If you are serious about changing your life, New Thought New York is the place for you. New Thought New York is an educational organization that teaches the Science of Mind. Our workshops, classes, book discussion groups, spiritual cinema and other activities are designed to help individuals make real changes in their lives. 

New Thought New York is a member community of Centers for Spiritual Living, a spiritual community that promotes global transformation through personal transformation.

We are motivated by a compelling vision of a healthy, loving world—a world experiencing Global Heart.

Through our vision of Global Heart, Centers for Spiritual Living brings the gift of active compassion and loving kindness to make the world a better place.

New Thought New York, as a member of Centers for Spiritual Living, is passionately committed to bringing forth the Global Heart vision through our ministries and teaching. Our spiritual community is a welcoming point of inspiration and influence, where people from all spiritual paths feel at home.

Centers for Spiritual Living supports the positive transformation of both our personal lives and the world itself.

At New Thought New York, we teach people how to have a personal relationship with God. When we are deeply connected with Spirit, other areas of our lives fall into place — we can do more for others, be better stewards of the Earth, and bring more peace and harmony to the world.

We believe that the universe is spiritual and has intelligence, purpose, beauty, and order. Our beliefs are in harmony with all the world’s great spiritual teachings, and we honor all paths to God. Whether we call it God, Spirit, Energy, or Universal Intelligence, we are ever conscious that all people, places, and things emanate from this Universal Intelligence that is within us and all around us.

We believe that God is a Loving Intelligence, operating in and through all life, never separate from anyone or anything. Through study and spiritual practice we come to understand our oneness with this indwelling Divine Presence. We teach and practice a way of life where we can all learn how to live in accordance with spiritual principles. These principles, which we call the Science of Mind, are as reliable as the laws of physical science. We believe in Cause and Effect and teach that “It is done unto you as you believe.” In essence, your thinking and your expectations create your reality. By studying and applying spiritual laws, you can change your unconscious beliefs and create improved conditions in your life.

New Thought New York Center for Spiritual Living teaches a New Thought philosophy that incorporates affirmative prayer, meditation, healing, visioning, and other spiritual tools to help you lead a spiritual life, think positively, and love deeply. As a member of our community, you’ll find the spiritual tools to transform your personal life and make the world a more peaceful, harmonious, and prosperous place.

The New Thought tradition dates to the 1880s and has its roots in the Transcendentalist Movement of the 1830s. New Thought has an enduring and respected legacy that includes luminaries such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emma Curtis Hopkins, Phineas Quimby, and Walt Whitman. Some of the better known authors today whose writings represent our teachings are Michael Bernard Beckwith, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Byron Katie, Caroline Reynolds, and Eckhart Tolle, as well as many others.

Our teachings incorporate the ancient wisdom of all the spiritual traditions through the ages. People of all spiritual paths Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, New Age and others are welcome in our communities.
New Thought New York is focused on spiritual education designed to help individuals transform their lives. Through classes, workshops, book discussions, metaphysical discussions about Science of Mind magazine, the availability of working with licensed Science of Mind Practitioners, and spiritual cinema community nights, members of New Thought New York learn how to heal their lives and create the experiences they want to have.

New Thought New York is led by Rev. Joanne McFadden, is ordained by Centers for Spiritual Living. She grew up in the Camarillo Center for Spiritual Living, the spiritual community her parents founded, and was active as a youth group member, Sunday School teacher, choir member, and student in Science of Mind classes. She had the honor of being the first youth speaker at the Religious Science International Asilomar Conference in 1985. Today, she remains active with the teens of Religious Science as an advisor in the Northeast Region.

Rev. Joanne has a nurturing and compassionate teaching style that encourages and supports students on their spiritual journeys and making real, lasting changes in their lives. Licensed Science of Mind Practitioner Regina Wagner-Garhartt offers classes, workshops and book studies in the Albany area as part of the Center’s offerings. New Thought New York also offers training to become a Centers for Spiritual Living licensed Science of Mind Practitioner.