Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

December Theme:

We will explore …

Teacher:

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the Mindfulness Meditation Live -BIPOC Teachers Scholarship Fund.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.mindfulnessmeditation.live/bipoc-scholarship-fund

November Theme: Finding rest in the holiday season -moments of gratitude and joy in a suffering world

Please join other MBSR graduates to experiment with practices that explore pleasant moments. We will look at feeling tones, at what feels pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. We will also explore the many ways that mindfulness strengthens awareness of the small joys in everyday life. Some of these are very short practices, useful anytime, anywhere--and especially helpful during a busy holiday season.

Teacher: Katie Crum

Katie is a certified MBSR teacher who has been offering the cuorse for 11 years. She has a special interest in mindfulness practices for teens and young adults. Her initial training in meditation came from the Zen tradition, and she is also a longtime student of Iyengar yoga.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the Shin Buddhist Community in Maui, one of the oldest Buddhist communities in the US.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://hongwanjihawaii.com/blog/2023/08/09/fire-updates/

September Theme: Recognizing the Fruition of Our Practice

How do we know when our meditation practice is taking hold?  In an MBSR class, many notice changes in their lives and how they respond to the world.  What are the possible fruits of practice that we may not even be aware of and what else is possible?  During this evening, we will practice together and explore the potential of our practice.

Teacher: Jon Aaron

Jon is co-founder of the MBSR New York Area Collaborative and a Founding Member of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative. He has been teaching MBSR since 2008 and training and mentoring new MBSR teachers since 2018.  

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

‘Every morning a new arrival
Welcome and entertain them all’
~ Rumi

This refresher will explore how we learn, and it is a learned process, to ‘welcome them all.’
Easy to do with the pleasant things in our Life, but let’s explore how we meet the challenges
using the tools of mindfulness.

Teacher: Bernice Todres

Bernice Todres MA LFABI has been teaching MBSR for close to 40 years. Her first teacher was Jon Kabat Zinn and he has remained her primary teacher. Bernice has offered MBSR at 3 hospitals in Massachusetts in the 20 years she lived there. Now, in New York she has taught at Sloan Kettering and currently teaches Veterans in Pain Management at the VA hospital in Manhattan.

Her volunteer work has been teaching older adults at Senior Centers primarily on Cape Cod from Falmouth to Provincetown and more recently, to older adults at the JCC here on the Upper West Side.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the Ali Forney Center. Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
Ali Forney Center https://www.aliforneycenter.org/donate

May Theme: Self-Compassion

Mindfulness and self-compassion are often referred to as the two wings of freedom from suffering. MBSR participants are often faced with judging mind, self-criticism and doubt in their formal and informal practices. This refresher session for MBSR alumni will include some of the classic MBSR practices with adaptations to include and even highlight self-compassion in the practice. Participants will gain an understanding of what self-compassion is, some of the commonly misunderstood concepts of self-compassion and insights as to how to include self-compassion in both formal and informal mindfulness practices.

Teachers: Craig Sloane and Katherine Marx

Katherine Marx is a certified Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and a family nurse practitioner living in New York City.

Craig Sloane is a psychotherapist with a private practice in NYC and is a qualified MBSR teacher through the Brown University Center for Mindfulness.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the Mindfulness Meditation Live - BIPOC Teachers Scholarship Fund.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.mindfulnessmeditation.live/bipoc-scholarship-fund

April Theme: Clarity

Along with the formal practice of the body scan, this refresher will incorporate a timed writing exercise to assist participants in gaining clarity on any obstacles to their practice and identifying new ways to address them in a supportive manner.

Teacher: Patrick Mellen

Patrick Mellen has been teaching MBSR through The Entertainment Community Fund. He received his MBSR Teaching Certificate from Brown in September of 2022.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

March Theme: True or False: “Suffering is Optional”

We hear that “Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.” Is that really true? Come see for yourself. At this month’s refresher, we’ll clarify the difference between pain and suffering—and understand how that difference can free us from old habits of reactivity. It’s one of the pivotal, potentially transformative insights of mindfulness. Our session will include sitting, mindful movement, and discussion. I look forward to practicing with you.

