New York's 50 Best Places to Keep Your Spirit Alive

by Caban, Beth Donnelly; Martin, Andrea; Donnelly, Beth; Ishac, Allan

• ISBN13: 9781929439003
• ISBN10: 1929439008
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: City & Co

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(2)
Introduction	8	(2)
A Course in Miracles	10	(2)
Find a path back to God
All Souls Church	12	(2)
Explore life's questions in rich conversation
Asian Classics Institute	14	(2)
Discover Buddhism's bountiful wisdom
Body and Soul	16	(2)
Sweat out tension and ignite your passion
Bowery Mission	18	(2)
Raise another's hopes, elevate your own
Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts	20	(2)
Feeling safe frees the spirit
Cathedral of St. John the Divine	22	(2)
Celebrate the wonder of life in all its diversity
Center for Book Arts	24	(2)
Transform your life into a spiritual work of art
Change Your Mind Day	26	(2)
Loving kindness on the Great Hill
College of Mount St. Vincent	28	(2)
A saintly place for nature's soothing pace
Congo Square Drummers Circle	30	(2)
Rhythms of release pulsate under the trees
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue	32	(2)
A rebirth of a sacred community
First Church of Religious Science	34	(2)
Develop your ear for God's intuitive messages
Greenthumb Community Gardens	36	(2)
Work with the soil, nourish your soul
Habitat for Humanity	38	(2)
A concrete way to refurbish your spirit
Healing Works	40	(2)
The benefits of holistic health offered free of charge
Hindu Temple	42	(2)
Create a sacred altar and alter your consciousness
Institute for Integrative Nutrition	44	(2)
Radical nourishment for the soul
Integral Yoga Institute	46	(2)
Stretch yourself toward a more radiant life
International Tae Kwon-do Center	48	(2)
Practice the way of the peaceful warrior
Jivamukti Yoga Center	50	(2)
The rapture of yoga
Kabbalah Center	52	(2)
Mystical Jewish wisdom unveiled
Kelly's Temple	54	(2)
Harlem's most rousing gospel gathering
Labyrinth Walks	56	(2)
Step onto the path of tranquility
Laughter Meditation	58	(2)
The city's silliest soulwork
Marble Collegiate Church	60	(2)
The birthplace of positive thinking
Mentoring Partnership of New York	62	(2)
Share your greatest gifts
Metropolitan Community Church	64	(2)
God's love delivered judgment-free
Metropolitan Museum of Art	66	(2)
A gathering of the Gods on Fifth Avenue
Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat Center	68	(2)
Reclaim, restore, renew...Retreat!
Moving Center-Gabrielle Roth	70	(2)
Dance and live deeper
New York Haiku-kai	72	(2)
A taste of heaven in seventeen syllables
New York Insight Meditation	74	(2)
Inhale exhale, and calm will prevail
New York Open Center	76	(2)
Epicenter of spiritual learning
92nd Street Y	78	(2)
Where the mind never stops learning
Noonday Concert Series	80	(2)
Squeeze some harmony into your lunch hour
Poets House	82	(2)
Uplift the human spirit through poetry
Religious Society of Friends	84	(2)
Find yourself in a sea of silence
Riverside Church	86	(2)
Review your life from the top down
Sanctuary Restaurant	88	(2)
Food for the spiritually hungry
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island	90	(2)
Symbols of the quest for freedom
Sufi Books	92	(2)
A mecca for spiritual pilgrims
Sweet Honey in the Rock	94	(2)
A cappella divas who rock your soul
The Tarot School	96	(2)
Become a psychic, read your future
Terry Schreiber Studio	98	(2)
Play the leading role in your own discovery
Union Square Green Market	100	(2)
Root yourself in Mother Earth's abundance
United Nations Temple of Understanding	102	(2)
A sweeping spiritual tour
Village Zendo	104	(2)
Meditate with a modern-day master
World Music Institute	106	(2)
Caretaker of the world's most sacred music
The Spa Experience	108
Stone Spa
Millefleurs Day Spa
El Noel Wellness Center Day Spa
Carapan
Soho Sanctuary