Bagels for the body and spiritual practice for the soul! Join us for a light breakfast and some wonderful time with our beloved teacher Rabbi Naftali Citron. We’ll focus on guided imagery and visualizations as Rabbi Citron brings us closer to God through images of nature.

Join co-hosts Theo Kisch of essencedating.com and Elyakeem Kinstlinger of thefullhit.com for a spirited Shabbat dinner with delicious vegetarian kosher food. Learn from a special guest and meet new and old friends. Space is limited; you must pre-register to ensure a space. See below for information about the guest that will be with us for each dinner.

Is there Jewish wisdom that can help us navigate the challenges that come with the recession? Lean times have forced many to make fundamental changes in attitudes toward money, livelihood, wealth, and their lack. Join this internationally known teacher and author for a class that explores Torah guidelines based on Kabbalah and Chassidut on how to cultivate healthy approaches to making a living, getting money matters in the proper perspective, and enjoying what we have. Rabbi Greenbaum helps us confront our toughest issues with honesty and sincerity and offers us insight and guidance in the struggle to enhance our own spirtituality and that of the surrounding world.

Focus on a spiritual framework for analyzing and healing multiple dimensions of health; learn about the 12 natural laws of self-healing; the 12 false beliefs that impact your life; how to use imagery remedies for healing and transformation; and more.

Life has a way of bringing challenges, especially these days. Have you been searching for a simple guide to help you transform anger, bitterness or insecurity into kindness, compassion and generosity? Allan Lokos, founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center of New Yorkhere on the upper west side, has written a wonderful book that fits the bill. Come celebrate his new book, Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living, and hear Allan share some of the practices he has put into this beautiful compilation. Books will be available for sale.
Then sign up for a three-week course in May that Allan will teach that will take us for an in depth look into the practices taught in Pocket Peace.

Join us for these very special evenings with Allan Lokos, cofounder and director of the Community Meditation Center here on the Upper West Side. Allan has written a very special book called "Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living"--a compilation of fifty practices that are easy to learn and powerful enough to change your life. As Allan says, "if you want to confront life's hardshops not with bitterness, anger, or insecurity but with kindness,kcompassion, and generosity, you need to practice." These evenings will help us understand the practices and learn how to integrate them into our daily lives.

Learn about the new generation of communication skills known as ‘NVC’ and bring more peace and connection to personal, professional, and international relationships. An interactive introduction will be followed by exercises and more. With Thom Bond (certified trainer, CNVC) and Wendy Sax (facilitator).

Join members of the Makom community and the meditation communities of local synagogues for this special evening of learning and meditation in preparation for Passover.

Join us for some extended time with Allan Lokos as we look in depth at the wisdom in his new book Pocket Peace. In this course we will examine the Buddhist teachings called the Paramis (Pali) or Paramitas (Sanskrit.) These are the ten virtuous qualities taught to support one on the path to becoming an awakened being. Parami is usually translated as perfection, so these qualities are seen as among the noblest virtues to be practiced and developed. Allan will lead us through an exploration of the Paramis and share some of the powerful yet concise practices he has developed to help us cultivate these qualities and put them into use in our daily lives.