New York Insight Meditation Center

New York Insight Meditation Center New York Insight is an urban center for the practice of mindful awareness and Vipassana meditation.

New York Insight is a meditation center where you can learn and practice Insight Meditation, also known as Vipassana meditation. NYI programs include talks, weekly sittings and courses as well as daylong and weekend retreats and workshops for the integration of meditation teachings into daily life. NYI strives to be a center that reflects the vivid diversity of the city in which we live. Our center is a place where everyone of different ages, nationalities, cultures, languages, ethnicities, sexual orientation, and spiritual backgrounds is welcome to begin or deepen meditation practice based on the teachings of the Buddha.

It can often feel like we are rushing through our days, accumulating stress, missing out on meaningful moments, and maki...
02/23/2026

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 Teachers Lani Miller and Elaine Retholtz on Saturday, February 28th, 2026, for a special in-person or online 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 Elaine Retholtz and Lani Miller Saturday, February 28th, 2026 |

Most of us want to act with wisdom and compassion, yet we often find ourselves repeating patterns that cause harm or fru...
02/23/2026

Most of us want to act with wisdom and compassion, yet we often find ourselves repeating patterns that cause harm or frustration.

The meditative path encourages us to let go — but what does that really mean? And how can we release old habits without withdrawing from life?

In this three-hour online program on Saturday, March 21st, 2026, renowned Buddhist teacher Martine Batchelor will guide us through four stages of letting go. Through meditation and reflection, we’ll explore our triggers, habits, and conditioned reactions, and discover how mindfulness opens space for wiser, more creative responses.

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Online: Letting Go in Four Stages with Martine Batchelor Saturday, March 21st, 2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ET Most of us try

On Thursday, March 12th, 2026 (6:30–8:30pm ET), join Kaira Jewel Lingo and Linds Roberts for a live, experiential worksh...
02/18/2026

On Thursday, March 12th, 2026 (6:30–8:30pm ET), join Kaira Jewel Lingo and Linds Roberts for a live, experiential workshop exploring what happens when the body is given a break from effort.

Through gentle InterPlay and meditation practices, we’ll create space to:

• Step out of striving and productivity
• Reconnect with natural spontaneity
• Let creativity arise without pressure or performance

Part of The Body Remembers Freedom series, this evening is an invitation to experience what becomes possible when nothing needs to be achieved.

Join online or in person. Reserve your spot now.

In-Person and Online: The Power of Play - Improvisation, Trust, and The Gift of Aimlessness Part of The Body Remembers Freedom Series

Are you caught in an addiction relapse cycle and ready to heal the deeper patterns that fuel it? Join us on Saturday, Ap...
02/18/2026

Are you caught in an addiction relapse cycle and ready to heal the deeper patterns that fuel it?

Join us on Saturday, April 11th, 2026 , for a daylong retreat led by meditation teacher George Haas that integrates meditation, attachment repair, and relapse prevention to heal addiction at its root.

This offering is for you if…

•You’re interested in learning more about attachment theory and addiction (no need to identify as an addict to attend).
•You’re in recovery and/or navigating addiction (or have in the past) and are ready to move beyond “just staying sober” into healing the attachment patterns that drive relapse and chronic disconnection.

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In-Person and Online: The Heart of Addiction - Working with Shame, Repairing Attachment Wounds with George Haas Saturday, April 11th, 2026 |

Joy shouldn't be something we have to chase or dependent on circumstances lining up just right.In the Buddhist tradition...
02/12/2026

Joy shouldn't be something we have to chase or dependent on circumstances lining up just right.

In the Buddhist tradition, joy is understood as an inner capacity—something that can be cultivated, strengthened, and lived into with practice.

In this 4-week course with meditation teachers Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm on Saturdays, March 7th – 28th, 2026, you’ll learn to open the heart and train your attention toward the subtle moments where joy is already present.

Through meditation, reflection, and teachings from the Buddha—especially the Brahma Viharas—we’ll explore how to recognize and deepen well-being in everyday life.

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Online: Cultivating Simple Joy in Daily Life - A Four-Week Course with Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm Saturdays, March 7th – 28th,

🏮🌕 Lunar New Year Meditation Sit and Potluck 🌕🏮Led by meditation teacher Lin Wang Gordon, the New York Insight's Asian D...
02/11/2026

🏮🌕 Lunar New Year Meditation Sit and Potluck 🌕🏮

Led by meditation teacher Lin Wang Gordon, the New York Insight's Asian Diaspora Sangha invites you to gather on Friday, February 20th, 2026 from 6:30–9:00pm ET for an in-person evening of reflection, connection, and celebration as we welcome the Lunar New Year.

Together we’ll honor ancestry and heritage, share what this holiday means to us, and enjoy a vegetarian potluck in community.

Offered by donation, this is a dedicated space for those who self-identify as members of the Asian Diaspora.

We look forward to celebrating together in joy and presence.

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In-Person: Lunar New Year Sit and Potluck for the Asian Diaspora Sangha   with Lin Wang Gordon   Friday, February 20th, 2026 | 6:30pm

Join us for an evening exploring ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, as a contemplative mindfulness practic...
02/11/2026

Join us for an evening exploring ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, as a contemplative mindfulness practice.

