Jon Aaron

Teaching Schedule

8 WEEK MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION CLASSES


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Fall 2016

Tuesday Mornings
9:30am-12:00pm
September 20th-November 15th (skips 10/4)
New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
119 West 23rd St. Suite 401
Free Orientation September 13 9:30am - 12:00pm
(required if you intend to register for the class) 
Practice Day on Saturday, October 29, 9:30 am-5pm
Tuition $450, includes all materials and Practice Day.
Payment plans available. 
To register click here

Thursday evenings 
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
September 22nd-November 17th (skips 10/6)
New York Insight Meditation Center
28 West 27th St. 
Free Orientation September 15 6:30pm - 9:00pm
(required if you intend to register for the class) 
Practice Day on Saturday, October 29, 9:30 am-5pm
Tuition $450, includes all materials and Practice Day.
Payment plans available. 
Some limited scholarships may be available on a needs basis, please inquire.
To register click here
Space is limited, please register early. 

SPECIAL PROGRAMS


Water the Plants, Weed the Garden- Revitalizing Your Practice

Five Wednesday Evenings plus a Day-Long
July 27th-August 24th, 7:15pm-9:15pm
Day-long, Sunday, August 28th, 9:30am -5:00pm
New York Insight Meditation Center
28 West 27th Street
Tuition: $270.00
To register click here

Has your meditation practice been flagging? Are you finding yourself falling into unskillful habits? Give you mindfulness practice a boost. This class will include periods of formal practice, inquiry and discussion and offer many options for exploring all the areas in your life where the seeds of practice can be cultivated.


Love Meets Wisdom
Six Thursday mornings 
July 21st-August 25th  10:00-12:00
New York Insight Meditation Center
28 West 27th St
For more information & Registration click here
This class will focus on perfecting the heart through insight, and on cultivating insight through perfections of the heart. How do the practices of compassion and wisdom integrate with each other and in our lives?

RETREATS

Finding the Stillness Within
Silent Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
October 3rd-9th 2016
Copper Beech Institute
West Hartford, CT
co-taught with Beth Mulligan
co-sponsored by the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society of UMASS
A retreat exploring and practicing the foundational teachings of mindfulness in a 5 night silent residential retreat.
For further information and registration click here

WORKPLACE PROGRAMS 

Jon is a Senior Trainer and Consultant with The Potential Project, and in this context he leads workshops, seminars and courses on mindfulness in the workplace for both non- and for-profit organizations. He works with senior leaders and teams to increase focus, attention, effectiveness, empathy and resilience in their busy and "always-on" lives. For more information contact mindfulnessnyc@gmail.com

ON GOING SITTING GROUPS (DROP-INS WELCOME)


Every Wednesday, 5:45-6:45 pm  (please note I will be out of town from July 6-20  but the sit will be directed by guest teachers)

At the Makom Center JCC in Manhattan

76th and Amsterdam

No charge, donation requested


PRIVATE SESSIONS

On request. Please email: mindfulnessnyc@gmail.com






Jon Aaron trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, which has granted him certification as an MBSR teacher. He has taught over 40 cycles of the seminal curriculum, as well as numerous courses for alumni of the program. He is a co-founding member of New York Mindfulness Meditation Collaborative.

Jon 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 is also Senior Trainer and Consultant with The Potential Project, a leading global organization specialized in bringing mindfulness to the workplace. 

He enjoys teaching and sharing the practice with people in a multitude of settings. Over the years, Jon has given workshops and classes for organizations as diverse as ABC in the Broadcast Operations Division, the Cable Entertainment Group at NBC Universal, the New York Open Center, Physicians Reciprocal Insurance Cooperation, the NYU Medical School, the Department of Psychology at Einstein College of Medicine, the Beth Israel Medical Center, the 92nd St Y, the teacher training program of Yoga Sutra where he was part of the faculty, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he led a group for seven years.

Jon continues his studies in Buddhist meditation in the Theravada and non-dual traditions with his primary teacher Matthew Flickstein. He has also completed the Integrated Study and Practice Program at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, as well as the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care program with the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He is currently training in Somatic ExperiencingTM.

Jon has also been active as an agent and producer in the Performing Arts for many years.

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Looking for a 5 minute guided mindfulness meditation? Check out this short session Jon led at the last TedxTeachersCollege of Columbia.

3 minute meditation


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