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Mindfulness Offerings

Mind & Life Videos
Meditation 101 with Willa Blythe Baker
Mind and Life Institute • January 17, 2025
Topics: Body-based Practices | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Blog
A Social Affair: How Meditation Benefits Ripple Through Romantic Relationships
Brynn Pedrick • October 10, 2024
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

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

Blog
Healing the Opioid Crisis with Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement
Eric Garland • September 18, 2024
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
A Meditation with Pir Zia Inayat-Khan
Mind and Life Institute • September 11, 2024
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Blog
Bridging Divides: Can Loving-Kindness Meditation Help Ease Political Polarization?
Sheila Kinkade • August 26, 2024
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
A Mantra Meditation with Geshema Yenchin
Mind and Life Institute • August 8, 2024
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Blog
Digital Immersion, Technology Use, and Teens: How Can Mindfulness Help?
Brynn Pedrick • May 22, 2024
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Blog
The Mind & Life Institute Names Suzanne Bond as Its New President
Mind and Life Institute • March 18, 2024
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
Mindful Movement with kelley nicole palmer
Mind and Life Institute • March 5, 2024
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Social Change

Blog
Grant Jones Honored with 2023 Mind & Life Service Award
Mind and Life Institute • March 5, 2024
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
Kaira Jewel Lingo—Cultivating Wholesome Emotions
Mind and Life Institute • November 29, 2023
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva—Healing Through Gratitude
Mind and Life Institute • November 29, 2023
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

A Future We Can Love Livestream
Book Launch at the Rubin Museum
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life Connect – Session 3
Trauma and Resilience
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
Robert Sapolsky — Stress and the Body
Mind and Life Institute • May 9, 2023
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Combining Mindfulness Training with Climate Education: One Researcher’s Journey
Sheila Kinkade • April 10, 2023
Topics: Education | Environment | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
Mingyur-Rinpoche – Joyful Wisdom: An Approach to Transforming Difficulty into Opportunity
Mind and Life Institute • March 13, 2023
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Blog
How Mindfulness Helps Us to Build Meaningful Social Connections
Polina Beloborodova • February 17, 2023
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other

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

Blog
“The Time for the Lone Wolf is Over:” Coming Together and Facing Eco-Anxiety
Brynn Pedrick • August 12, 2022
Topics: Environment | Interconnection | Mindfulness

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

Mind & Life Videos
Jon Kabat-Zinn – Sharing MBSR with the Dalai Lama
Mind and Life Institute • April 21, 2022
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Merging mindfulness and climate change education
Jyoti Mishra
Topics: Environment | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Effects and mechanisms of smartphone-based mindfulness training on emotional well-being in at-risk college students
Polina Beloborodova
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness and the reduction of racial disparities and disproportionality in school discipline
Lindsay Romano
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
Biological and psychological mechanisms of mindfulness meditation-based interventions for depression
Matthew Sacchet
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Blog
Stepping Back to Reflect: Mind & Life Leadership Explores Racial Histories
Brynn Pedrick • December 9, 2021
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Blog
How One Global Company is Using Mindfulness — and a new Mind & Life Film — to Nurture Compassion and Connection
Mind and Life Institute • November 29, 2021
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

PEACE Grant
Cognitive mechanisms underlying increased compassion from Mindfulness and Compassion meditation
John Edwards
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

Inspiring Minds – November 2021
Mindfulness Approaches to Addiction and Recovery
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness


Think Tanks
Resistance through Resilience: A Compassionate Approach to Interrupting Privilege
Megan Kennedy, Ralina Joseph, Jas Moultrie, Bonnie Duran, LaNesha DeBardelaben
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change


Think Tanks
Community Suicide Prevention Project for Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Romuald Adili Amani, Patricia Luck, Michael Krasner, Papy Lukeka, Marlin Bisimwa
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Grant Jones: Showing Up Fully Through Music and Mindfulness
Brynn Pedrick • August 16, 2021
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Social Change

Blog
6 Days, 28 Speakers, 1 Powerful Message: The Climate Crisis, It’s a Relationship Problem
Mind and Life Institute • July 12, 2021
Topics: Environment | Mindfulness | Social Change

