• Defiance as an Act of Love, Healing & Transforming Ourselves: A Retreat for BIPOC

    In a time of increasing disruption and loss of cohesion, it is more important than ever before to have a place of refuge that is stable, especially for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities. This is possible. Learning and practicing to be in the now helps us to return to and dwell in this true home inside of each of us. Every moment offers us the possibility of coming home to the now, where healing and transformation can happen

  • Beyond the Mirror: Opening to a Boundless Sense of Self

    In-Person 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D, Garrison, NY, United States

    Join us for an in-person retreat over Labor Day weekend as we turn our collective attention toward one of the most liberating inquiries of the Buddhist path, with teachers Josh Korda and Kathy Cherry of DharmaPunx.

  • A Taste of Liberation – A Dzogchen Approach: A Retreat with Tsoknyi Rinpoche

    In-Person 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D, Garrison, NY, United States

    Join us for this retreat with teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche. The curriculum follows a progression through Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Fully Being practices, including Dropping, Handshake, Essence Love, Gentle Vase Breathing, Shamatha, and Vipassana.

  • Beginner’s Mind Sesshin: A Winter Silent Retreat

    In-Person 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D, Garrison, NY, United States

    Through the practice of sitting and walking meditation, engaging dharma talks, and intimate dokusan sessions with a teacher, join the New York Zen Center in immersing oneself in the transformative power of Noble Silence. Let us come together.

  • Wisdom for Meeting the Storm Together: A Retreat for BIPOC

    In-Person 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D, Garrison, NY, United States

    In this retreat for BIPOC through mindfulness and embodied practice, we explore how fear lives in our bodies, histories, and communities, and how it can be met without turning away or becoming overwhelmed. We strengthen our capacity to stay present with what is difficult, to draw on ancestral and communal wisdom, and to support one another in meeting this moment with integrity and love.

  • Beyond Calm: The Intelligence of Presence

    In-Person 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D, Garrison, NY, United States

    This weekend retreat explores the intersection of Buddhist Insight Meditation practices and Somatic Experiencing.