
Live Conversations Offering Wisdom for Our Time
Join Mind & Life for our monthly online series that brings together thought leaders and contemplatives to engage with one another and the audience in exploring the role of the mind in human flourishing. At a time of profound global crises, we’ll be looking at how science and contemplative wisdom can inform efforts to build a more just, compassionate, and inclusive world.
Each heartfelt conversation will include a guided meditation and artistic offering, and inspire us with a call-to-action to be a force for positive change. A recording of the event will be made available afterwards.
With Host Shankari Goldstein

Shankari Goldstein is a Program Manager at the Mind & Life Institute. She is an avid social justice activist and Certified Yoga of Recovery instructor who continues to find ways to help propel the voices of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) forward and share their embodied practices.
Upcoming Conversations

Inspiring Minds – Transformative Change: Where Research and Action in the World Meet
Inspiring Minds – Transformative Change: Where Research and Action in the World Meet
Our March conversation, “Transformative Change: Where Research and Action in the World Meet,” features Doris Chang and Reggie Hubbard, with musician Grant Jones. will discuss the tendency for research and ‘real-world’ practice to get siloed. What can contemplative scientists and changemakers working to advance social justice learn from and share with each other?
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience
Previous Conversations

Inspiring Minds – Mindfulness, Resilience, and Compassion for the New Year
Inspiring Minds – Mindfulness, Resilience, and Compassion for the New Year
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Inspiring Minds – Finding Connections: Pathways to Embodied Wisdom
Inspiring Minds – Finding Connections: Pathways to Embodied Wisdom
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience

Inspiring Minds – Yoga as a Tool for Social Change
Inspiring Minds – Yoga as a Tool for Social Change
Topics: Body-based Practices | Social Change

Inspiring Minds – Mindfulness and Racial Healing
Inspiring Minds – Mindfulness and Racial Healing
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other