New York Insight Meditation Center

12/21/2025

New York Insight and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review are deeply honored to host our dear friend and renowned Buddhist monk Bhante Buddharakkhita on Saturday, January 10th, 2026.

This special day will center around The Joy of the Dhamma and will begin with a morning of practice and reflection with Bhante. In the afternoon Bhante will discuss the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Uganda Buddhist Centre, and he will be interviewed by New York Insight’s Guiding Teacher Leslie Booker, who was its first guest!

Please join us in this day of celebration and joy!

In-Person and Online: The Joy of the Dhamma - A Special Event with Bhante Buddharakkhita with Bhante Buddharakkhita and Leslie Booker Co-Sponsored

12/18/2025

Not all anger is the same.

Anger is often treated as something to suppress, tightly managed, or released, but in our life and practice it arises in many forms, each with its own function and meaning.

In this two-part online series on Saturdays, January 17th and 24th, 2026, meditation teacher and former Buddhist nun, Amma Thanasanti offers a trauma-informed exploration of anger, supporting discernment, clarity, and safety in how we understand and work with difficult emotions.

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

Online: Understanding Anger - A Trauma-Informed Approach (Two-Part Workshop) with Amma Thanasanti Saturdays, January 17th and 24th, 2026 | 9:30am - 12:30pm

12/18/2025

Are you new to meditation, or an experienced meditator looking to refresh your practice?

In this experiential online and in-person course beginning Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Insight meditation teacher David Grogan introduces the essential tools of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the Buddha’s systematic guide to practicing insight meditation.

Through guided practice and teaching, you’ll explore key facets of mindfulness, including how to focus attention, cultivate embodied awareness, work with strong emotions, manage emotional reactivity, relate skillfully to distracting thoughts and rumination, and cultivate kindness and care through meditation.

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In-Person and Online: The Essential Insight Meditation Toolkit with David Grogan Tuesdays, January 13th - February 3rd, 2026 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm

12/11/2025

Join us for a special online exploration of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, as a contemplative mindfulness practice.

Led by author, architect, feng shui educator, and longtime ikebana teacher Anjie Cho, beginning Sunday, January 18th, 2026, this three-week online program is a chance to slow down, connect with nature, and work directly with attention and form.

You’ll learn to sense the qi or life force of flowers, understand the Buddhist and Taoist principles that inform dharma art, and create your own arrangements at home with step-by-step guidance.

No experience required. Click for more information and to join us!

Online: The Way of Flowers - Exploring Ikebana As A Mindfulness Practice with Anjie Cho Sundays, January 18th - February 1st, 2026

12/10/2025

Many of us are feeling more sensitive these days, more easily overwhelmed, unsure, or simply worn down by the state of the world.

In this upcoming online workshop on Sunday, January 11th, 2026, long-time dharma teacher Stephen Fulder will explore how these moments of difficulty can become a wake-up call instead of something that shuts us down.

Drawing on thirty years of teaching in the midst of intense Middle East conflict, Stephen will offer practical reflections on how we can cultivate equanimity, the quality the Buddhist tradition describes as being an island in the storm.

Together we will look at how to access a form of wisdom and compassion that is less personal and more universal, and how that wider perspective can become a genuine source of strength.

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Online: How to Thrive in Hard Times with Stephen Fulder Sunday, January 11th, 2026 | 10:00am - 1:00pm ET We are faced

12/10/2025

12/04/2025

Join us for a daylong exploration of 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.

🗓 Sunday, January 11th, 2026 | 2:00–4:30pm 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 - Exploring Ikebana as a Mindfulness Practice with Anjie Cho Sunday, January 11th, 2026 | 2:00pm -

12/04/2025

If you are in your 40s/50s and thinking about the second half of your life, join us for a five-month course exploring our underlying emotions around midlife issues.

What are our fears, doubts, agitation, hopes, and dreams? How do we make peace with the life we have led so far? How do we live a fulfilling life with the time we have left? How do we let go of our former selves and keep evolving?

In this five-month course beginning on Saturday, January 10th, 2026, and led by meditation teacher Lin Wang Gordon, we will use inquiries, experiential exercises, and meditation practice to explore our underlying emotions around midlife issues. We will build community through sharing, dialogues, and group work.

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In-Person: Soul-Centric Mid-Life - A Five-Month Course with Lin Wang Gordon Five Saturdays: January 10th, February 7th, March 7th, April 4th,

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!