2021 Summer Research Institute Session
Mindfulness, Co-benefits, and Behavioral Eco-Wellness
Bruce Barrett
Topics: Environment | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2021 Summer Research Institute Session
Panel Discussion: Science Forum: The Science of Social Change for Sustainability
Moderators: Elissa Epel
Panel: Christine Wamsler, Ed Maibach, Karen O' Brien, Elissa Epel
Topics: Environment | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

Blog
Mind & Life Summit Explores Role of Emotions in Personal and Collective Flourishing
Mind and Life Institute • May 11, 2021
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Inspiring Minds – April 2021
The Role of Attention and Awareness in an Era of Misinformation and Digital Seduction
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

Inspiring Minds – March 2021
Transformative Change: Where Research and Action in the World Meet
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Blog
From Teacher Burnout to Teacher-led Reform
Sheila Kinkade • March 1, 2021
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
New Framework Shows Why Mindfulness is a Foundational Capacity for Meeting the Challenges of Our Time
Jamie Bristow, Rosie Bell • February 15, 2021
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change

Blog
From Argentina to South Africa: Contemplative Scientists Find Connection and a Home
Mind and Life Institute • February 3, 2021
Topics: Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Inspiring Minds – January 2021
Mindfulness, Resilience, and Compassion for the New Year
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Coping with Loneliness & Stress: The Role of Mindful Acceptance
Sheila Kinkade • January 4, 2021
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Examining Individual Differences in Contemplative Practice Response
Tawni Tidwell
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Assessing the Implementation of Integrated Mindfulness Programs in Schools: Case Study Evaluation of the Mindfulness Director Initiative
Rebecca Acabchuk
Topics: Education | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
A Whole Trait Theory Account of Mindfulness in Adolescence
Michael Warren
Topics: Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Varela Grant
Music-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Black Americans
Grant Jones
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

PEACE Grant
Making PEACE, one moment at a time: Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees
Amit Bernstein
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

PEACE Grant
Sleep’s role in realizing the prosocial benefits of contemplative practice
Ken Paller
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness


PEACE Grant
Aware, awake, woke: How a brief mindfulness intervention fosters prosocial/ethical attitudes
Paul Verhaeghen, Shelley Aikman
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other


PEACE Grant: Samuel B. Hanser Visionary Grant
How do the benefits of meditation spread? Investigating interpersonal mechanisms following practice
Christopher May, Marieke van Vugt
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session
Keynote and Q&A: “Understanding Human Thought Through Dynamic Brain Systems”
Kalina Christoff
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session
Plenary Panel: “Starting from Experience: Neurophenomenology and the Vision of Mind and Life Europe”
Moderators: John Dunne
Panel: Amy Cohen Varela, Antoine Lutz, Andreas Roepstorff
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness


2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session
Meditation: “Cultivating Equanimity” and Contemplative Arts
Margaret Cullen, Carine Gilbert
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2020 Contemplative Research Conference
State of the Field—Discoveries, Opportunities, and Challenges
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | 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

Blog
How One Scientist is Using Mindfulness to Transform Treatment for Pain and Addiction
Sheila Kinkade • October 27, 2020
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness


Think Tanks
International Society for Contemplative Research
Linda Carlson, Amishi Jha, Erin McCarthy, Harold Roth, Zindel Segal, David Vago, Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Environment | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks
Silent Illumination: Compassionate End-of-Life Care for Transgender Elders
Cathy Campbell
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience


Think Tanks
Youth4Peace Mindfulness
Mridul Upadhyay, Romeral Ortiz Quintilla, Saumya Aggarwal, Bhargavi Raman, Paula Ramírez
Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Blog
Student Flourishing Initiative: Building Resiliency Among College Students
Sheila Kinkade • August 31, 2020
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Blog
Cultivating Compassion in Healthcare: One Researcher’s Journey
Sheila Kinkade • July 22, 2020
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness

Blog
Can We Change Racial Bias?
Wendy Hasenkamp • July 17, 2020
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

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

Blog
“It’s Helped Me Manage My Life Better:” How University Students Benefit from Mindfulness During the Pandemic
Sheila Kinkade • May 18, 2020
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Mind & Life Impact Story: Bringing Mindfulness to Utah Public Schools
Brynn Pedrick • April 5, 2020
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Cultivating mindful schools to promote an equitable climate of learning
Vitaliya Droutman
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