Teacher: Amy Gross

Amy Gross has been practicing mindfulness meditation since l994 and is a Qualified Teacher of MBSR through training given by the Center for Mindfulness in Worcester, MA. She’s a former editor in chief of O, The Oprah Magazine and a contributing editor at Tricycle, The Buddhist Review.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the BIPOC Teachers Scholarship Fund.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.mindfulnessmeditation.live/bipoc-scholarship-fund

Februrary Theme: Leaning into Compassion

We will explore awareness and compassion, sometimes described as two wings of a bird, are equally essential in mindfulness. Often mindfulness practices focus on awareness with compassion being implicit. This Refresher will focus on compassion practices in stillness, movement and discussion.

Teacher: Lucia McBee

Lucia McBee has taught MBSR and adapted Mindfulness practices for 28 years, focusing on underserved populations.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to7:30pm - Online on Zoom

This class is offered by donation to support the BIPOC Teachers Scholarship Fund.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.mindfulnessmeditation.live/bipoc-scholarship-fund

January Theme: Reset/Restart - Making home practice a habit

We will explore some tools and prompts that fellow meditators have discovered to get themselves started and keep themselves going.

Teacher: Katie Crum

Katie Crum is a certified MBSR teacher (Brown), who has been teaching the course for ten years. She is also a longtime Zen practitioner and decades-long Iyengar yoga student. In a previous life, she was an art historian/art museum professional.

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Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

This class is offered by donation to support the BIPOC Teachers Scholarship Fund.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.mindfulnessmeditation.live/bipoc-scholarship-fund

December Theme: Finding Rest

We will explore ways of finding rest in the midst of the full catastrophe. This will include short, "cat-sits," walking meditation--down the hall or down the street, and yoga--including restorative poses to use throughout the busy end-of-year season.

Teacher: Katie Crum

Katie Crum is a certified MBSR teacher (Brown), who has been teaching the course for ten years. She is also a longtime Zen practitioner and decades-long Iyengar yoga student. In a previous life, she was an art historian/art museum professional.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

This class is offered by donation to support the Ali Forney Center.
The suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.aliforneycenter.org/donate

November Theme: What We Take In: Cultivating a Mindful Relationship with Media, Information, Technology, and More

Do you feel overwhelmed by the constant shifting of our information landscape? Are you fatigued by the demands of media and technology? Are you curious about consuming more mindfully? Press the "off" button this evening, and revisit core principles and practices from MBSR to nourish you and create more space in your life.

Teachers: Dr. Tushar Bhagat & MT Regan

Dr. Tushar Bhagat is a biomedical scientist and medical school faculty member by day, and teaches MBSR and other stress reduction programs at his Medical institution. He is formally trained as a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher through University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Brown University. Dr. Bhagat firmly believes in the potential of science-based integrative mindfulness practices in reducing stress and increasing well-being to create conditions for a happier, more contented and meaningful life.

MT Regan is a mindfulness and meditation practitioner with diverse experience including insight meditation, foundations of mindfulness and mindfulness of breathing, and applied mindfulness. A qualified MBSR teacher (Brown University and Mindfulness Northwest) as well as a trained librarian, MT is passionate about healing information disorder, cultivating curiosity, and making contemplative practices accessible to all.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

October Theme:

Teacher:

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

September Theme:

Teacher:

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

August Theme:

Teacher:

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

July Theme:

Teacher:

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for a monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

June Theme: Freedom from the Inner Critic: A Mindfulness Approach  

Who doesn’t have those pesky critical voices badgering them from time to time? A common approach is to ignore, try to replace, or push away, but (maybe you’ve noticed) they often come back even stronger.

What if it turned out they’re actually well-intentioned (once we get to know them a little better with gentle curiosity) and we can befriend them for the greater good—Who knew?!

Join us for this light-hearted exploration of our critical parts. Class will include meditation, gentle movement, guided journaling, and discussion.

Teachers: Beej Christie Karpen & Dr. Douglas Scherer

Donations: Class is offered by donation to support The West Side Campaign Against Hunger https://www.wscah.org. Suggested donation is $20. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Beej Christie Karpen (SEP, IFS-L1, MBSR-Q is a Life Coach/Alternative Therapist. She utilizes IFS therapy (getting to know the different parts of oneself to create more harmony within the inner system), Somatic Experiencing (working with the emotional body) and hypnosis, all mindfulness-based practices that reach the deeper places of the self, leading to lifelong transformation. Beej is also the creator of “Conscious Drinking 101” workshops, geared for participants who’d like to learn mindfulness tools to reduce their drinking to healthier levels. More about Beej: Insight Out Coaching

