New York Insight Meditation Center

12/02/2025

What if your body already carried the wisdom you need to heal, connect, and come home to yourself?

On Thursday, December 6th, join former Buddhist nun, Kaira Jewel Lingo for a special gathering exploring the intersection of meditation, dharma, and embodied practice. Each session includes time for stillness and contemplation, a dharma talk or shared inquiry, and InterPlay — a playful, powerful practice using movement, voice, storytelling, and deep listening to unlock the wisdom of the body.

Together we will create a space that welcomes laughter, tears, rest, and joy — a space where you can move freely, feel deeply, and be held in community. Through this practice, we remember what it feels like to trust ourselves, to breathe fully, and to belong.

We hope you can join us! Click for more info and to reserve your spot.

In-Person and Online: The Body Remembers Freedom - Meditation, InterPlay, and the Art of Coming Home to Yourself with Kaira Jewel Lingo

11/30/2025

How is true equanimity possible given the enormous amount of suffering we experience both individually and collectively? How do we navigate toward an equanimous heart-mind as wide and spacious as the entire world?

Join Rebecca Bradshaw, Guiding Teacher Emeritus of the Insight Meditation Society, on Saturday, December 13th, 2025 for a half-day meditation retreat exploring how mental suffering can shift to an expansive and compassionate presencing.

By building the capacity to hold our own pain, we are able to hold the world’s pain and unruliness as well.

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In-Person and Online: Embodied Equanimity in an Unruly World with Rebecca Bradshaw Saturday, December 13th, 2025 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

11/17/2025

Tomorrow, November 18th, and comedian will be at Marble Collegiate Church in NYC for a special live taping of the 10% Happier podcast, with an option to join online from anywhere.

A generous New York Insight donor has made tickets free for anyone under 30!

Visit nyimc.org to reserve your spot!

11/13/2025

Thanks to a generous donor, we’re now offering free tickets for anyone under 30 years of age!

Join bestselling author and podcast host Dan Harris and comedian Pete Holmes on Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET for a special live taping of the renowned 10% Happier Podcast.

Location: Marble Collegiate Church (1 West 29th Street, New York, NY) or live streamed online

Visit nyimc.org for more information and to pick up your tickets!

11/04/2025

What if your body already carried the wisdom you need to heal, connect, and come home to yourself?

This Thursday, November 6th, former Buddhist nun, Kaira Jewel Lingo and certified InterPlay Leader, Linds West Roberts will lead a gathering exploring the intersection of meditation, dharma, and embodied practice. Each session includes time for stillness and contemplation, a dharma talk or shared inquiry, and InterPlay — a playful, powerful practice using movement, voice, storytelling, and deep listening to unlock the wisdom of the body.

Together we will create a space that welcomes laughter, tears, rest, and joy — a space where you can move freely, feel deeply, and be held in community. Through this practice, we remember what it feels like to trust ourselves, to breathe fully, and to belong.

We hope you can join us! Visit nyimc.org more info and registration.

11/04/2025

The Buddha taught that freedom from suffering comes from letting go, but many of us have trouble letting go and simply resting, listening, and receiving.

Join meditation teacher Cara Lai on Thursday, December 18th, 2025 for an online evening exploring how to rest, let go, then move back towards action from a place of love instead of fear.

We hope you can join us! Click for more information and program registration.

Online: Liberation Through Deep Rest with Cara Lai Thursday, December 18th, 2025 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET The Buddha taught that freedom

11/04/2025

As our meditation practice matures, we may recognize the importance of relinquishing opinions, grudges, judgments, and resentments through honest reconciliation.

Join longtime mindfulness teacher and author Bob Stahl, Ph.D. on Thursday, December 4th, 2025, for a special online evening program on The Practices of Reconciliation, exploring how forgiveness and understanding can open the heart to deeper wisdom and ease.

Together we’ll explore four forms of reconciliation:

•With ourselves, for the times we’ve been harsh or unkind
•With those we’ve hurt
•With those who’ve hurt us
•And with the reality of things as they are

Through guided meditation, reflection, and discussion, Bob will help us discover how reconciliation can transform old patterns of resentment into compassion—for ourselves, others, and the world we share.

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Online: Making Peace and Reconciling the Heart with Bob Stahl, PhD Thursday, December 4th, 2025 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET As our

10/28/2025

Healing, connection, and freedom begin when you listen to your body.

Join The Body Remembers Freedom on Thursday, November 6, 2025. This monthly gathering with Kaira Jewel Lingo and Linds Roberts blends meditation, dharma, and InterPlay, a joyful embodied practice using movement, voice, and storytelling to awaken your body’s natural wisdom.

Come as you are. No performance, experience, or flexibility required. Just a willingness to be curious and present.

Together we create a space that welcomes laughter, tears, rest, and joy — a place to move freely, feel deeply, and be held in community. Through this practice, we remember what it means to trust ourselves, to breathe fully, and to belong.

Click for more info and to reserve your spot!

In-Person and Online: The Body Remembers Freedom - Meditation, InterPlay, and the Art of Coming Home to Yourself with Kaira Jewel Lingo and Linds Roberts

10/24/2025

Join us for an intimate in-person gathering with podcast host , comedian , and meditation teachers , , and on Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 from 5:00–6:00pm.

This special benefit event at New York Insight offers a rare opportunity to connect with our benefit’s featured guests in a relaxed and personal setting before our main Benefit Event later in the evening begins. 

Tickets at www.nyimc.org/event/warm-up

10/23/2025

In this two-day weekend retreat, join long-time friends and collaborators Booker Leslie and Dara Silverman on Saturday and Sunday, November 22nd-23rd, 2025 as they weave together somatic (body-based) practices and the heart practices of the Buddha’s teachings on loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity.

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In-Person and Online: Finding Care in the Overwhelm - Hope as a Counterculture Practice (Weekend Retreat) with Leslie Booker and Dara Silverman

10/23/2025

It’s no fun to get sick, have little stamina, or experience chronic physical pain.

Aside from reminding us that life is uncertain, unpredictable, and often does not conform to our wishes, these challenges can provide a measure of peace if we know how to respond skillfully.

Toni Bernhard, the acclaimed author of How to Be Sick, returns to NYI on Sunday, November 2nd, 2025, for a two-hour online program about adjusting gracefully to life with chronic pain and illness. She’ll use the Buddha’s teachings to address the specific challenges that those who are sick or in pain face.

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Online: A Buddhist Guide to Living with Chronic Pain and Illness with Toni Bernhard Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm

10/16/2025

It can often feel like we are rushing through our days, accumulating stress, missing out on meaningful moments, and making reactionary decisions. And even though we know that pace isn’t good for us, it's still hard to slow down.

Join New York Insight Guiding Teacher Leslie Booker on Saturday, November 1st, 2025, for a special daylong silent meditation retreat for those who want to reconnect and deepen their practice.

Together we will pause, reset, and find some much-needed mental space and clarity.

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In-Person and Online: Day of Insight - A Daylong Meditation Retreat with Leslie Booker Saturday, November 1st, 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm