Linda Carlson presents research showing that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can help cancer patients and their families cope with the psychological, physical, and existential challenges of cancer, with studies reporting reductions in mood disturbance, stress, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, blood pressure, and inflammatory activity, alongside improvements in quality of life, spirituality, and coping. Roshi Joan …
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Session 1 – Introductions and Presentations
The conference brings together the Mayo Clinic and the Mind & Life Institute to examine how meditation, mindfulness, and compassion may contribute to health, healing, and human flourishing. Matthieu Ricard argues that well-being depends not only on external circumstances but also on cultivating inner qualities such as loving-kindness, compassion, and emotional resilience; he presents meditation …
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Final Discussion with the Dalai Lama
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Brain Control of Consciousness States with Dr. J. Allan Hobson
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Memory and Brain with Dr. Larry R. Squire
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How Brain Damage in Specific Brain Regions Affects Perception, Recognition and Language with Dr. Antonio R. Damassio
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Issues Concerning Mind And Brain with Dr. Patricia Smith Churchland
This presentation will introduce the point of view and extensive experience of a unique Western tradition of understanding the mind, which started with Freudian psychoanalysis and has continued to evolve to this day. At the center of this tradition is the discovery of the unconscious and the fragmentary nature of human experience. In this context, dreams have constituted from the very beginning a royal path to psychoanalytic theory and practice.
Integrations, Reflections, and Future Directions
The session focuses on how education policy, teacher preparation, neuroscience, and contemplative practice can work together to create schools that cultivate compassion, empathy, mindfulness, responsibility, and academic growth. Linda Darling-Hammond argues for whole-school reform rather than isolated programs, calling for strong developmental training for teachers and leaders, more equitable resources, accountability systems based on growth …
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Compassion and Empathy – Pt. 1
The discussion focuses on how schools, teachers, parents, and communities can intentionally cultivate empathy, compassion, resilience, and emotional well-being alongside academic learning. Linda Lantieri emphasizes the importance of “inner preparedness,” arguing that children and educators need practices such as quiet reflection, mindfulness, and emotional self-regulation so they can remain calm, compassionate, and effective during stress, …
Attention, Emotion Regulation and Learning
The discussion explores how neuroscience, developmental psychology, and contemplative traditions can inform education by strengthening attention, emotion regulation, compassion, and learning. Richard Davidson explains that the brain is highly plastic and can change through experience and practice, with evidence suggesting that training in mindfulness, meditation, and compassion can improve emotional regulation, attention consistency, cooperation, and …
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