PEACE Grant
Mindfulness as a novel intervention for improving romantic relationships
Lisa Jaremka
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Effects of Mindful Compassion Training on social emotion regulation in daily life
Jordan Quaglia
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience


PEACE Grant
SHAPE JOY: A program to nurture empathic happiness in children through contemplative parenting practices
Erin Tully, Laura McKee
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
A meditation intervention for repetitive subconcussive head impact exposure in youth sports
William Flood
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
The histories of Varela’s legacy within the contemplative sciences
Shayna Fox Lee
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
VOICES: Vocalizing Oppression and Interconnection in Contemplation and Embodiment Spaces
Richa Gawande
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
Linking embodiment with the neural circuitry of mindfulness and reward
Véronique Taylor
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness-based intervention for both parents in families with mothers who have postpartum depression and anxiety
Katarina Tabi
Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness


PEACE Grant
From violence and victims to voices and visions: Exploring the power of mindfulness to effect lasting positive change in post-conflict settings in Northern Uganda
Sarah Ssali, Evelyn Lutwama-Rukundo
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

Blog
Special Issue on Mindfulness
Mind and Life Institute • October 16, 2019
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Blog
Fellow Spotlight: David Creswell
Joshua Whitwell • October 14, 2019
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience


Think Tanks
Critical Neuroscience and the Politics of Mindfulness Interventions for Youth: A Proposal for an Interdisciplinary Working Group
Suparna Choudhury, William Wannynn, Elena Hailwood, Steven Stanley, Jennifer Thomson
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

2019 Summer Research Institute Session
Dismantling Oppression from the Inside Out
Doris F. Chang
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

2019 Summer Research Institute Session
From Looking Out to Looking In: Re-Thinking How We Study and Train Attention in Mental Health
Amit Bernstein
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2019 Summer Research Institute Session
Measuring, Understanding, and Changing Mental Habits
Lawrence Barsalou
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness


2019 Summer Research Institute Session
Contemplative Practices
Alisa Dennis, Larry Yang
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Blog
Contemplative Research and the Case for Transcultural Experiences and Perspectives
Hiroe Hu • April 10, 2019
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Blog
Meditation for Mental Health: How Does Mindfulness Compare to Other Treatments?
Sheila Kinkade • January 25, 2019
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Blog
Mind & Life Kyoto Conference Bridges East and West; Science and Contemplative Wisdom
Mind and Life Institute • December 6, 2018
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Exploring the uptake and potential efficacy of brief mindfulness meditation for underserved female tobacco smokers
Samantha Davis
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Is knowing the body knowing the mind? Mind-body coherence, interoception, and contemplative training
Sasha Sommerfeldt
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience


PEACE Grant
Neurobehavioral effects of prenatal mindfulness training on maternal presence and compassionate love
Heidemarie Laurent, Larissa Duncan
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness


PEACE Grant
Using a contemplative conflict resolution intervention to promote teachers’ and youth’s beneficial engagement in controversial discussions and intergroup encounters
Nava Levit-Binnun, Michal Reifen Tagar
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

Varela Grant
Measuring meta-awareness in the present moment
Thomas Anderson
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Can meditation practice ameliorate the consequences of early life adversity on telomere regulation?
Quinn Conklin
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness for well-being and enhanced teaching in academia: A mindfulness-based program in South African higher education
Nuño Aguirre de Cárcer
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks
Mechanisms of Meditation and Consequences for Clinical Practice
Marieke van Vugt
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Mind & Life Videos
Jon Kabat-Zinn – Where Is This All Going, and What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2018
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
Norm Farb – How to Choose Between Beautiful Stories
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2018
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | 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
Master Lectures: Integrating First–person Inquiry in the Higher Education Classroom
Judith Simmer-Brown
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other

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
Contemplative Session: Ancient Hebrew Sound Meditation
Zvi Ish-Shalom
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

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
Contemplative Session: Awakening the Presence Body
Zvi Ish-Shalom
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Closing Keynote “Where Is This All Going, and What’s Love—and Insight, Embodied Wisdom, and Community—Got to Do With It?”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness
Video Available

