Apply Your Practice

IDP is a community of people not only interested in attaining greater personal mindfulness and wisdom, but in applying the benefits of practice to what they do in the world. We offer space for a variety of workshops, groups, and community projects.   

Our Groups:

Interdependence Prison Project - Teams up with the College Initiative to offer Volunteer Tutoring to the formerly incarcerated seeking higher education as well as in reach in the form of a Pen Pal Program. Training for this program involves one day long retreat with the coordinator offered twice a year.    For more information about this group please email mcarey@collegeinitiative.org

Weekly People of Color Peer Led Group - How can we support each other to find greater freedom and joy through meditation, while acknowledging and challenging the social realities we encounter in the world? Each week the group will gather together, establishing a comfortable space to check in with each other and cultivating a sense of belonging in community.

New and experienced practitioners of color are invited to attend. Please come and contribute your energy and your thoughts!  Please e-mail Kate Johnson with any questions at specialkatejohnson@gmail.com

IDP Art Club - IDP Art Club is a group of mindfulness practitioners with committed art practices. Artist of all kind are welcome - be they dancers, painters, designers, musicians, writers, or those otherwise interested in contemporary art and its discourse.   IDP Art club meets at 8:00pm at IDPNYC on the second and fourth Thursday of each month to discuss an assigned topic, exhibition, or reading - coming together to generate dialogue about creative practice.

Please e-mail Matt or Jessica with any questions or thoughts.  matt@theidproject.org or jessica@theidproject.org

Eco-Activism Group - Currently working on our "Back to the Sack" campaign to eliminate plastic bags in the East Village, the Eco-Activism Group also runs a yearly "Responsible Consumption Month" that challenges community members to investigate personal consumption habits and bring awareness to how our personal activity ripples outwards into our communities.  For more information on this group please contact adreanna@theidproject.org

"Write Action" Writer's Group - The writing group is a space in which to explore our natural wakefulness using creativity. The group is a practice. We engage the senses with words. We write to deepen our attention to the mind and to wrap awareness around phenomena. We share our work to practice fearlessness and letting go. We listen actively to one another to practice attention and compassion.  More information available on the Writer's Group Page

Theatre Research Ensemble (TREe) - is a participatory arts ensemble researching how creative practices can lead to a more mindful and sustainable culture. We believe performance is an integrative art that can revolutionize our inter-personal relations. We are dedicated to developing insights into interdependence, educational methods, and social activism.  More info at http://treeplays.com/