The Compassion Center - Catskill, New York

Kate B

The Compassion Center is a small and cozy place designed for mediation. Dan always makes sure we receive explicitly written and motivating reminders via email before each class. He is willing to accommodate everybody’s availability for scheduling classes. Dan is a compassionate, calm, and open person, who makes himself available for your needs. He is always ready to listen to your problems and tries to advise as best as he can. I am a beginner in the learning process of meditation and with Dan’s guided meditation I was able to achieve great results in my meditation practice. I love coming to his classes and learning more about mediation techniques and its benefits.

Marina Brodsky

The Compassion Center is a wonderful place to learn meditation and feel relaxed, understood and nourish your soul. I found the Compassion Center when i was in very bad shape mentally and it saved me, gave me energy and hope ...Dan is a great teacher and very compassionate and knowledgeable person, and you feel right away at ease with him, and you feel positive energy coming from him. If you want to live better life and handle stresses of our world, The Compassion Center is for you.

Robert Giamboi

Thankfully, I met Dan while walking down at the park. It was just the right time for my wife and I to discover meditation. We both took a private class and despite my past experience with meditation in martial arts, I'd never been able to get into as deep a meditation as I did with Dan guiding me through it. I left there feeling completely relaxed and at ease.

Since then, my wife and I have committed to a daily meditation practice. We attend some of his classes on Thursday nights and even trained with him for a month privately. I'm happy to say we've even become friends through all of this.

Great studio- very relaxing. Great guy. Great teacher who genuinely cares and believes in what he's doing.

Linda Metzger

I have been coming to the compassion center for a couple of months now. I must say that taking meditation will address any problems or concerns you may have in your life. Here at the center the meditation instructors are all wonderful , kind, and patient, especially the Director Dan he is just a terrific, kindhearted person and makes everyone who walks through the door feel very welcomed in this Zen like place. I would highly recommend you try it out for yourself. You will not be disappointed.

Gayle Schuster

The Compassion Center is great. Dan takes the time to talk to me about the issues I am dealing with and helps me apply each meditation to my personal issues. I bought the MP3 player with the meditations on it. I listen to the grieving meditation every morning. This is a very important part of my healing. The guided meditations at the Compassion Center makes it so easy to focus on myself, and emotions that are hidden by the business of every day life. I would highly recommend a visit to check this place out.

Vanessa Bellucci Markos

I have attended two yoga classes at The Compassion Center since it opened up and I am so thrilled. The south shore is so under-served in its need for a space dedicated to the ideology of yoga (as opposed to a gym or other studio that offers yoga classes), so walking in to the candle lit studio and smelling the incense while I roll out my mat is literally perfection. Right now I am loving the early evening offering of yoga several nights a week, and I'm looking forward to seeing even more on their schedule as the need for it grows. Thank you, thank you!

Sara McNulty

I have been to the Dockside location, and one on Victory Blvd. The ease and serenity experienced in this atmosphere, with Dan as leader, is incredible. I felt comfortable from the start, have learned a great deal already, and found it quite easy to open up to people, and to listen. I highly recommend The Compassion Center to anyone who is seeking peace and understanding in their lives.

Joy DeFalco

I’ve been going to the Compassion Center for some now . It’s a comfortable and friendly place to come and a great guided meditation. With a different theme from class to class , I find myself intrigued and keep on going to the classes. Dans voice is so soothing to the ears and his studio is so zen .