New York Vipassana Association has restarted its home-based Group Sittings program! Group sittings represent valuable opportunities for old students to strengthen their practice of Vipassana meditation. By sitting with fellow students who are following the same technique, you can meditate more seriously and gain support, which will help you keep practicing on your own. You

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New York City Dhamma House: See the NYC Dhamma House Health Related Protocols. Residential Courses at Sharpe Reservation, Fishkill, New York: See the Covid19 Protocols for Residential Courses at Sharpe Reservation, Fishkill, New York. New York area updates will be posted on ny.us.dhamma.org. We encourage you to visit the nearby center websites dhara.dhamma.org (Massachusetts) and

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Preregistration Required Access to the Dhamma House is for old students, by preregistration only. For Group Sittings, sign up via Eventbrite. For 1-Day Courses, sign up via NYVA Schedule Page. For Dhamma Service Days, sign up to serve. Health Protocols Covid-19 Vaccinations are required at this location, at this time. Masks are required while at

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On Thursday, Nov 10, at 4 pm EST, Dr. Paul Fleischman will give a Webinar titled “How to Find More Psychological Stability in an Unstable Time: The Role of Meditation.” This talk is open to both old and new students. We all live under pressure to meld our thoughts into those of larger groups: political,

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New York Vipassana Association has two one-day courses coming up on September 24, 2022. One course will take place from 9:00am – 4:00pm at the NYC Dhamma House in Manhattan. The other course will take place at a private residence in Livingston, New Jersey from 9:00am – 5:00pm. Both courses will be conducted by Assistant

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Servers are needed for the Vipassana 10-day course from Wednesday June 8th to Sunday June 19th, in Fishkill NY. Apply to serve Wednesday June 8th to Sunday June 19th. Servers are also needed for: Day 0 service to launch the course, Wednesday, June 8th, 8am-8pm (20 people) Course site dismantling, Sunday, June 19th, 8:30am –

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Join us on May 21-22 for a weekend of serving and meditating together, 70 miles north of New York City, at Sharpe Reservation, in Fishkill, NY.  The NYVA Course Committee is looking for servers to help transform this children’s camp site into a temporary meditation center where we will hold two 10-day courses between May

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[NOTE: these protocols were in effect for the May, 2022 courses in Fishkill, NY. It has not been determined which health protocols will be in effect for the 2023+ courses] During this pandemic period we have been happy to be able to continue offering 10-day residential meditation courses, although for a smaller number of students

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In Spring 2022, NYVA will be holding two non-center 10-day courses at Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill NY.  First 10-day course:      May 27th – June 7th Second 10-day course:  June 8th – June 19th To apply check course schedule 

The COVID-19 pandemic has occasioned much change in the world, and within the New York Vipassana Association (NYVA). For over eighteen months, between 2020 and 2021, for example, NYVA stopped organizing in-person events. And we saw the number of servers active within our committees dwindle.   With the few servers that remain, we were able

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