Dr. Douglas Scherer (Ed.D., MBSR-QT, RYT200) has presented at a diverse array of international conferences including the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Oracle OpenWorld, and the Meaningful World Annual Mind-Body-Eco-Spirit Festival at the United Nations. Having achieved Qualified Teacher status in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness, Dr. Scherer champions the power of compassion and leadership presence. He is currently completing his certificate in Qigong Self Care and his research interests include real-time decision-making during extreme events, adult development, corporate ethics and compliance, reflective and critical learning, conscious leader development, embodied knowing, and mindfulness in organizations. His unique multi-faceted background is accompanied by many published articles, books, and papers. His most recent book, F.O.R.G.E.D.: Six Practices of Great Leaders in Volatile Times, was ranked #1 for a month on Amazon’s new release list. He is a Lecturer in Columbia University’s M.S. in Technology Management program and a seasoned information technology executive, experienced with developing worldwide collaborative teams and leading highly leveraged programs. Dr. Scherer’s long-term affiliation with Columbia University, where he received his M.S. and Doctoral degrees, includes many years as lecturer and course designer, as well as three years as Chair of the former Database and Design Certification program.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Theme: The Guiding Force of Intention

Teacher: Cheryl Kurash

 “… It’s my perspective that mindfulness is more than paying attention, it’s paying intention…Paying attention engages the mind. Paying intention additionally engages the will”

                     ~Jon Kabat-Zinn

 It is said that Intention operates in every moment, at the unconscious, subconscious or conscious level.  If unconscious or subconscious, it is possible you may end up… where you do not wish to be!  Conscious Intention is at the heart of Mindfulness practice in its centrality to setting a direction, choosing an action, and determining where we will end up.

 Our class this month will be one of deepening the conscious recognition of Intention, as it arises for you at this time in your life.  Join as we explore, through mindful practice, guided reflection and discussion, this first essential component of mindfulness.

 This class is offered by donation to support the Coalition for the Homeless. Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.

Donations:  http://coalitionforthehomeless.org

Cheryl Kurash, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist, certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Kripalu yoga teacher has been practicing and teaching mindfulness meditation for the past 35 years at Stony Brook University and currently in the community at Avalon Nature Preserve and via Zoom.  Her interest in the ways these disciplines intersect, diverge and inform each other deepens her understanding of mind-body-spirit integration and guides her teachings. Cheryl completed MBSR Teacher Training and received certification with the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at UMASS Medical School, under the auspices of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli and Florence Meleo-Meyer. Her ongoing study of contemplative practices includes Tibetan Buddhist (Shambhala) meditation, Vipassana (Insight) meditation, and Yoga.  In warmer months, she is a dedicated practitioner of mindful, open water swimming.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

April Theme: Fostering belonging & inclusion

It is intriguing how practicing together has the ability to create space for us to feel inspired, motivated and included.

Let us create this nurturing space together by refreshing our mindfulness practice.

We will unpack together ways to foster belonging and inclusion for ourselves by integrating, embodying our practice in our life.

Donations: 

Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://voices.org.ua/en/donat/

“Voices of Children” supports children across Ukraine with emergency psychological assistance and assisting in the evacuation process

Teachers:

Kalpana Galagali, M.A., B.A., B.A.

A Certified special education teacher in the California school system, Kalpana integrated mindfulness in her middle school classroom. A qualified MBSR teacher trained through the Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center, she aspires to develop formal Mindfulness Curriculum for school students to reduce their stress and anxiety. She has created and supports several weekly communities of mindfulness and yoga in the US and abroad. Kalpana is committed to bringing mindfulness to the world, one classroom at a time. 

Tushar D Bhagat, Phd, Ms, Ms, Msc

A Biomedical scientist & a medical school Faculty by day, Dr. Bhagat teaches MBSR & other stress reduction programs at his Medical institution. He is formally trained as a mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher through Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center and Brown University. Dr. Bhagat firmly believes in the potential of science based integrative mindfulness practices in reducing stress and increasing well-being to create conditions for a happier, content and meaningful life.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

March Theme: “Gently revisit familiar mindfulness practices”

Teacher: Mary Rothfusz

We will explore how we meet ourselves post-course and throughout our
daily challenges. Jack Kornfield shares, “through practice, gently and
gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully what
we do.”

We can approach our practice formally and informally, being gentle
when we meet the obstacles that can come in the way after we leave the
course.

