Part 1 in a weeklong series of blog posts written by undergraduate students from the 2017 spring-semester class, “Mindfulness & Compassion: Living Fully Personally and Professionally” at the University of Virginia. Transitioning to new environments is always difficult, especially for young adults entering adulthood. Many students find the transition from middle school to high school …
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Meditating Together: Tania Singer on the Contemplative Dyad
As part of the work that she’s leading on the ReSource Project—a large-scale multi-methodological secular mental training program—Tania Singer is studying novel forms of intersubjective mental training practices that are performed with a partner. These contemplative dyad practices are aimed at boosting social closeness and perceived interconnectedness. In this video, Singer, who is the Director …
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An interview with Eric Garland, Ph.D.
As a Mind & Life Fellow who received the Francisco J. Varela Research Grant in 2007 and the Mind & Life 1440 grant in 2013, Dr. Eric Garland has gone on to become the developer of an innovative, multimodal mindfulness-based intervention founded on insights derived from cognitive, affective and neurobiological science, called Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement …
ISCS 2016 – Closing Keynote – Evan Thompson
What is Mindfulness? An Embodied Cognitive Science Perspective
ISCS 2016 – Keynote – Rhonda Magee
Moving Together From Colorblindness to ColorInsight: Contemplative Inquiry, Research and Practice in the Work of Transformative Justice
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Clifford Saron
Minding Mindfulness: Issues, Models, and Findings in the Scientific Study of Meditation
ISCS 2016 – Evening Conversation
“The Promises and Perils of Mainstreaming Mindfulness” with Susan Bauer-Wu, Jeremy Hunter, Carolyn Jacobs, Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Robert Roeser
School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Thupten Jinpa
Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Lizabeth Roemer
Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
