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 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

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

School-Based Promotion of Children’s Empathy, Kindness, and Altruism: Emerging Research, Lingering Questions, and Future Directions

Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

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

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

No Place Like Home: Decolonizing our American Dreams & the Necropolitics they Bury

Jasmine Syedullah

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

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Our stories are our medicine: Centering culture and healing through story work with Indigenous communities

Ramona Beltrán

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Compassion-Centered Spiritual Healthcare

Jennifer Mascaro

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

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: Mindfulness to Meaning: Healing Hedonic Dysregulation in Addiction, Stress, and Pain with Mindfulness–Oriented Recovery Enhancement

Eric Garland

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Catherine Kerr Award Ceremony and Lectures: “Education for Peace: Transforming our Schools with Mindfulness and Compassion”

Patricia (Tish) Jennings

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

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: The Neural and Physiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness–induced Pain Relief

Fadel Zeidan

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 International Research Institute Session

Meditation in Japanese Context

Fusako Koshikawa

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

2018 Mind & Life Dialogue XXXIII Session

Evaluation and Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Flourishing

Sonia Lupien, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Aaron Stern

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | 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 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 II – Traditional Healer as Medium for Addressing Afflictions and Restoration of Wholistic Order within Botho/Ubuntu Cosmology

Mandaza Kandemwa, Lily Mafela

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Self & Other | Social Change | 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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2017 Summer Research Institute Session

Plasticity of the Social Brain: Effects of a One-year Mental Training Study on Social Connectedness, Compassion, Theory of Mind, Social Stress, and the Body

Tania Singer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

2017 Summer Research Institute Session

Social Connectivity, Mind States, and Biological Aging

Elissa Epel

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

2017 Summer Research Institute Session

The Other as Part of the Self: Empathy, Understanding and Support

Jim Coan

Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: The Missing Link of Leadership Development: Cultivating Awareness in Action

Jeremy Hunter

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

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Minding Mindfulness: Issues, Models, and Findings in the Scientific Study of Meditation

Clifford Saron

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

NCCIH Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities for Mind and Body Health

Partap Khalsa

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Embodiment: Biocultural Dynamics in Pathways to Differential Well-Being

Carol Worthman

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Targets Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Opioid Misuse and Chronic Pain

Eric Garland

Topics: 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 2 – How Contemplative Practice Infuses Clinical Practice with Serious Illness

Anthony Back

Topics: 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 1 – Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to Promote Intra- and Interpersonal Flourishing Among Survivors of Traumatic Violence

Amber Kelly

Topics: Mindfulness | 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 2 – Stress Mitigation with Mindful Embodied Techniques in a Basic Science Class

Carol Worthman

Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Mindfulness and SelfCompassion-Based Exposure Therapy for Combat Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Outcome and Neuroimaging Studies

Anthony King

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | 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 3 – Clinical Applications of Meditation for War-Related Mental Health Consequences and Co-Occurring Conditions

Marina Khusid

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Does Mindfulness Meditation Employ Distinct Brain Mechanisms From Placebo-Related Analgesia?

Fadel Zeidan

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | 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

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Promoting Mindful Practice for Health Care Professionals: Quality of Care, Quality of Caring and Resilience

Ronald Epstein

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience