New York Insight Meditation Center

10/03/2026

After a long wait and lots of anticipation, tomorrow’s the day! We’re looking forward to welcoming nearly 600 people at Symphony Space in NYC and hundreds more online, and we’d love for you to be there, too.

Tomorrow, Sunday, October 4th, three of the most influential voices in meditation will come together in NYC for a special evening benefiting New York Insight.

Join 10% Happier host and bestselling author Dan Harris and renowned meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein for a rare live conversation exploring how meditation and Buddhist wisdom can help us navigate anxiety, uncertainty, polarization, and rapid change while staying connected to joy, compassion, and one another.

Attend in person at Symphony Space or watch live online from 6:30–8:30pm ET.

Tickets are free for those under 30.

More info and registration at www.nyimc.org

Mindfulness

09/28/2026

Join bestselling author and psychiatrist Mark Epstein live online tomorrow, Tuesday, September 29th, for an evening exploring what Buddhist wisdom and Western psychotherapy can teach us about our own minds.

Celebrating the 30th anniversary edition of his renowned book, “Thoughts without a Thinker”, Mark will draw on decades of work as a psychiatrist and Buddhist practitioner for a conversation about meditation, suffering, and navigating daily life.

In-person tickets have sold out, but you can still join the conversation and meditation online.

Visit nyimc.org to reserve your spot!

09/21/2026

In the midst of the fear, despair, anxiety, and hope stirred by the advent of Al, deep questions about the nature of sentience and what we owe to one another are emerging.

In this online and in-person talk, neuroscientist and meditation teacher Dr. Sará King will explore how ancient contemplative wisdom and modern science are converging on questions that Al is now making urgently alive.

Visit nyimc.org for more info and to reserve your spot!

09/05/2026

On Tuesdays, September 8th – 29th, New York Insight welcomes four longtime meditation teachers and clinicians working at the intersection of Buddhist practice, psychotherapy, psychiatry, and neuroscience for a special series exploring the relationship between Buddhist practice and Western psychology.

You’re invited to join us online or in-person for the full series, a single session, or anything in between.

Visit nyimc.org for more info and to reserve your spot!

08/21/2026

On Sunday, October 4th, three of the most influential voices in meditation will come together at Symphony Space in NYC for a special live taping of the 10% Happier podcast benefiting New York Insight Meditation Center.

Join 10% Happier host and bestselling author Dan Harris and renowned meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein for a rare live conversation exploring how meditation and Buddhist wisdom can help us navigate anxiety, uncertainty, polarization, and rapid change while staying connected to joy, compassion, and one another.

Attend in person at Symphony Space or watch live online.

Tickets are free for those under 30.

Click for information and to reserve your spot!

A Special Benefit Event for New York Insight In-Person and Online: The Wisdom to Meet This Moment - A Live Taping of the 10% Happier Podcast

08/19/2026

Are you in your 40s and 50s and thinking about the second half of your life?

Midlife can arrive with a lot at once: menopause, greying hair, childcare, eldercare, career shifts, an empty nest, profound loss, or unexpected new beginnings. But it also comes with a depth of lived experience we simply did not have in our earlier years.
And while our culture often frames this period as a time of crisis, it can also be a powerful doorway into clarity, meaning, and renewed purpose.

This popular 5-month course with New York Insight Teacher Lin Wang Gordon, beginning on Sunday, September 13th, we will explore health, career, money, family, relationships, and the gifts that come with this time of life. Join us for one Saturday a month for meditation practice, journaling, buddy groups, and shared reflection to help deepen insight and build community.

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In-Person: Soul-Centric Mid-Life - A Five-Month Course with Lin Wang Gordon Five Sundays: September 13, October 11, November 8, December 6,

08/13/2026

Our lives are full of moments we don’t fully understand until we slow down and look.

Beginning Friday, September 18th, acclaimed writer and meditation teacher Tracy Cochran, author of "Presence: The Art of Being At Home in Yourself" and a contributor to The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Psychology Today, will lead a six-week workshop combining mindfulness meditation, Buddhist teachings, and reflective writing.

Over the course of the series, we’ll explore teachings on impermanence, suffering, compassion, and freedom, then use meditation and mindful writing to look more closely at the experiences that have shaped us and what they may have to teach.

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In-Person and Online: Write Like a Buddha - A Workshop Series for All with Tracy Cochran Fridays, September 18th - October 23rd,

08/12/2026

Meditation and therapy can both help us understand ourselves and work with suffering, but they approach that work in very different ways. What is meditation actually equipped to address, and where might therapy have something different to offer?

Beginning on Tuesday, September 8th, New York Insight presents "Beyond Therapy: Buddhism and Psychology", a special four-week series featuring four renowned meditation teachers and clinicians: Pilar Jennings, Paul Fulton, Dr. Sará King, and Mark Epstein.

Across four Tuesday evenings, they’ll explore some of the most compelling questions at the intersection of Buddhist practice and Western psychology, including:

• Trauma and self-compassion through Buddhist and psychotherapeutic perspectives
• Different understandings of suffering, happiness, and human nature
• Compassion, consciousness, and sentience in the age of AI
• What 30 years of dialogue between Buddhism and psychotherapy can teach us today

The series concludes with psychiatrist and bestselling author Mark Epstein, marking the 30th anniversary of his groundbreaking book "Thoughts Without a Thinker".

Attend in person at New York Insight or join us online. Come for one evening or the full four-week series.

In-Person and Online: Beyond Therapy - Buddhism and Psychology A four-week series featuring Pilar Jennings, Paul Fulton, Sará King, and Mark Epstein

08/12/2026

These are hard times. And many of us are discovering that caring deeply can be exhausting.

It’s hard to stay present without being swept away. Hard to keep your heart open without losing your footing. Hard to engage with what is happening around us without becoming overwhelmed by it.

On Saturday, August 15th, join meditation teacher and yoga instructor Oneika Mays for a special half-day retreat exploring upekkha, or equanimity, as something we can cultivate through the body.

Through gentle asana, therapeutic yoga, yoga nidra, and meditation, Oneika will guide us in practices for meeting difficult emotions and challenging circumstances without shutting down or being consumed by them.

You’ll come away with practical, body-based tools you can return to when life feels overwhelming, helping you stay connected to yourself, to others, and to what matters most.

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In-Person: Learning to Be With What Is - A Half-day Yoga Retreat with Oneika Mays Saturday, August 15th, 2026 | 10:00am

08/07/2026

How do we stay present to the suffering around us and within us without turning away?

For more than 2,500 years, Buddhist practice has wrestled with this question. Buddhist chaplaincy brings that inquiry directly into the places where people encounter illness, loss, uncertainty, conflict, and change, offering a way of meeting life with compassion, wisdom, and an open heart.

Join ordained Zen Buddhist chaplain Mary Myoku Re*****on on Thursday, October 1st from 6:30–8:30 p.m. ET for an evening exploring Buddhist chaplaincy not only as a form of spiritual caregiving, but as a way of living.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to meet suffering and joy with radical inclusivity, examine the habits and assumptions that separate us from one another, and consider how service can deepen our understanding of love.

Mary will also share stories from her own work as a chaplain and what being present with others through some of life’s most difficult moments has taught her about compassion, connection, and loving.

Join us for this special evening of reflection, inquiry, and practice.

In-Person and Online: A Path of Radical Inclusion - An Introduction to Buddhist Chaplaincy with Rev. Mary Myoku Re*****on Thursday, October 1st,