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: Watching the Breath
Pir Zia Inayat-Khan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Master Lectures: Seeing Reality: Interdependence, Relationality and the Expansion of Contemplative Practice
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Master Lectures: Mindfulness Training in High Demand, Time-Pressured Real-world Settings: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Amishi Jha
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
Contemplative Session: Putting the Mind in the Heart: Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Tradition
Cynthia Bourgeault
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session
The Ceremony of Art: Mindfulness In Indigenous Art and Vision
Gregory Cajete
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other

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
Master Lectures: The Neural and Physiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness–induced Pain Relief
Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
With Justice and Contemplation for All
Christine Phelan Kueter • October 15, 2018
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Social Change

2018 International Research Institute
Contemplative Practice in Context: Culture, History, and Science
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness

2018 International Research Institute Session
Neuroscience as a Modern Context for Studying Meditation: How Far Are We, Really?
Gaelle Desbordes
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2018 International Research Institute Session
Observation of the Mind in Buddhism and Mindfulness
Kenryo Minowa
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session
Old Insights for A Hectic World: What Does Hakuin Teach Us Today?
Masaki Matsubara
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2018 International Research Institute Session
Healing Through Gratitude: Buddhist Theories of Mind and Self-Transformation in the Japanese Contemplative Practice of Naikan
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2018 International Research Institute Session
Meditation in Japanese Context
Fusako Koshikawa
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Six Positive Steps Toward Educational Renewal
Susan Bauer-Wu • July 12, 2018
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 Summer Research Institute Session
How Difference is Constructed and What We Can Do About It: Perspectives across Evolution, Culture, and Mindfulness Training
Bruce Knauft
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

2018 Summer Research Institute Session
Mindfulness Is Always a Multicultural Experience, Even When It Is Not
Larry Yang
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Social Change

Blog
Pain Relief without Opioids?
Wendy Hasenkamp • April 26, 2018
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Blog
Meditation and Science: Ten Essays Worth Reading
Michael Sheehy • April 23, 2018
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Blog
Sharon Salzberg: Love is a Verb
Christine Phelan Kueter • April 9, 2018
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Blog
Preventing Racial Bias in the Classroom: What One Researcher Hopes to Learn
Sheila Kinkade • March 23, 2018
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change


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
Ethics and Compassion in Education Research
Daniel Goleman, Robert Roeser, Matthieu Ricard, Sona Dimidjian
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Blog
Tania Singer’s Exploration into How Meditation Training Transforms the Brain, the Individual, and Society at Large
Mind and Life Institute • December 18, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
Mindfulness-to-Meaning theory and eudaimonic appraisals of positive autobiographical events
Le-Anh Dinh-Williams
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Intracranial circuits underlying Deep Slow Breathing and its palliative effects
Jose Herrero
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
The role of Contemplative Art Education in social, emotional, and cognitive development of children with low SES
Darya Zabelina
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
Eudaimonia and sleep: Effects of a mindfulness intervention in caregivers of people with dementia
Tarah Raldiris
Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
A real-time fMRI study to link subjective experience with brain network dynamics during craving
Kathleen Garrison
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
A Conversation with Jim Austin and Susan Bauer-Wu
Mind and Life Institute • November 20, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Social Change

Blog
A Conversation with Jim Austin and Susan Bauer-Wu
Cat McCue • November 20, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Social Change

Think Tanks
Core Measures for Mindfulness Studies
Rick Hecht
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness


Blog
Utilizing Mindfulness Practice to Facilitate the Transition to College
Alec Paget, Mariane Pereira, Aïta Seck • July 1, 2017
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience



Blog
Nature & Well-Being: Gratitude
Sheena Kachru, Zachary Taylor • June 29, 2017
Topics: Environment | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience


Blog
Mindfulness as a Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
Han Ding, Nicole Miller • June 28, 2017
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness


Blog
An Exploration of Nature, Mindfulness and Well-Being
Joanna Shaw, Hannah Woodruff • June 27, 2017
Topics: Body-based Practices | Environment | Mental Health | Mindfulness


