changes anything about how you move through the world?

Join dharma teacher and psychologist nico hase this Sunday, January 18th, 2026, for an exploration of how meditation helps us shift deeply ingrained habits—not as a quick fix, but as a steady practice that changes how we meet difficulty, relate to others, and show up for our lives.

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Online: Getting Unstuck - How Meditation Changes Your Life with nico hase Sunday, January 18th, 2026 | 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET Feeling

01/16/2026

How you set up your bedroom has a real impact on your energy and focus.

Join feng shui expert Anjie Cho for an evening workshop on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, exploring how your bedroom can support clarity, vitality, and intention as you enter the new year.

In this session, you’ll learn how to use feng shui to set clear intentions for the year ahead and activate them through thoughtful, practical adjustments to your space.

Through color, placement, and intention, you’ll explore how your bedroom can reflect your inner life and support greater focus, renewal, and calm.

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In-Person and Online: Explore Your Feng Shui Bedroom Mandala for the Year of the Fire Horse with Anjie Cho Thursday, January 22nd,

01/15/2026

What does the dharma sound like when it speaks from the Black experience?

In this video, Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad discusses New York Insight's new month-long Black Dharma video teaching series that brings Buddhist teachings into conversation with Black lived experience, history, and wisdom, offering perspectives that deepen reflection, resilience, and care for one another.

Beginning February 2nd, receive a short prerecorded video dharma talk each weekday in February from 20+ renowned Black dharma teachers including Rima Vesely-Flad, Lama Rod Owens, Rhonda Magee, Tuere Sala, Bhante Buddharakkhitta, Leslie Booker, Jan Willis, and others.

**Register during this MLK Day weekend for a special 40% discount!**

These teachings explore how practice can hold grief and joy, struggle and beauty, and how love can function as a way of living in relationship with the world.

People of all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome.

Visit NYIMC.org to learn more and to join us!

01/12/2026

What does the dharma sound like when it speaks from the Black experience?

New York Insight presents a month-long Black Dharma video teaching series that brings Buddhist teachings into conversation with Black lived experience, history, and wisdom, offering perspectives that deepen reflection, resilience, and care for one another.

Beginning February 2nd, receive a short prerecorded video dharma talk each weekday in February from 20+ renowned Black dharma teachers including Lama Rod Owens, Rhonda Magee, Tuere Sala, Bhante Buddharakkhitta, Leslie Booker, Jan Willis, and others.

These teachings explore how practice can hold grief and joy, struggle and beauty, and how love can function as a way of living in relationship with the world.

People of all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome.

Visit NYIMC.org to learn more and to join us!

01/12/2026

Celebrating Black Dharma Voices – A Daylong Retreat for the BIPOC Community on Sunday, February 8th, 2026.

Over the course of this day of practice, we’ll explore how both Buddhist and Black traditions teach us how to embrace paradox with grace—to hold grief and joy, struggle and triumph, as equal parts of the whole.

If you are Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color, we invite you to join us for this online or in-person daylong retreat with Leslie Booker and Rashid Hughes.

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In-Person and Online: Celebrating Black Dharma Voices – A Daylong Retreat for the BIPOC Community with Leslie Booker and Rashid Hughes Sunday,

01/12/2026

What does the dharma sound like when it speaks from the Black experience?

New York Insight presents a month-long Black Dharma video teaching series that brings Buddhist teachings into conversation with Black lived experience, history, and wisdom, offering perspectives that deepen reflection, resilience, and care for one another.

Beginning February 2nd, receive a short prerecorded video dharma talk each weekday in February from 20+ renowned Black dharma teachers including Lama Rod Owens, Rhonda Magee, Tuere Sala, Bhante Buddharakkhitta, Leslie Booker, Jan Willis, and others.

These teachings explore how practice can hold grief and joy, struggle and beauty, and how love can function as a way of living in relationship with the world.

People of all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome.

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Online: Living An Ethic of Love - Celebrating Black Dharma Teachings with Leslie Booker, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Devin Berry, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Lama Rod Owens, Myokei Caine Barrett, Rhonda V. Magee, Bhante

01/09/2026

We are thrilled to launch our Insight Family Program series with an afternoon with renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg on Sunday, January 18th, 2026.

Sharon will be introducing and sharing from her new children’s book, "Kind Karl".

After listening to a read aloud, children will have the chance to engage in a mindful art and play while parents gather with Sharon to discuss meeting the joys and challenges of family life with mindfulness.

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In-Person: Mindful Kids Series featuring Sharon Salzberg and her new children’s book, Kind Karl Sunday, January 18th, 2026 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

01/05/2026

Why do the same habits of thought and emotion keep creating unnecessary struggle?

Buddhist psychology, also known as Abhidharma, offers a clear and practical way of understanding how the mind actually works. It examines how thoughts, emotions, sensations, and perceptions arise moment by moment and shape how we experience our lives.

When these patterns become visible, they become workable.

On Saturday, January 31, 2026, join senior Buddhist teacher and Grammy nomimated musician David Nichtern for a daylong, experiential introduction to Buddhist psychology. Through meditation, teaching, and discussion, this workshop emphasizes insight and real change rather than abstract theory.

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In-Person and Online: Buddhist Psychology - Understanding Your Mind and The Abhidharma Teachings with David Nichtern Saturday, January 31st, 2026 | 10:00am

01/05/2026

What are you holding that no longer needs to be carried?

Join New York Insight Guiding Teacher Leslie Booker on Sunday, January 25, 2026, for a daylong meditation program exploring what we can offer, how we care for what matters, and what we may need to lay down in order to ease suffering.

Through Buddhist teachings, discussion, and time for contemplation, the day invites reflection on generosity, ethical action in a complex world, and the freedom that can come from letting go.

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In-Person and Online: What Can I Offer, How Can I Care, What Can I Lay Down? with Leslie Booker Sunday, January 25th,