To deepen our alignment with the spirit of service and our friendships with each other, we often host local events (like serving elderly residents at a care home and taking to the streets for a kindness flash mob), alongside 1-day "hands, head, heart" retreats. Below are some of the blog posts from some of our past gatherings ...

• Day-long retreats about twice a year, like this retreat at a volunteer home in New Jersey.

• Service activities such as this joyous day of service in Washington Square Park.

• Awakin NYC Cookbook: A food blog that shares recipes of some of the meals we serve at the gatherings.

• Awakin NYC Photo Gallery: Pictures from some gatherings and activities we have organized.

• Awakin Readings: A collection of the readings we do in our gatherings.