Blog
Mindfulness in Periods of Stress
Meghna Shankar, Melissa Wu • June 26, 2017
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Meditating Together: Tania Singer on the Contemplative Dyad
Mind and Life Institute • June 21, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other

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

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
The effect of mindfulness training on executive function and social cognition in the developing brain: An EEG study in preschoolers practicing mindfulness
Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Education | Mindfulness

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Teaching mindfulness in schools: A mixed method study of teachers’ mindfulness practice, professional knowledge, perspectives and experiences
Polina Mischenko
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Tracking the longitudinal real-world socioemotional benefits of mindfulness meditation training in youth
Emily Shih
Topics: Education | Mindfulness

Blog
An interview with Eric Garland, Ph.D.
Michael K. Juberg • February 24, 2017
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
The impact of a mindfulness-based intervention on opioid misuse during pregnancy: A mixed methods pilot RCT
Sarah Priddy
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness


Think Tanks
Socially-Engaged Mindfulness Interventions (SEMI) and the Promise of Making Refuge
Ronald Purser, Edwin Ng, Zack Walsh
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Closing Keynote – Evan Thompson
Mind and Life Institute • November 13, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Keynote – Rhonda Magee
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Clifford Saron
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

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ISCS 2016 – Evening Conversation
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness

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ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Robert Roeser
Mind and Life Institute • November 12, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

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ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Thupten Jinpa
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

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ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Lizabeth Roemer
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

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ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Judson Brewer
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

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ISCS 2016 – Keynote – Zindel Segal
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

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ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Sarah Bowen
Mind and Life Institute • November 11, 2016
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Keynote: Mindfulness Therapeutics in the Promotion of Mental Health
Zindel Segal
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

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
Master Lectures: Integrating Contemporary Behaviorist and Traditional Contemplative Approaches: Towards an Effective Technology of Behavior Change
Sarah Bowen
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | 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
Liberation Through Memory and Storytelling
Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies
International Symposium for Contemplative Studies 2016
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Social Change

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Practicing the Presence of Compassion: Contemplative Christian Traditions
Andrew Dreitcer
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

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
Closing Keynote: What is Mindfulness? An Embodied Cognitive Science Perspective
Evan Thompson
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other


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
Evening Conversation – The Promises and Perils of Mainstreaming Mindfulness (Ticketed Event)
Susan Bauer-Wu, Jeremy Hunter, Carolyn Jacobs, Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training
Robert Roeser
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

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 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lectures: Neurobiological Underpinnings of Contemplative Practices: Is There Common Ground (and who cares)?
Judson Brewer
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Moving Together From Colorblindness to ColorInsight: Contemplative Inquiry, Research and Practice in the Work of Transformative Justice
Rhonda Magee
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

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
Master Lectures: Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
Lizabeth Roemer
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 Summer Research Institute Session
On the Placebo Effect and Its Implications for the Science of Mindfulness
Catherine Kerr
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness


Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and early life abuse: Does attenuating inflammation reduce depressive symptoms and interpersonal dysfunction?
Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, Erin Walsh
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
(Epi)genetic biomarkers of a school-based mindfulness program
Eric Thibodeau
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience


Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Mindfulness in the context of intractable intergroup conflicts: Can mindfulness practice help overcome barriers to conflict resolution?
Eran Halperin, Ruthie Pliskin
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Evaluation of school-based mindfulness curriculum “Learning to BREATHE”
Joshua Felver
Topics: Education | Mindfulness

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Does ongoing practice of mindfulness meditation promote healthy relationships?
Norman Farb
Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
A randomized control trial of an in-person vs. ehealth mindfulness-based intervention for adolescents with chronic illness
Nicholas Chadi
Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Engaged mindfulness in Vietnam
Thao Le
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Social Change

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
The impact of mindfulness meditation training on social integration and well-being in first-semester college students
Aminda O'Hare
Topics: Education | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Blog
Mindfulness and Racial Bias: Resources For Deeper Understanding
Lauren Parent • January 13, 2016
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

Mind & Life Videos
Mindfulness and Racial Bias: Straight Talk with Rhonda Magee JD
Mind and Life Institute • December 8, 2015
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
The effects of mindfulness meditation on pain and heart rate variability
Adrienne Adler
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
The Meta-Awareness Task (MAT): A novel behavioral measurement methodology of mindfulness
Yuval Hadash
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Creating implicit and phenomenological assessments of nonjudgmental orientation to experience
Jessica Peters
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Self & Other

