Mind & Life’s foundational strength is our expanding community. Together we seek individual and societal transformation toward a world that embraces our shared humanity. The impact is far-reaching, rippling out into the world in multi-faceted ways through laboratory research, school programs, mental health interventions, social change work, coalition-building projects, and more—efforts that deepen our understanding …
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Mind & Life creates and curates content on critical issues for individual and collective flourishing. Our content elevates voices and shares knowledge to inform the efforts of practitioners, educators, researchers, changemakers, and others to address urgent challenges. Our perspective is uniquely cross-disciplinary and cross-generational. We are expanding our lens to become more inclusive of diverse …
Tanya Luhrmann
Tanya Marie Luhrmann is the Watkins University Professor at Stanford University, in the Stanford Anthropology Department. Her work focuses on the edge of experience: on voices, visions, the world of the supernatural, and the world of psychosis. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003 and received a John Guggenheim …
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Our Mission Bridging science and contemplative wisdom to foster insight and inspire action toward flourishing. For 38 years, the Mind & Life Institute has pursued a bold vision: that science and contemplative wisdom together could advance human flourishing. Our founders believed that by deepening our understanding of the human mind, we could spark the inner …
Fellow Spotlight: Jennifer Mascaro
In this month’s Fellow Spotlight we are pleased to share the work of Jennifer Mascaro, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University. She will be presenting her work at the 2020 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute. Jennifer’s research interests center on human social cognition and the biology of …
Special Issue on Mindfulness
Mind & Life is excited to share the special issue on Mindfulness, published in Current Opinion in Psychology earlier this month. This compilation showcases the work of many in the Mind & Life academic community. The authors have received grants, served on committees, attended events, presented at conferences, participated as Fellows, and been active with …
Fellow Spotlight: David Creswell
Mind & Life is excited to announce our first-ever Mind & Life Fellow Spotlight! The Fellow Spotlight is a new monthly segment where we will highlight the contributions of Mind & Life Fellows to our shared mission, featuring a different Fellow each month. In this month’s spotlight we are pleased to share the work of …
Mind & Life Summer Research Institute 2019
Application Period Has Ended Exploring Mental Habits: Contemplative Practices and Interventions for Individual and Social Flourishing Garrison, New York Application period: December 6, 2018 – January 23, 2019 Registration for accepted applicants: March 4, 2019 – March 29, 2019 Summer Research Institute: June 8 – 14, 2019 Program Overview Political strife, immigration, cultural and racial …
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Six Positive Steps Toward Educational Renewal
While educational systems have long stressed academic achievement and individual advancement, a growing movement is calling for an education of the heart. And that’s good news for all of us. As Mind & Life Institute (MLI) strives to connect our support of contemplative research with real-world needs, education is now a critical theme. Our PEACE …
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Meditation and Science: Ten Essays Worth Reading
Meditation, Buddhism, and ScienceEdited by David L. McMahan and Erik BraunOxford University Press, 2017272 pages; $24.95 Scientific research on meditation, and as a consequence the popular discourse on contemplative research, has to-date largely focused on the individual. As a consequence, we find few studies that seriously consider the contexts of environments, social relations, and cultures …
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