Mary Rothfusz, MA, is a mindfulness meditation teacher who believes
that each day is an opportunity to embrace the present, follow your
passions and embrace your struggles. Mary spent two decades working in
the service industry until a work-related spinal injury acted as a
catalyst to motivate her to explore new avenues. Throughout her
recovery, Mary heavily relied on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
(MBSR) to relieve her pain, which transformed her life and led her
towards her true calling to help others relieve emotional and physical
pain through mindfulness. Mary has actively participated in many
mindfulness and yoga classes and trainings. She is a Qualified MBSR
teacher with the Mindfulness Center of Brown University.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm, join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

This class is offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Suggested donation is $20, and no one is turned away.
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/

February Theme: Freedom from the Inner Critic: A Mindful Approach

Teacher: Beej Christie Karpen

Who doesn’t have those pesky critical voices badgering them from time to time? A common approach is to ignore, try to replace, or push away, but (maybe you’ve noticed) they often come back even stronger.

What if it turned out they’re actually well-intentioned (once we get to know them a little better with gentle curiosity) and we can befriend them for the greater good—Who knew?? Join us for this light-hearted exploration of our critical parts. Class will include meditation, guided journaling, and discussion.

Beej Christie Karpen is a Life Coach/Alternative Therapist and Qualified MBSR Teacher. She practices IFS therapy (getting to know the different parts of oneself to create more harmony within the inner system), Somatic Experiencing (working with the emotional body) and hypnosis, all mindfulness-based practices that reach the deeper places of the self, leading to lifelong transformation. She is also the creator of “Conscious Drinking 101” workshops, geared for participants who’d like to learn mindfulness tools to reduce their drinking to healthier levels.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm
Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

December 19th 2021 : “Meeting each moment with awareness”

Each day is an opportunity to bring awareness to the tasks of the day and the transitions in between. There is the chance to explore what is happening in this moment, the next and each succeeding moment. Examining closely what is present whether it is pleasant, unpleasant or not much to notice. We will join together to practice movement and some stillness to drop into this space of awareness and knowing.

Jess Ergener has offered yoga, meditation and lovingkindness practices in yoga studios, schools, Gilda's Club and private homes to students of all ages. Jess hopes to make gentle movement and mindfulness practices accessible to students to foster self care as well as self-awareness as we navigate our daily experiences. Jess has received training in Structural yoga, Restorative yoga with Jillian Pransky, Mindful Schools, Lovingkindness & Compassion Meditation Teacher Training program (The Interdependence Project), and Open Heart Project Meditation Instructor Training with Susan Piver and Jenna Hollenstein as well as MBSR training through The Mindfulness Center at Brown.

Donations: Class is offered by donation to support New York Insight Meditation Center . Suggested donation is $20. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

November 21st 2021

Theme: Ease & Effort

Practice is about embracing both ease and effort, neither giving up nor bearing down. Wherever you've been since you took MBSR, Katie and Josh will welcome you back and gently guide you to reconnect and recenter before the holiday season unfolds.

with Josh Wright and Katie Crum.

Josh Wright was trained in MBSR as well as Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness techniques. A Harvard-educated economist whose career spans 3 continents, the pressure-cooker of Wall Street, and the halls of power at the Federal Reserve, his teaching is grounded in the working world as much as the meditation hall – and a unique appreciation for how they can inform each other. His engagement with contemplative practice also includes over 20 years of hatha yoga.

Katie Crum is a student of Zen in the Soto tradition and a practicing Episcopalian; she has studied yoga in the Iyengar tradition for more than 20 years. She took her first MBSR course in 1994 and is now certified to teach. As an art historian and museum professional most of her working life, Katie has a special interest in creativity and the joy that art and music bring to life. Another of her special interest is mindfulness for adolescents.

This session will be offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

October 17th 2021

Theme: pending
with Coleen Gallagher.

Colleen Gallagher, LMSW/LSW is a psychotherapist, educator, former performing artist and Mindfulness practitioner. She integrates trauma-informed psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation, flow state, somatic, social and expressive arts modalities, evidence-based practices (DBT, CMCM) contemplative traditions and research in behavioral health and neuroscience.

This session will be offered by donation to support the New York Insight Meditation Center.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

September 19th 2021

Theme: Creating Space for New Beginnings
with Liz Gluckstern

“It’s always hard to believe that the courageous step is so close to us”

- from “Beginning” by David Whyte 

Discover a sacred and radical truth; that the peace and happiness we seek is already within us. The year 2021 has both surprised and shaken us. Let's welcome the Fall by settling into stillness and silence with support of the MBSR community. As we open our hearts to compassion and possibility by sitting, moving and walking mindfully, we create space for new beginnings, hope and contentment.