Varela Grant
Dissecting de-automatization: The effect of mindfulness training on unconscious habit formation
Adam Hanley
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
The Mind & Life Institute
Mind and Life Institute • November 25, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Social Change

Blog
Developing Measures of Compassion, Empathy, Care, and Kindness
Wendy Hasenkamp • November 18, 2015
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
Call to Care: Overview
Mind and Life Institute • November 9, 2015
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
john powell: The Heart of Contemplative Practice
Mind and Life Institute • November 2, 2015
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness

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Francisco J. Varela Research Awards
Mind and Life Institute • September 15, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Blog
The contemplative path: How do we learn?
Wendy Hasenkamp • July 28, 2015
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Fostering Communities of Care: Toward an Ecological Approach to the Development and Implementation of Contemplative-Based Programs
Brooke D. Lavelle
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Fear, Acceptance, and Compassion: Perspectives from Contemplative Neuroscience
Richard J. Davidson
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
The ReSource Project: Fear, Trust, and the Effects of Mental Training
Cade McCall
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
The Role of Social Relationships and Context in Meditative Practice
Jim Coan
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Basic Benefactor Practice: A Relational Contemplation for Deepening in Trust
Willa Blythe Baker
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Concentration, Mindfulness, and Compassion
Sharon Salzberg
Topics: Mindfulness

2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Fear and Trust in the Study and Practice of Meditation
Jared Lindahl
Topics: Mindfulness

Blog
Mind–Body Interventions Affect Sleep and Oxytocin in Cancer Survivors
David Lipschitz • June 12, 2015
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Developing an objective measure of mindfulness in daily life
Angelina Polsinelli
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Impacts of maternal mindfulness on mother-infant biological integrity
Benjamin Nelson
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Mindfulness, loving-kindness, & compassion meditation in group couples therapy for combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and their spouses
Anthony King
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health | Mindfulness


Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Studying interpersonal physiological attunement in experienced mindfulness practitioners
Yulia Golland, Nava Levit-Binnun
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
Otto Scharmer, ACEL Core Faculty
Mind and Life Institute • March 10, 2015
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
Is mindful meditation effective and culturally relevant for Native people?
Jeffrey Proulx
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
The effects of mindfulness on gender stereotype threat
Jeff Yanli Lin
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Social Change

Varela Grant
Mindfulness for pre-service teachers
Matthew Hirshberg
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness and the neurophysiological substrates of fear conditioning
Véronique Taylor
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Catherine Kerr
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Sona Dimidjian, Amishi Jha
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Brooke Dodson-Lavelle, Ven. Tenzin Priyadarshi
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014
Topics: Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Philip Zelazo
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Zindel Segal
Mind and Life Institute • November 1, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Sarah Bowen, Judson Brewer
Mind and Life Institute • October 31, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Master Lecture – Patricia Jennings, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl
Mind and Life Institute • October 31, 2014
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 – Keynote Dialogue – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Mind and Life Institute • October 31, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
ISCS 2014 Pre-Conference – Closing Keynote – Sheryl Petty, Arthur Zajonc
Mind and Life Institute • October 30, 2014
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – The Cultivation of Emotional Intelligence in Multiple Disciplines: Relevance of Contemplative Pedagogy to University Education
Peter Grossenbacher, Judith Simmer-Brown, Phillip Stanley
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


