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Spring Cycles

at Union Square 

Every Wednesday, 5:45-6:45 PM 

(please note Jon will be away from December 26 and January 2)

At the Makom Center JCC in Manhattan

76th and Amsterdam

No charge, donation requested

PRIVATE SESSIONS

On request. Please email: mindfulnessnyc@gmail.com

CORPORATE SESSIONS

On request. Please email: mindfulnessnyc@gmail.com

Jon Aaron has been practicing various forms of meditation for many years, but began seriously studying mindfulness meditation in 1998 and over the course of the last 10 years his meditation practice has become central to his life. 

Jon Aaron is a teacher at the New York Insight Meditation Center, as well as the guiding teacher of the Makom Meditation Havurah program at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. He also leads a weekly class for the Wellness Program at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has given workshops and classes for the New York Open Center, the NYU Medical School, the Department of Psychology at Einstein College of Medicine, the Beth Israel Medical Center and for the 92nd St Y. He was formerly a member of Yoga Sutra New York's teacher-training program.

Jon trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, where he continues advanced training and supervision for experienced teachers. He continues his studies in Buddhist meditation in the Theravada tradition with his primary teacher Matthew Flickstein and has also completed the Integrated Study and Practice Program, at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He recently completed the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care program, with the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, and he is now currently training in Somatic Experiencing^TM.

In his worldly life Jon is active as an agent and producer in the Performing Arts.

Jon is available for MBSR classes, mindfulness workshops, on-going corporate classes and private consultations.

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