New York Insight Meditation Center

10/01/2025

Join us for a special live taping of the 10% Happier podcast with and comedian and actor

Together, they’ll explore how humor and meditation can interrupt self-importance, loosen our grip, and open us to joy—through conversation, guided meditation, and audience Q&A. 

Tuesday, November 18th 7–9pm ET at Marble Collegiate Church, NYC or online via livestream 

All proceeds support New York Insight Meditation Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3). 

Tickets available at nyimc.org

09/30/2025

Renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten joins New York Insight on Thursday, November 13th, 2025 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET, for a special evening event exploring three essential aspects of meditation: mindful attention, open awareness, and lovingkindness.

Through meditation, dharma talks, and Q&A, you’ll discover what it means to live more “like a Buddha,” and learn more about what it means to embrace each moment with openness and acceptance.

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In-Person and Online: Becoming More Like Buddha with Anam Thubten Thursday, November 13th, 2025 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

09/24/2025

We are living through a time of upheaval and unveiling—a period that asks us to face difficult truths.

To move through this moment, we need the courage to grieve: to honor change and loss, and to tend to our sorrow with compassion.

On Sunday, November 9, 2025, Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens will lead a special in-person and online workshop drawing on the sacred lineage of Ma Tara, the female Buddha of liberatory compassion, Lama Rod will guide us in ritual and energetic practice to help open and resource our hearts.

Join us to explore grief as a path to healing and liberation.

In-Person and Online: Honoring the Grieving Heart through Ma Tara with Lama Rod Owens Sunday, November 9th, 2025 | 10:00am - 5:00pm

09/22/2025

How do we meet the reality of chronic illness and pain without being consumed by struggle?

Join Toni Bernhard, acclaimed author of How to Be Sick, on Sunday, November 2nd, 2025, for a two-hour evening program on finding wisdom and compassion in the midst of health challenges. Through discussion, reflection, and meditation, Toni will share practices for meeting pain and illness with curiosity, resilience, and grace.

Learn more at nyimc.org

09/22/2025

How do we maintain inner tranquility and ease while remaining fully present to the world as it is, with all its beauty and suffering?

This delicate balance is the essence of equanimity—one of the most important qualities we can cultivate on the spiritual path.

On Saturday, September 27, 2025, join meditation teacher Jon Aaron for a special daylong retreat exploring how meditation nurtures this essential wisdom.

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In-Person and Online: The World Is Our Practice - Finding Presence and Peace in the Midst of It All with Jon Aaron

09/19/2025

Join us for a contemplative day of meditation and reflection amid the fall foliage at Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, NY on Sunday, October 12th, 2025.

Led by meditation teacher Lin Wang Gordon, we’ll begin our day with quiet exploration, meditating among the walkways and halls as we immerse ourselves in the presence of this living temple.

After a lovingly prepared vegetarian lunch offered by monastery volunteers, we’ll head outdoors to walk the grounds and appreciate the fall foliage, connecting with the changing season, the land, and our practice.

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In-Person: Sacred Homage - Fall Foliage and Nature Meditation at Chuang Yen Monastery with Lin Wang Gordon Sunday, October 12th, 2025 |

09/18/2025

We are living through a period of apocalypse, a chaotic period of truth telling and unveiling.

To move through this period, we must rely on our capacity to grieve, to touch into the sadness of change and loss and tend to it with compassion.

Through evoking the sacred lineage of Ma Tara, the female Buddha of liberatory compassion, Lama Rod Owens will lead a daytime program on Sunday, November 9th, 2025, exploring this liberating relationship with grief through guided ritual and energetic practice in order to open and resource our hearts.

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

In-Person and Online: Honoring the Grieving Heart through Ma Tara with Lama Rod Owens Sunday, November 9th, 2025 | 10:00am - 5:00pm

09/18/2025

Many of us struggle to offer ourselves compassion because we are identified with a limited, separate sense of self.

But when we connect with the heart of who we truly are—which is inherently wise, loving, and not separate from the whole—compassion flows effortlessly.

Join visiting teacher Caverly Morgan on Sunday, October 5th, 2025 for a half day workshop accessing and embodying loving Awareness, where natural wisdom and compassion reside.

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In-Person and Online: Connecting with the Source of Self-Compassion with Caverly Morgan Sunday, October 5th, 2025 | 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET

09/16/2025

If you're curious about or interested in taking a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course, we invite you to join Instructor Elaine Retholtz for an upcoming FREE in-person MBSR orientation session on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 from 9:30am - 12:00pm.

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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In-Person: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation with Elaine Retholtz Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 | 9:30am - 12:00pm In this free MBSR

09/15/2025

Many of us come to the meditation cushion looking for refuge from our anxiety, depression or any number of neurodiversities that we might feel are an impediment to our practices and our lives. And yet, they continue to pop up for us again and again.

In this special half-day workshop on Sunday, September 21st, , author and host of the 10% Happier podcast, and New York Insight’s Guiding Teacher, , will discuss how the dharma is actually uniquely equipped to help us deal with our depression and anxiety.

Through dharma talks, meditation, and group discussion, you’ll come to understand some basic tools to deal with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and overwhelm. You’ll also learn how to connect with your body and settle the mind in your most stressed-out moments.

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09/14/2025

In times of uncertainty and change, our breath can be a reliable and helpful anchor.

In this nourishing online session with meditation teacher Dalila Bothwell on Sunday, October 26th, 2025, we will practice the wisdom of conscious breathing and heart-centered awareness.

Unlike simply observing the natural breath in traditional meditation, breathwork involves actively engaging with the breath as a transformative tool – using rhythm, depth, and conscious direction to possibly access emotional release, somatic healing, and expanded states of consciousness.

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

Online: Steadying Our Center - Heartful Breathwork for These Times with Dalila Bothwell Sunday, October 26th, 2025 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm ET

09/14/2025

In an era of nonstop headlines and heightened emotions, it is difficult to consume the news without falling into despair, anxiety, or hopelessness.

But it is totally possible to meet the events of the world with a clear heart and mind.

Through guided meditation, Dharma reflections, somatic practices, and discussion, during this online evening event with special guest teacher Dawn Mauricio on Thursday, September 25th, 2025 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET, we will explore how to regulate our nervous system, cultivate discernment, and hold complexity with care.

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Online: Staying Informed, Staying Embodied - A Buddhist and Somatic Approach with Dawn Mauricio Thursday, September 25th, 2025 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm