Archive of Retreats and Gatherings

May, 2013

• Jion Susan Postal and Myozan Dennis Keegan: Empty Hand Zen Center Retreat
  Friday, May 3 – Sunday, May 5
  With prerequisites
  This weekend of strong silent sitting practice offers both Dharma Talks and face-to-face meetings (dokusan) for participants.
• Awakening Together: Conflict And Freedom - A Vipassana Insight Dialogue Retreat With Gregory Kramer & Gina Sharpe
  Friday, May 10 – Thursday, May 16
  With prerequisites
  In a relational meditation practice based on Vipassana Insight Meditation, the mind is invited to stillness and keen mindfulness as we engage in dialogue with others.
• Garrison Institute Personal Retreat Weekend
  Friday, May 10 – Sunday, May 12
  Open to the public
  A silent, unstructured personal retreat for meditators with a developed practice and those seeking renewal in the serenity of a contemplative environment.
• Self-Realization Fellowship: Regional Weekend Retreat
  Friday, May 17 – Sunday, May 19
  With prerequisites
  A weekend of spiritual fellowship, dwelling on the Self-Realization teachings of meditation and concentration, and the art of living, as taught by Paramahansa Yogananda.
• Innovations for Poverty Actions: Global Conference and Training
  Sunday, May 19 – Friday, May 24
  By invitation
  Semi-Annual Country Director’s Conference
• GreenFaith: Fellowship Spirit Retreat
  Monday, May 20 – Thursday, May 23
  By invitation
  Focusing on sacred texts, religious teachings, liturgical resources, and spiritual practices related to the environment.
• Gelek Rimpoche: Jewel Heart Annual Spring Retreat
  Friday, May 24 – Monday, May 27
  Open to the public
  Renowned Tibetan Buddhist master Gelek Rimpoche uniquely shares his deep understanding of the profound and vast tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
• Garrison Institute Transforming Trauma Initiative: The Human Dimensions of Resilience - A Forum on Engaging and Empowering People, Networks and Communities
  Tuesday, May 28 – Wednesday, May 29
  With prerequisites
  A gathering of researchers from the fields of biology, psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative science to investigate the contributions of contemplative practices to individual and community resilience.
• Leading Differently: A Mindful Leadership Retreat for Non-Profit Leaders
  Friday, May 31 – Saturday, June 1
  Open to the public
  A weekend of mindfulness training that cultivates and strengthens the innate capacities that enable us to lead with excellence.
• Rimay Monlam: Tibetan Buddhist Peace Prayer Gathering
  Friday, May 31 – Monday, June 3
  Open to the public
  A special time for meditation, inspiration, celebration and consecration, centered around recitations from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition performed by the assembly of practitioners.

April, 2013

• Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation: The Dragon's Way: Deep Dive with Qigong
  Friday, April 5 – Sunday, April 7
  Open to the public
  Using the principles of traditional Chinese medicine and its understanding of natural law to help you to gain an understanding of how to bring greater balance in your life.
• Ray Ruzan Cicetti and Debra Seido Martin: Living a Life That Matters - Zen Workshop
  Friday, April 5 – Sunday, April 7
  Open to the public
  This retreat has been cancelled.
• Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World: A Mindfulness Meditation Weekend for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Communities
  Friday, April 12 – Monday, April 15
  Open to the public
  A mindfulness meditation weekend for LGBTIQ communities, taking refuge in wisdom, compassion and the company of spiritual friends.
• Toko Kyudojo: Annual Spring Intensive with Don Symanski - Working with Obstacles
  Thursday, April 18 – Sunday, April 21
  With prerequisites
  Zen archery program including long distance practice, instruction, discussion and evening presentations.
• An Urban Earth Day Meal
  Thursday, April 18 – Thursday, April 18
  Open to the public
  Join us for a talk and a convivial dinner in the Garrison Institute dining room. Jonathan Rose will talk about green urbanism, a movement that is making for healthier cities. Our menu is filled with classic NYC dishes.
• Fr. Carl Arico & Mary Anne Best: The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living – On The Contemplative Christian Journey
  Friday, April 19 – Thursday, April 25
  Open to the public
  A time apart to listen, reflect, be still and move into your inmost being and discover within the Mystery of the Divine everywhere and in everything.
• Center for Understanding in Conflict: Mediation Intensive Training
  Wednesday, April 24 – Sunday, April 28
  Open to the public
  A professional training retreat, providing both experienced mediators and those new to the field with the perspective and skills necessary to work within the Center’s model of mediation.
• Rigpa Spiritual Care Program: Healing Relationships
  Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
  Open to the public
  A weekend retreat focused on healing hurt in relationships, resolving unfinished business and re-connecting with our inner peace and well-being.
• Columbia Business School, Columbia University: Mindfulness Retreat
  Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
  By invitation
  A retreat for graduate students at Columbia Business School to encourage a deeper understanding of themselves through mindfulness and contemplative practices.
• Lighthouse Retreat and Wellness Center: Express Yourself Women's Retreat
  Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
  Open to the public
  A weekend retreat for women for exploring what it is that holds us back from expressing our true essence.
• Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the Awakened Heart Project: Jewish Meditation Teacher Training
  Monday, April 29 – Sunday, May 5
  With prerequisites
  Training cohort for the next generation of Jewish mindfulness meditation teachers, combining guided personal practice, reflection, study, and mentoring.

March, 2013

• Sensei Janet Jiryu Abels and Sensei Gregory Hosho Abels: Still Mind Zendo Retreat
  Friday, March 1 – Sunday, March 3
  Open to the public
  The weekend consists primarily of zazen (sitting meditation), kin-hin (walking meditation), dharma talks, samu (work practice) and the opportunity to meet privately with the teachers.
• The Six Points Fellowship and ROI Community: Asylum - International Jewish Artist Retreat
  Sunday, March 3 – Tuesday, March 5
  With prerequisites
  This retreat will bring together sixty international emerging Jewish artists from all mediums to learn, build, connect, and create.
• Garrison Institute Transforming Trauma Initiative: Contemplative-Based Resilience Training (CBRT) Curriculum Workshop
  Thursday, March 7 – Saturday, March 9
  By invitation
  This workshop will gather CBRT faculty and advisors, as well as representatives from humanitarian aid and development organizations, to experience the CBRT curriculum.
• Garrison Institute Climate, Cities and Behavior Symposium
  Wednesday, March 13 – Friday, March 15
  By invitation
  The theme of this year's symposium is "The Human Dimensions of Resilient and Sustainable Cities: People, Organizations and Networks."
• David Frenette: Centered Life, Mindful Life
  Friday, March 15 – Thursday, March 21
  Open to the public
  A Special Weekend Retreat on Centering Prayer with the Sacred Breath or a 7-day retreat on Centering Prayer and Sacred Mindfulness
• David Frenette: Sacred Attention and Contemplative Living
  Friday, March 15 – Friday, March 15
  Open to the public
  An evening presentation on the practice of sacred attention. 7:30 pm, free and open to the public. Please RSVP.
• Adyashanti: 7-Night Silent Retreat: Jesus - The Teachings of a Revolutionary Mystic
  Friday, March 22 – Friday, March 29
  By invitation
  An exploration of the spiritual teachings of Jesus as they relate to waking up to reality, or as Jesus called it, the Kingdom of Heaven.

February, 2013

• Krishna Das: Heart of Devotion Retreat
  Friday, February 1 – Sunday, February 3
  Open to the public
  Explorations of the spiritual path with stories from Krishna Das, kirtan (devotional chanting) and yoga asana practice.
• Kirtan with Krishna Das
  Friday, February 1 – Friday, February 1
  Open to the public
  Krishna Das masterfully layers traditional Hindu kirtan call-and-response chanting with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation.
• Kirtan with Krishna Das
  Saturday, February 2 – Saturday, February 2
  Open to the public
  Krishna Das masterfully layers traditional Hindu kirtan call-and-response chanting with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation.
• Garrison Institute Personal Retreat Weekend
  Friday, February 8 – Sunday, February 10
  Open to the public
  A silent, unstructured personal retreat for meditators with a developed practice and those seeking renewal in the serenity of a contemplative environment.
• Sensei Ray Ruzan Cicetti: Empty Bowl Zendo Retreat
  Friday, February 15 – Sunday, February 17
  Open to the public
  Sesshin is an opportunity to deepen one's practice, through group activity, and an inspiring spiritual experience for everyone, irrespective of previous experience and religious affiliation.
• Downtown Meditation Community with Peter Doobinin: Eight-Day Retreat
  Friday, February 15 – Saturday, February 23
  With prerequisites
  For Downtown Meditation Community members. Insight meditation allowing participants to experience a deepening of inner silence in a supportive environment.
• CARE for Teachers: Facilitator Training Development Meeting
  Friday, February 22 – Sunday, February 24
  By invitation
  A program of the Garrison Institute's Contemplative Teaching and Learning Initiative, the goal of this training is to meet the growing demand for certified CARE facilitators across the country.
• Barry Magid: Ordinary Mind Zendo Retreat
  Wednesday, February 27 – Sunday, March 3
  With prerequisites
  An intensive Zen retreat with psychoanalyst and Zen teacher Barry Magid, illuminating the barriers to "just sitting."

January, 2013

• Lama Surya Das: Winter Renewal Retreat - Natural Meditation, Dzogchen Meditation
  Saturday, January 5 – Sunday, January 13
  Open to the public
  A retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Dzogchen — the “Great Perfection.”
• New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care: Free at Last Sesshin - Silent Zen Retreat
  Thursday, January 17 – Sunday, January 20
  Open to the public
  This silent retreat will consist of meditation periods, work practice, body practice, daily Dharma talks and zazen.
• Lay Zen Teachers Association: Annual Meeting
  Friday, January 18 – Sunday, January 20
  By invitation
  A meeting for those who have been formally entrusted to teach in their respective Zen lineages and who have chosen to teach not as priests but as lay people.
• Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation: Qi Weekend
  Friday, January 25 – Sunday, January 27
  With prerequisites
  This special weekend retreat is open to all Tao of Healing Students who wish to come together and bring their practice to a higher level.
• Princeton Religious Life Council Winter Retreat
  Saturday, January 26 – Thursday, January 31
  By invitation
  A private retreat of the The Religious Life Council, a fellowship of Princeton University students committed to fostering conversation between all religious faiths at Princeton as well as at the national and international levels.

December, 2012

• Russell Delman: Embodied Life Winter Retreat
  Thursday, December 6 – Sunday, December 9
  Open to the public
  Three days of meditation, movement, and somatic practices to help guide us back to our "Essential Self" - a quality of connectedness to life that is whole, complete and authentic.

November, 2012

• Sensei Janet Jiryu Abels and Sensei Gregory Hosho Abels: Still Mind Zendo Retreat
  Friday, November 2 – Sunday, November 4
  Open to the public
  The weekend consists primarily of zazen (sitting meditation), kin-hin (walking meditation), dharma talks, samu (work practice) and the opportunity to meet privately with one of the two teachers.
• Jion Susan Postal and Jisen Coghlan: Empty Hand Zen Center Retreat
  Friday, November 2 – Sunday, November 4
  With prerequisites
  This weekend of strong silent sitting practice offers both Dharma Talks and face-to-face meetings (dokusan) for all participants.
• Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the Awakened Heart Project: Jewish Mindfulness Teacher Training
  Sunday, November 4 – Thursday, November 8
  With prerequisites
  Training cohort for the next generation of Jewish mindfulness meditation teachers, combining guided personal practice, reflection, study, and mentoring.
• Buddhist Contemplative Care Symposium
  Thursday, November 8 – Sunday, November 11
  Open to the public
  Join leading experts in palliative, hospice and contemplative care to discover how contemplative care techniques can improve healing and reduce suffering. Presented by New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and Garrison Institute.
• Wisdom University Seminar: Doctoral Writing and Research Methods
  Sunday, November 11 – Friday, November 16
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  Open to the public
  A required course on writing doctoral dissertations for students at Wisdom University.
• The Art and Science of Contemplative Teaching and Learning: Exploring Ways of Knowing
  Friday, November 16 – Sunday, November 18
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  Open to the public
  A presentation of the Garrison Institute’s Contemplative Teaching and Learning Initiative, this symposium will explore both the variety of contemplative approaches for enriching learning in K-12 settings and the ways of supporting their development in schools.
• Sharon Salzberg and Sylvia Boorstein: The Four Boundless States
  Thursday, November 29 – Sunday, December 2
  Open to the public
  A retreat focused on the four boundless states - lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity - that lead to the development of concentration, fearlessness, and genuine happiness.

October, 2012

• Gelek Rimpoche: Melodies of an Echo - Searching for Truth
  Friday, October 5 – Monday, October 8
  Open to the public
  Gelek Rimpoche shares his understanding of "Melodies of an Echo", Changya Rolpai Dorje’s exquisitely composed song that reveals how we can recognize the true nature of reality.
• Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute: Advanced Level II Somatic Experiencing Training
  Thursday, October 11 – Tuesday, October 16
  With prerequisites
  Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a trauma-healing approach that restores self-regulation and returns a sense of aliveness, relaxation and wholeness to traumatized individuals.
• Center for Contemplative Mind in Society: Retreat for Educators
  Thursday, October 18 – Sunday, October 21
  Open to the public
  Contemplative methods adapted for the classroom to cultivate capacities central to teaching and learning - focused attention, kindness and compassion, and contemplative inquiry.
• Garrison Institute Personal Retreat Weekend (2 or 3 day option)
  Friday, October 19 – Sunday, October 21
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  Open to the public
  A silent, unstructured personal retreat for meditators with a developed practice and those seeking renewal in the serenity of a contemplative environment. 2 or 3 day options available.
• Rachel Gluckstein and Ani Grosser: Deepening Your Yoga Practice
  Friday, October 19 – Sunday, October 21
  Open to the public
  A weekend of yoga and meditation focused on deepening your practice, based on the integration of Kripalu and lyengar yoga and suitable for all levels of practice.
• Toko Kyudojo: Finding the Way - Fundamentals of Zen Archery
  Saturday, October 20 – Sunday, October 21
  Open to the public
  Join this two-day program teaching the art of Zen Archery to students in the Hudson Valley and beyond.
• New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care: Annual Contemplative Care Retreat on Sin, Karma and Atonement
  Thursday, October 25 – Sunday, October 28
  Open to the public
  Annual Buddhist based training on contemplative care, designed for those in health care and anyone who cares for others, either professionally or as a volunteer.
• Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality: Spirituality Initiative Retreat - The Power of Practice and Its Promise
  Wednesday, October 31 – Friday, November 2
  By invitation
  An introduction to mindfulness meditation and embodied spiritual practice to support and deepen participants' religious and spiritual lives.
• Barry Magid: Ordinary Mind Zendo Retreat
  Wednesday, October 31 – Sunday, November 4
  With prerequisites
  An intensive Zen retreat with psychoanalyst and Zen teacher Barry Magid, illuminating the barriers to "just sitting."

September, 2012

• NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship: 7th Annual Retreat
  Saturday, September 8 – Saturday, September 8
  By invitation
  Annual meeting for cohort members, alumni and staff to discuss, celebrate and strategize the future development of the program.
• Focusing Institute: Advanced and Certification Workshop
  Saturday, September 8 – Friday, September 14
  With prerequisites
  The Focusing Advanced and Certification Weeklong is a celebration of your transition to being a Focusing trainer, therapist, or professional, as well as a representative of Focusing to the larger world.
• Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler and Fr. Carl Arico: Death & Dying – On The Contemplative Christian Journey
  Friday, September 14 – Thursday, September 20
  Open to the public
  A time apart to listen, reflect, be still and move into your inmost being and discover within the Mystery of the Divine everywhere and in everything.
• Threshold Society: Annual East Coast Gathering - The Way of Spiritual Experience, Finding the Miraculous in the Ordinary
  Thursday, September 27 – Sunday, September 30
  Open to the public
  A weekend of sharing knowledge, spiritual practice, music, poetry, and friendship.

August, 2012

• Garrison Institute Personal Retreat Weekend
  Friday, August 3 – Sunday, August 5
  Open to the public
  A silent, unstructured personal retreat for meditators with a developed practice and those seeking renewal in the serenity of a contemplative environment.
• Downtown Meditation Community with Peter Doobinin
  Friday, August 3 – Monday, August 6
  With prerequisites
  Insight meditation allowing participants to experience a deepening of inner silence in a supportive environment.
• CARE for Teachers: Fifth Annual Garrison Institute Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education Summer Retreat
  Friday, August 10 – Wednesday, August 15
  Open to the public
  Professional development training for teachers, promoting mindfulness through contemplative practices, helping teachers better manage students' and their own emotions.
• Seventh Annual Focusing Institute Summer School
  Saturday, August 18 – Thursday, August 23
  Open to the public
  Focusing teaches you to dip into the implicit treasures of your body wisdom to develop an "emotional muscle" to deal with difficult situations that consist of fear, stress and frustration.
• Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche: Dzogchen Retreat - Knowing the Nature of Mind
  Friday, August 24 – Wednesday, August 29
  Open to the public
  A retreat in Tibetan Dzogchen (Great Perfection) meditation, where we can come to recognize the uncomplicated nature of our own mind and embody our innate compassionate and perfectly enlightened nature.
• Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche: Triple Excellence Teaching and Green Tara Empowerment
  Wednesday, August 29 – Thursday, August 30
  Open to the public
  The wisdom Goddess Tara teachings, known as the Triple Excellence, reveal the entire Buddhist path. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche will also grant the empowerment of Green Tara.
• Living in the Light of Divine Sanity: A Retreat for People of Color, with Gina Sharpe
  Friday, August 31 – Sunday, September 2
  Open to the public
  All people who self-identify as people of color are invited into this unique opportunity to experience spiritual community, meditate together and deepen inner freedom.

July, 2012

• Tibetan Students Conference
  Wednesday, July 4 – Sunday, July 8
  By invitation
  A gathering to help North American students of Tibetan ancestry stay connected to their Tibetan and Buddhist heritage.
• One World Academy: A New Beginning
  Friday, July 13 – Sunday, July 15
  Open to the public
  Helping individuals resolve internal conflict in a process of self-discovery, through guided meditations, lectures, discussions, and question-and-answer sessions.
• An Evening with Philip Glass: A Concert to Benefit the Garrison Institute
  Thursday, July 19 – Wednesday, July 18
  Open to the public
  Philip Glass will perform a selection of his own works in a rare Hudson Valley concert appearance in the Institute’s main hall.
• Lama Surya Das: Summer Blossoming Retreat - The Three Vital Points That Strike At The Core
  Saturday, July 21 – Sunday, July 29
  Open to the public
  A retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Dzogchen — the “Great Perfection.”

June, 2012

• 2012 Rimay Monlam: Tibetan Buddhist Peace Prayer Gathering
  Friday, June 1 – Monday, June 4
  Open to the public
  A special time for meditation, inspiration, celebration and consecration, centered around recitations from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition performed by the assembly of practitioners.
• Garrison Institute Foundations of Contemplative Practice Retreat with Sharon Salzberg and Rachel Cowan
  Friday, June 8 – Sunday, June 10
  Open to the public
  This weekend retreat is designed for people who wish to explore the practice of mindfulness and related contemplative methods.
• Garrison Institute Initiative on Contemplation and Education: Education Leadership Council Annual Spring Meeting
  Tuesday, June 12 – Thursday, June 14
  By invitation
  A meeting of Leadership Council members to plan future activities in support of the Initiative on Contemplation and Education.
• Building Green: The Fifth Annual Architecture + Design Sustainable Design Leaders Summit
  Tuesday, June 12 – Friday, June 15
  By invitation
  A three day summit dedicated to supporting sustainable design within architectural firms.
• Mind & Life Summer Research Institute: The Situated and Embodied Mind
  Saturday, June 16 – Friday, June 22
  By invitation
  Focusing on outstanding challenges in the development of contemplative studies, neuroscience and clinical science.
• The Creative Joy Retreat
  Thursday, June 28 – Monday, July 2
  Open to the public
  Creative yoga, meditation, writing and photography workshops designed to help ground ourselves into the present moment and tap into the stream of joy that lives within us. A retreat for women.

May, 2012

• Garrison Institute Personal Retreat Weekend
  Friday, May 4 – Sunday, May 6
  Open to the public
  A silent, unstructured personal retreat for meditators with a developed practice and those seeking renewal in the serenity of a contemplative environment.
• Susan Jion Postal and Dennis Shofu Keegan: Empty Hand Zen Center Retreat
  Friday, May 4 – Sunday, May 6
  With prerequisites
  This weekend of strong silent sitting practice offers both Dharma Talks and face-to-face meetings (dokusan) for all participants.
• Open Gate Sangha: Retreat with Mukti
  Friday, May 4 – Sunday, May 6
  Open to the public
  Talks, satsang (a question and answer format to explore our most essential nature) and periods of silent meditation to help nurture the revelation of Consciousness.
• Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute: Advanced Level I Somatic Experiencing Training
  Thursday, May 10 – Tuesday, May 15
  With prerequisites
  Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a trauma-healing approach enabling practitioners to rebound from trauma by releasing stored energy and repairing stuck patterns.
• Self Realization Fellowship: New York Regional Retreat
  Friday, May 18 – Sunday, May 20
  Open to the public
  An opportunity to share in the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda on unconditional love for God while practicing the SRF techniques of concentration and meditation.
• Garrison Institute Climate, Buildings and Behavior Symposium
  Tuesday, May 22 – Thursday, May 24
  By invitation
  Explores how building managers and occupants can use social science insights to foster pro-social and pro-environmental behavior in their buildings.
• Gelek Rimpoche: Heart Sutra - The Freedom of Understanding Reality As It Is
  Friday, May 25 – Monday, May 28
  Open to the public
  A fascinating weekend walk through a small text called the Heart Sutra, one of Buddha’s greatest gifts to humanity, that reveals the truths of interdependence and inseparability.
• Environmental Art Installation by Roy Staab
  Wednesday, May 30
  Open to the public
  The Garrison Institute is proud to present a site-specific bamboo sculpture to be created by Roy Staab on its riverfront lawn. 6:30pm.
• Journey of the Universe: Film Screening with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
  Wednesday, May 30
  Open to the public
  Screening of the film "Journey of the Universe: An Epic Story of Cosmic, Earth, and Human Transformation," written by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker, with a presentation by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. 7:15pm

April, 2012

• Coming Home: A Mindfulness Meditation Weekend for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Communities
  04/13/2012 – 04/15/2012
  Open to the public
  A mindfulness meditation weekend for LGBTIQ communities, taking refuge in wisdom, compassion and the company of spiritual friends.
• Contemplative Teaching and Learning: Strengthening Evidence Based Practice
  04/26/2012 – 04/26/2012
  Open to the public
  Co-sponsored by the Garrison Institute Initiative on Contemplation and Education and the Mind and Life Institute, this meeting in Denver, Colorado will promote collaboration between researchers and contemplative education practitioners.
• Eating Here: A Very Local Earth Day Meal
  04/19/2012 – 04/19/2012
  Open to the public
  Please join us for a very local meal. Guy Jones, farmer and forager, will tell stories about farming in the Hudson Valley.
• Toko Kyudojo Instructors Program
  04/17/2012 – 04/19/2012
  By invitation
• Toko Kyudojo: Annual Spring Intensive with Don Symanski - Styles of Teaching, Ways of Learning
  04/19/2012 – 04/22/2012
  With prerequisites
  Zen archery program including long distance practice, instruction, discussion and evening presentations.
• Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Living Dharma in a Speedy World
  04/06/2012 – 04/08/2012
  Open to the public
  Using practical, time-honored teachings from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to find well being in our busy lives and ever-changing world.

March, 2012

• Compassion and Presence: Skills Training in Contemplative Care for Healthcare Professionals and Trained Volunteers
  03/01/2012 – 03/04/2012
  Open to the public
  Compassion and Presence offers the opportunity to learn contemplative resources that support you in your life and work, and enhance the way you offer care - with a renewed sense of joy, confidence and fulfillment.
• David Frenette: Deeper Center, Living Prayer
  03/16/2012 – 03/24/2012
  Open to the public
  A Special Nine-Day Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat Training.
• Garrison Institute Personal Retreat Weekend
  03/02/2012 – 03/04/2012
  Open to the public
  A silent, unstructured personal retreat for meditators with a developed practice and those seeking renewal in the serenity of a contemplative environment.
• Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the Awakened Heart Project: Jewish Meditation Teacher Training
  03/26/2012 – 04/01/2012
  With prerequisites
  Training for the next generation of Jewish mindfulness meditation teachers, combining guided personal practice, reflection, study and mentoring.

February, 2012

• Barry Magid: Ordinary Mind Zendo Retreat
  02/02/2012 – 02/05/2012
  With prerequisites
  An intensive Zen retreat with psychoanalyst and Zen teacher Barry Magid, illuminating the barriers to "just sitting."
• Cultivating Resilience in Climate Work
  02/14/2012 – 02/14/2012
  Open to the public
  This workshop is focused on cultivating emotional and psychological resilience for people teaching about or working to resolve climate issues.
• Downtown Meditation Community with Peter Doobinin: Eight-Day Retreat
  02/17/2012 – 02/25/2012
  With prerequisites
  For Downtown Meditation Community members. Insight meditation allowing participants to experience a deepening of inner silence in a supportive environment.
• Garrison Institute Climate, Mind and Behavior Symposium
  02/14/2012 – 02/16/2012
  By invitation
  A program seeking to translate science-based knowledge into new initiatives that reduce our energy and carbon footprints.
• Sensei Janet Jiryu Abels and Sensei Gregory Hosho Abels: Still Mind Zendo Retreat
  02/03/2012 – 02/05/2012
  Open to the public
  The weekend consists primarily of zazen (sitting meditation), kin-hin (walking meditation), two dharma talks, samu (work practice) and the opportunity to meet privately with one of the two Still Mind Zendo teachers.
• Sensei Ray Ruzan Cicetti: Empty Bowl Zendo Retreat
  02/17/2012 – 02/19/2012
  Open to the public
  Sesshin is an opportunity to deepen one's practice, strengthened by the presence of others doing the same. This sesshin includes sitting, walking meditation and dharma talks.

January, 2012

• Garrison Institute Initiative on Contemplation and Education: Contemplative Practices and Pedagogy in Schools of Education
  01/10/2012 – 01/12/2012
  By invitation
  A forum examining how contemplative education is being incorporated in teacher education, developing strategies for increasing research and practice in this field. Co-sponsored by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
• Kirtan with Krishna Das
  01/27/2012 – 01/27/2012
  Open to the public
  Krishna Das masterfully layers traditional Hindu kirtan call-and-response chanting with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation. Tickets <b>Sold Out!</b>
• Kirtan with Krishna Das
  01/28/2012 – 01/28/2012
  Open to the public
  Krishna Das masterfully layers traditional Hindu kirtan call-and-response chanting with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation. Tickets <b>Sold Out!</b>
• Krishna Das: Heart of Devotion Retreat
  01/27/2012 – 01/29/2012
  Open to the public
  Explorations of the spiritual path with stories from Krishna Das, kirtan (devotional chanting) and yoga asana practice.
• Lama Surya Das: Winter Renewal Retreat - Natural Meditation, Dzogchen Meditation
  01/01/2012 – 01/08/2012
  Open to the public
  A retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Dzogchen — the “Great Perfection.”
• New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care: Sesshin Silent Retreat with Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Koshin Paley Ellison, Robert Chodo Campbell and Trudi Jinpu Hirsch
  01/12/2012 – 01/15/2012
  Open to the public
  This silent retreat will consist of meditation periods, work practice, body practice, daily Dharma talks and zazen.