Transforming Our World Begins with Transforming Our Minds
Join us for the year’s final Open House on Sunday, December 22nd 10am to 12pm with a dharma talk by Derek Kolleeny, followed by a holiday reception with lunch until 2pm.
Registration is now open for Winter Courses: learn more here.
Sunday Open House
Sundays 10 AM - Noon ET
In-person at the Aligned Center, Irvington NY.
Holiday Gathering will follow the Open House on Sunday, December 22nd. Lunch will be offered.
Morning Meditation
Explore our rich array of these upcoming special events, and other gatherings in the PROGRAMS menu.
Join us on retreat this February:
The WMC Annual Retreat at Garrison Institute
February 7-14, 2025.
With Judy Lief and the WMC Senior Teachers
Open to all, and includes a separate track for vajrayana practitioners.
Scholarships are Available!
Meditation is meant to transform our experience not only "on the cushion," but throughout our entire life, encompassing the difficulties of the so-called real world. To do this, we cultivate an attitude of acceptance and imperturbability which is flexible and open, not tight and fixated. This year we will focus on fine-tuning our meditation practice to sustain us in all aspects of our experience, cultivating warmth and openness to bring to a world increasingly in need of those qualities.
The focus of the track for vajrayana students will be on the practice of Mahamudra, supported by studying the wonderful, famous and pithy Song of Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.
An immersive retreat is a powerful way to settle one’s mind, deepen one’s practice, attune to one’s innate well-being, and open one’s heart. Surrounded by natural beauty and far from the clamor of our busy lives, Garrison Institute offers the ideal environment for contemplative practice.
About Us
Westchester Meditation Center (WMC), formed in 2009 and formerly Westchester Buddhist Center (WBC), shares the teachings and meditation practices transmitted by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche with friends and neighbors in Westchester County, New York.