Led by renowned author, feng shui educator, architect, and longtime ikebana teacher, Anjie Cho, this program is a chance to slow down, connect with nature, and create something beautiful.

You’ll learn to work with the qi (life force) of flowers, gain insight into Buddhist and Taoist principles of dharma art, and leave with your own flower arrangement to take home.

🗓 Thursday, March 5th, 2026 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
✨ All materials provided
🌿 No experience necessary
📍at New York Insight Meditation Center at 115 West 29th Street, 12th floor, New York, NY

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In-Person: The Way of Flowers - Evening Ikebana with Anjie Cho Thursday, March 5th, 2026 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

Grief doesn’t just show up after a major loss.It shows up in quieter ways too—through unexpected change, uncertainty, th...
02/11/2026

Grief doesn’t just show up after a major loss.

It shows up in quieter ways too—through unexpected change, uncertainty, the accumulation of what hasn’t gone as hoped, or the simple ache of caring deeply in a fragile world.

In our next The Body Remembers Freedom Series on Thursday, February 12th, 2026, teachers Kaira Jewel Lingo and Linds West Roberts invite us to gently open to grief as a living, embodied experience—one we can meet with care rather than avoidance.

Through meditation, reflection, simple movement, and welcoming our voices, we’ll practice staying connected to ourselves and one another while touching what has been lost. Rather than trying to fix or bypass grief, the evening offers space to listen to it, honor it, and allow it to move through the body with compassion.

When grief is met in this way, it can soften isolation and deepen our capacity for love, connection, and belonging.

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In-Person and Online: Opening to Grief - Making Space for Love, Loss, and What We Carry Part of The Body Remembers Freedom Series

Do you struggle with focus, follow-through, or managing your time and energy? Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, ...
02/11/2026

Do you struggle with focus, follow-through, or managing your time and energy? Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, or frustrated with yourself despite your best efforts?

These experiences are often described as ADHD, but they are also common responses to the pace, complexity, and constant stimulation of modern life. Over time, they can quietly undermine our confidence, reliability, and self-trust.

In this online half-day retreat on Sunday, February 15th, 2026, meditation teacher and author Mark Coleman offers a mindfulness-based approach to working skillfully with attention and executive function challenges.

Open to all, this program offers guided meditation and practical teaching to help support focus, emotional regulation, and follow-through with greater clarity and self-compassion.

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Online: You Are Not Your Fault - Meeting ADHD with Mindfulness, Wisdom, and Compassion with Mark Coleman Sunday, February 15th, 2026 |

The Five Precepts form the foundation of Buddhist ethics in the insight tradition. Yet for q***r people in 21st century ...
02/11/2026

The Five Precepts form the foundation of Buddhist ethics in the insight tradition. Yet for q***r people in 21st century America, they can also be a little…. fraught.

In this 5 month series with Leslie Booker, Jay Michaelson, and Jacoby Ballard, beginning on Tuesday, February 17th, we’ll take an honest, deep, and participatory dive into the precepts.

We’ll explore where they serve us, and where they may not. We’ll work with the complexities that come with any 2500-year-old tradition, particularly one which often promotes monasticism as an ideal.

Ultimately, we hope to arrive at multiple ways of navigating ethics and community together. (And since we take an expansive definition of q***rness, you’re welcome to join if that word speaks to your experience.)

You are welcome to sign up for the full course, a single session, or anything in-between!

In-Person and Online: Q***r Eye(s) on the Precepts with Leslie Booker, Jay Michaelson, and Jacoby Ballard, assisted by Steph McIsaac Four Tuesday

This Saturday, February 14th, 2026, (Valentine’s Day) join New York Insight teacher Brian Simmons for an afternoon that ...
02/11/2026

This Saturday, February 14th, 2026, (Valentine’s Day) join New York Insight teacher Brian Simmons for an afternoon that reframes our relationship to love.

Instead of treating it as a moral pinnacle or emotional performance, we’ll explore Loving Awareness—a basic quality of our own nature, present even when kindness or compassion feels out of reach.

Through guided meditation and discussion, we’ll meet self-criticism, difficult emotions, and habitual resistance—not as problems to fix, but as experiences to observe with openness. From this perspective, forgiveness, compassion, and even healing natuarlly arise.

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In-Person: Cringe-Free Love - A Valentine’s Day of Awakening with Brian Simmons Saturday, February 14th, 2026 | 12:00pm - 2:00pm ET (1

These days, we hear a lot about “being in the body.” But what might this really mean?Join longtime mindfulness teacher a...
02/11/2026

These days, we hear a lot about “being in the body.” But what might this really mean?

Join longtime mindfulness teacher and author Bob Stahl, Ph.D. on Thursday, March 5th, 2026, for a special online evening guiding 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 how to think about our body as made up of four primary elements: solidity, liquidity motion, and temperature.

This practice is recommended for those seeking new healing ways to relate to their bodies.

Anyone who is curious about this special meditation practice is welcome to attend.

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Online: Your History Is Here Inside Your Body with Bob Stahl Thursday, March 5th, 2026 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET These days,

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