Thank you to All 500+ Of You Who Meditated With Us this January!

February 5, 2021

We have just finished our five-week, virtual retreat with Kadam Morten. More than 500 people joined in for this very special opportunity to go deeper into Buddha’s teachings. Thank you to all of you who participated!

We thought it would be fun to contemplate where was the retreat – can we actually find it? True to Buddha’s teachings, we cannot. Each retreat was made up of many parts, all which were essential to the running of the retreat but in and of themselves are not the retreat! We are filled with gratitude for this interconnected web of kindness that has no end.

Here’s a peak inside our operation at KMC NYC and how all these parts worked together to help create this magical and precious thing we call “retreat”. Without our incredible team, we couldn’t have made our retreats happen. We’re so grateful for their tireless effort and generous hearts.

Our Retreat Teacher: Kadam Morten has taught all sessions of our two weeks of retreat so far, and he'll be teaching weeks 3, 4, and 5, too. This January there will be 94 sessions of retreat in total! This is being offered in addition to all our existing classes which means Kadam Morten is literally teaching non-stop right now!

Our Meditation Room Preparers (pictured here are Sally and Emmanuelle): they arrive at the crack of dawn each and every day other than Friday to prepare the offerings and ensure the meditation room is ready for the first session. They are essential to creating a beautiful environment.

Our Customer Support (pictured here is Laurie): our support team are like our help desk ER, giving on the spot support to anyone and everyone who writes to us at [email protected], looking for assistance. They're usually busy right as class starts when tech challenges most commonly arise.

Our AV Team (pictured here is Jason) who show up day in and out to broadcast the retreat, both inside the center for our in-person attendees and also online for everyone watching remotely. They are like Dharma DJs coordinating audio and video, on multiple devices, using multiple platforms, all at once!

Our Team Schedulers (pictured here is Jennyrose) who ensure we have an operations team on hand around the clock to manage our online tech support - Live Chat, which exists to help iron out any issues people have registering or connecting to classes. They also schedule in-person support such as our front-desk staff and greeters for each session.

Our Link Checker Extraordinaires (pictured here is Alex) who ensure the links for each of our 94 retreat sessions appear where they need to and are updated when they need to be. Our retreat would be an impossibility without our link checker extraordinaires!

Eagle Eye 007, Allison: our meticulous checker of our internal calendar, website calendar, links, links, and links to ensure all systems are synching as they should. We love Allison because she is constantly helping us avert obstacles and problems.

Our AV Team (pictured here is Sam) who show up day in and out to broadcast the retreat, both inside the center for our in-person attendees and also online for everyone watching remotely. They are like Dharma DJs coordinating audio and video, on multiple devices, using multiple platforms, all at once!

Our Calendar Keeper and Guardian, Tim: makes sure all classes are succinctly and precisely reflected on the website and every event links where it needs to. Tim is an essential cog in our information wheel.

Our Customer Support (pictured here is Rebecca): they are like our help desk ER, giving on the spot support to anyone and everyone who writes to us at [email protected], looking for assistance. They're usually busy right as class starts when tech challenges most commonly arise.

Our Link Checker Extraordinaires (pictured here is Tamara) who ensure the links for each of our 94 retreat sessions appear where they need to and are updated when they need to be. Our retreat would be an impossibility without our link checker extraordinaires!

Our Webinar Factory, Sara who builds our webinars from scratch, ensuring our webinar design is consistent and accurate and all key info including presenter and participant links are shared with our team and placed inside the online checkouts. Next time you're watching a live class, remember Sara was the one that made it!

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