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Body-based Practices Offerings

2024

Mind & Life Videos

A Meditation with Lama Willa Blythe Baker—”Body As Mountain”

Mind and Life Institute • October 9, 2024

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos

Larry Ward and Peggy Rowe-Ward—A Compassion Meditation

Mind and Life Institute • July 12, 2024

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy

Blog

Teaching Yoga in Africa: The Silent Revolution

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

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

Mind & Life Videos

Mindful Movement with kelley nicole palmer

Mind and Life Institute • March 5, 2024

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Social Change

2023

Mind & Life Videos

Jon Kabat-Zinn—A Meditation on Befriending Stillness

Mind and Life Institute • August 28, 2023

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

Mind & Life Videos

Tsoknyi Rinpoche—Befriending Our Beautiful Monsters

Mind and Life Institute • June 30, 2023

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health

Mind & Life Videos

Kaira Jewel Lingo – A Meditation for Connecting to the Body

Mind and Life Institute • February 9, 2023

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness

2022

Mind & Life Videos

Sharon Salzberg – A Meditation for Grounding and Rest

Mind and Life Institute • May 19, 2022

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

2021
2020

Inspiring Minds – November 2020

Yoga as a Tool for Social Change

Topics: Body-based Practices | Social Change

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Morning Yoga: “Prana and Chi: Moving the Elements”

Hawah Kasat

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Morning Yoga: “Trul khor: Tibetan Yoga”

Alejandro Chaoul

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2019

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

Contemplative Practices

Alisa Dennis, Larry Yang

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Arts Evening Performance

Srinivas Reddy, Robert Kaplan, Ed Sarath, Patricia Wallace

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Keynote Panel “Contemplative Practice Enters the Digital Age”

Moderators: Zindel Segal
Panel: Acacia Parks, Jack Kornfield, Darnell Lamont Walker, Zindel Segal

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Bridging Contemplative Science and Business: An Emerging Global Industry, Innovation Panel co-hosted by The Eagle and The Hawk Foundation and the Aetna Foundation

Moderators:
Panel: Acacia Parks, Cyd Crowse, Charlie Hartwell, Hamet Watt, Mark Bertolini

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: The Four Elements

Pir Zia Inayat-Khan

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: Awakening the Presence Body

Zvi Ish-Shalom

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: Ancient Hebrew Sound Meditation

Zvi Ish-Shalom

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Standing Meditation and Qigong

Louis Komjathy

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Contemplative Session: Watching the Breath

Pir Zia Inayat-Khan

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Yoga

Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

Blog

With Justice and Contemplation for All

Christine Phelan Kueter • October 15, 2018

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Social Change

2018 International Research Institute Session

Meditation in Japanese Context

Fusako Koshikawa

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

2018 Summer Research Institute Session

Taking Care of Social Justice: Outside and In

Marisela Gomez

Topics: Body-based Practices | Social Change

2017

Blog

Right Here, Write Now

Hannah Corbin • June 30, 2017

Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness

Blog

Mindfulness in Periods of Stress

Meghna Shankar, Melissa Wu • June 26, 2017

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

2016

Mind & Life Videos

ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Harold Roth

Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Education

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Yoga of Sound: Indian Classical Music as Contemplative Practice

Srinivas Reddy, Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Opening Keynote: Opening Welcome and Meditation

Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg, Harold Roth

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Sustainable Compassion Training—Receiving-Care Mode of Practice

John Makransky

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Letter from the Future

Sheila Peltz Weinberg

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Practicing Meditation Through Sacred Texts and Prayers

Sheila Peltz Weinberg

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Daoist Contemplative Practice: Standing Meditation and Qigong

Louis Komjathy

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal, Silent, Living

Alan Godlas

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Meditation Practice: Settling the Heart and Mind

Sharon Salzberg, Roshi Joan Halifax

Topics: Body-based Practices

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Silent Emphasis

Alan Godlas

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Meditation Practice: Cultivating Love and Compassion

Roshi Joan Halifax, Sharon Salzberg

Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal Emphasis

Alan Godlas

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Tibetan Sound Meditation

Alejandro Chaoul

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Yoga with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman

Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Panel Discussion: Movement-Based Contemplative Practices

Moderators:
Panel: Catherine Kerr, Catherine Shaddix, Peter Wayne

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom

2015

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Yoga Asana and Breathing: Internal Forms

Catherine Shaddix

Topics: Body-based Practices

2014

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 – Yoga’s Self-Regulatory Functions in Promoting Psychological Health: A Proposed Model

Jessica Noggle-Taylor, Crystal Park, David Vago, Angela Wilson

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science

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 3 – Movement-Based Embodied Contemplative Practices: Current State-of-the-Art and Future Research Directions

Dav Clark, Eva Henje Blom, Catherine Kerr, Philip Nessel, Laura Schmalzl, Peter Wayne

Topics: Body-based Practices

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 4 – Yoga: A Contemplative Technique for Mental WellBeing

Alejandro Chaoul, Sat Bir Khalsa, Elisa Kozasa, Sara Lazar

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science

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