Liz Gluckstern, CWPC, CLC, RYT-200: After learning of her family's Alzheimer's history in 2013, Liz’s trajectory went from laymen to yoga and mindfulness adept. She transitioned from working in the corporate world to healthcare. She now harnesses the opportunity of working at a hospital to share her meditation and movement practices with front line workers where she serves as an on-site wellness coach.

This session will be offered by donation to support the Alzheimer's Association.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us via Zoom for this monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York. Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

August 15th 2021

Theme: Exploring our potential for growth and discovery through mindfulness
with Tushar Bhagat and Katherine Marx

Tushar Bhagat: A cancer researcher and a Qualified MBSR instructor. Facilitates meditation and MBSR groups at Einstein-Montefiore medical system, the Mindful Leader and Columbia university.

Katherine Marx: a Certified MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) teacher and a family nurse practitioner.   She leads mindfulness groups at New York Insight Meditation Center and NYU Meyers College of Nursing.

This session will be offered by donation to support The Ali Forney Center.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm
Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.
These gatherings are happening via Zoom.

July 2021 theme: Working Mindfulness with Energy

As energy and awareness are intimately connected, we will explore practices that engage and move emotional energy and bring us back to greater balance and wellbeing.   

During our time together we will take time to visit the body and explore with kind curiosity places energy can become tight or blocked and how to support freeing emotional energy through somatic awareness and gentle opening.  

Instructor: Padma has taught mindfulness and meditation in Europe and the US for more than 20 years and is a qualified MBSR teacher with UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, and a Mindfulness for Health instructor with Breathworks UK.  She teaches mindfulness for staff and patients in a large hospital network and provides individual coaching and support to people dealing with life altering health conditions.  Padma is also a hospital chaplain. 

Class is offered by donation to support the NY Insight Meditation Center.
Offer a donation to NYIMC here 

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for a monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

June 2021 Theme: Mindfulness and Self-Care

During stressful periods, it is a radical act of self-care to pause and reconnect with ourselves. This is an invitation to gather together and engage in a compassionate exploration of the present moment experience. Through gentle practices of guided meditation, movement and dialogue we will attend to ourselves with kindness and explore what, if anything, is needed to reset and move forward feeling refreshed.

Zoom Information

Meeting ID: 859 9470 6332
Passcode: 703647

Teacher: Alison Restak

Alison completed MBSR teacher training at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at UMASS Medical School in 2016. She is a licensed clinical social worker, board certified music therapist and qualified MBSR teacher with over 16 years of experience working in the field of behavioral health and wellness. Alison believes in a holistic approach to emotional health care emphasizing the mind-body connection to promote self-awareness, acceptance and compassionate engagement with the world.

Class is offered by donation to support NY Insight Meditation Center 

Donate - New York Insight Meditation Center (nyimc.org) 

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

These gatherings are now happening via Zoom.

Check back closer to the date for updated information about teacher(s), theme and Zoom registration.

Have you been a participant in an MBSR program?

Join us for this new monthly practice group led by members MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York.

Get support in maintaining or deepening your mindfulness practice and explore opportunities to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. Re-connect with friends and meet others who are bringing these practices into their lives. Themes change every month, and teachers rotate.

Dates: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month, from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Suggested donation is $20, no one will be turned away.

These gatherings are now happening via Zoom.

April Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99862021749

April Theme: A time for renewal.

April is a time for renewal, re-birth, rejuvenation, and remembering to come home to our deepest intentions. Gather with other MBSR alumni and recommit to your practice. Whether you have been practicing intermittently or regularly, join us for a gentle opportunity to align with the practices that sustain mindful presence. Together, we will meditate in stillness and in movement in support of our relationship with beginners mind, patience, non-judging, trust, non-striving, acceptance and letting go.

Teachers:

Tam Terry is an advanced teacher of YogaTherapy and qualified MBSR instructor through Brown Center for Mindfulness. She teaches heart-centered, mindful movement in an alignment-based practice to help train people to access functional movement through healthy body dynamics

Craig Sloane is a psychotherapist in private practice in NYC and a qualified MBSRteacher through the Brown Center for Mindfulness. He has benefited immeasurably from cultivating mindfulawareness and looks forward to continuing to offer the practice to others. 

Class is offered by donation to support
New York Insight Meditation Center:
https://www.nyimc.org/donate/