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Stress & Resilience Offerings

2024

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Teaching Yoga in Africa: The Silent Revolution

Daniela Camargo Rodríguez, Víctor Restrepo Rivera • April 25, 2024

Topics: Body-based Practices | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

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Aproteem Choudhury—Building Community Resilience

Mind and Life Institute • April 25, 2024

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

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Mansi Kotak—Seeding the Future Through Contemplative Gardening

Mind and Life Institute • April 25, 2024

Topics: Education | Environment | Stress & Resilience

2023

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Rainn Wilson—Joy, Humor, Spirituality and Purpose

Mind and Life Institute • November 29, 2023

Topics: Mental Health | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

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Jon Kabat-Zinn—A Meditation on Befriending Stillness

Mind and Life Institute • August 28, 2023

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

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Robert Sapolsky — Stress and the Body

Mind and Life Institute • May 9, 2023

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2022

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Sharon Salzberg – A Meditation for Grounding and Rest

Mind and Life Institute • May 19, 2022

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2021

Think Tanks

Contemplative Environmental Mentoring Communities

Paul Wapner, Julie Tato, Matias Franchini, Matthew Hoffmann, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue

Topics: Education | Environment | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks

Contemplative Practices for Well-being of Low-income Children and Teachers in India

Nirmal Govindaraju, Ananya Tiwari, Jyothi Ravichandran, Prachi Khandeparkar, Sai Sudha Ramakrishnan

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks

Community Suicide Prevention Project for Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Romuald Adili Amani, Patricia Luck, Michael Krasner, Papy Lukeka, Marlin Bisimwa

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Film & Panel: “Storytelling, Science, and Hope: Climate Feedback Loops Film & Panel”

Moderators: nischal neupane
Panel: Bonnie Waltch, Donald Perovich, Thupten Jinpa, nischal neupane

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Stress & Resilience

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Integrity and Moral Suffering in Relation to the Climate Catastrophe and Health

Roshi Joan Halifax

Topics: Environment | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

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2020

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Plenary Panel: “Pathways to Resilience in the Pandemic from a Contemplative, Moral and Public Health Perspective“

Moderators: David Vago
Panel: Richard J. Davidson, Vivek Murthy, Molly Crockett, David Vago

Topics: Interconnection | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Plenary Symposium: Clinical Panel “Effects of Contemplative Training in Vulnerable Populations”

Moderators: Doris F. Chang
Panel: Linda Carlson, David J. Creswell, Cheryl Woods Giscombe, Doris F. Chang

Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Meditation: “Cultivating Equanimity” and Contemplative Arts

Margaret Cullen, Carine Gilbert

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

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#MomentsofCompassion

Mind and Life Institute • April 22, 2020

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Stress & Resilience

2019

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Fellow Spotlight: David Creswell

Joshua Whitwell • October 14, 2019

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018

2018 International Research Institute Session

Meditation in Japanese Context

Fusako Koshikawa

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Meta-Awareness and Attention Training in Education Research

Amishi Jha, Sona Dimidjian, Thupten Jinpa, Richard J. Davidson

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Early Childhood Development and Social Emotional Learning

Richard J. Davidson, Michel Boivin, Daniel Goleman, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Stress & Resilience

2017

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MLI XXXII Session 5

Mind and Life Institute • August 19, 2017

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

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MLI XXXII Session 3

Mind and Life Institute • August 18, 2017

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Stress & Resilience

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MLI XXXII Session 2

Mind and Life Institute • August 17, 2017

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session III – The Impact of Trauma on the Brain: Structural Changes and Behavioral Outcome

Rebecca Shansky, Theo Sowa

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Stress & Resilience

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2017 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXII Session

Session V – Reparative Humanism: Exploring the Meaning of Ubuntu

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Lily Mafela, Theo Sowa

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

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Nature & Well-Being: Gratitude

Sheena Kachru, Zachary Taylor • June 29, 2017

Topics: Environment | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

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Mindfulness in Periods of Stress

Meghna Shankar, Melissa Wu • June 26, 2017

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2016

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ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Jeremy Hunter

Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Stress & Resilience

2015

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Call to Care: Self-Care

Mind and Life Institute • November 4, 2015

Topics: Education | Stress & Resilience

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Call to Care: Receiving Care

Mind and Life Institute • November 4, 2015

Topics: Education | Stress & Resilience

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Call to Care: Israel

Mind and Life Institute • March 10, 2015

Topics: Education | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

2014

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ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Philip Zelazo

Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Yoga in the Public School Setting: Rationale and Research

Mark Greenberg, Sat Bir Khalsa, Laura White

Topics: Body-based Practices | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Teaching Mindfulness-Based Training in High-Stress Contexts

Elizabeth Stanley

Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Contemplative Science Goes to School

Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – PTSD and Buddhism: An Analogical Mapping Model

Anthony King, David Lewis, Deborah Rozelle

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 2 – Transforming Moral Distress: Lessons from Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Contemplative Practice

Alisa Carse, Cynda Hylton Rushton

Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 2 – Mind the Gap in Resilience: Opportunities to Mapping Community Needs in Health

Edna Kahhale, Aurea Pascalicchio

Topics: Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Karma-Yoga at Work: A Mindful Alternative to Modern Management

Woodrie Burich, Rashmi Prasad

Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Increasing Emotional and Cognitive Regulation Among Highly Vulnerable Youth: Advancing the Science of Mindfulness Training

Michelle Evans-Chase, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Noelle Leonard, Erica Sibinga

Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog

The Dark Knight

Mind and Life Institute • July 2, 2014

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

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