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 5 – Experimental Investigations of Short-Term Mindfulness Meditation Training: What Can They Tell Us?
Kirk Warren Brown, David J. Creswell, Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB): Training, Research, and Future
Eve Ekman, Paul Ekman, B. Alan Wallace
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Merleau-Ponty Reads Francisco Varela
Eduardo Velasquez
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Contemplative Technologies and Liberal Arts and Sciences
Morgan Harris, Sarah Helms, Grace McGee
Topics: Education | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Exploring the Intersection of Contemplative Practices and Computer Technologies
Katie Derthick
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Improving Attentional Functions Through Mindfulness Practice
Peter Malinowski
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Remembering What We Need to Remember: Extending the Psychotherapeutic Application of Mindfulness
Kathleen Gregory
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – The Being-Doing Nexus: A Grounded Theory Exploration
Christopher Lyddy
Topics: Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Towards an Applied Multiple Consciousness Theory of Mindfulness: With Special Reference to the WonBuddhist Method
Grace Song
Topics: Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – Yoga and Mindfulness: Engaging the Undergraduate Learner
Debra Alvis
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 4 – The Growing Art and Science of Contemplative Management
Tara Healey, Jeremy Hunter, Christopher Lyddy
Topics: Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Contemplative Initiatives for Business Education
Kevin Jackson
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – First Findings from the ReSource Project: Training Mind and Heart
Anne Böckler, Boris Bornemann, Bethany Kok, Fynn-Mathis Trautwein
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

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 – Different Neural Characteristics Associated with MBSR and the Relaxation Response
Sara Lazar, Xiaodan (Diane) Yan
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

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


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – LifeWorks at Stanford
Anthony Antonio, Jonah Willihnganz
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


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 – Externally-Induced Contemplation: A Neuroscience Study of Architecture
Julio Bermudez, David Lipschitz, Yoshio Nakamura
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 5 – Searching Inside and Outside Your Self: Challenging Current Conceptions of Corporate Mindfulness
Ronald Purser
Topics: Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – The Role of Contemplative Practice in Developing Authentic Leaders
Susan Skjei
Topics: Mindfulness | Social Change


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Integration and Engagement: Personal and Professional Practice in the Lab, the Clinic, and Education
Lone Fjorback, Andreas Roepstorff, Martijn van Beek
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Education | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – “This peace, this rest, this eternity”: Meditation and Consciousness in Modernist Literature
Hiie Saumaa
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – Mindfulness in Education for Teachers and Students
Lisa Flook, Simon Goldberg
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Can We Measure Mental Balance? Scientific and Contemplative Perspectives On Equanimity
Gaelle Desbordes, Dusana Dorjee, Elizabeth A. Hoge, Catherine Kerr, Sara Lazar, Andrew Olendzki, David Vago
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Philosophical Foundations for Contemplative Pedagogy in Higher Education: New Research in the Field
Susan Burggraf, Barry Kroll, Erin McCarthy, Harold Roth, Judith Simmer-Brown
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Investigating the Phenomenal and Neurocognitive Matrix of Mindfulness-Related Practices
John Dunne, Amishi Jha, Antoine Lutz, Clifford Saron
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Ancient Western Contemplative Philosophy: An Introduction to Plotinus and Neo-Platonism
Michael Griffin
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Contemplation as Organizational Transformation in a Research I University: The University of Virginia as a Case Study
Dorothe Bach, Susan Bauer-Wu, David Germano, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, David Mick, Kurtis Schaeffer
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 -Neurocognitive Processes of Addiction: A Therapeutic Role for Mindfulness?
Brett Froeliger, Eric Garland, Zev Schuman-Olivier
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Remote Emotional Memory for Depictions of Human Suffering Following an Intensive Meditation Intervention
Brandon King
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Validation of the Perceived Compassion Scale
Dent Gitchel
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

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 1 – Dogen’s “Nonthinking”: What the Founder of Soto Zen Can Teach Us About Intentionality and Discrimination During Shikantaza Meditation
Adam Valerio
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Therapeutic Presence: Utilizing Contemplative Studies in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Laura Copley, Carly Scarton, Justin Watts
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness


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 1 – Turning Towards or Turning Down? Mindfulness and Relaxation as Distinct Forms of Emotion Regulation
Norman Farb
Topics: Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – The Varieties of Contemplative Experience
Willoughby Britton
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


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
Keynote Dialogue with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Richard J. Davidson, Amishi Jha, Arthur Zajonc
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Pre-Conference Closing Keynote
Sheryl Petty, Arthur Zajonc
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mindfulness
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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Pre-Conference Workshop – Mind the Gap: Understanding the Distance Between Contemplative and Transformative Education
June Rimmer, Pamela Seigel
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Pre-Conference Workshop – Teaching for Radical Transformation
Rhonda Magee, Maria Pacheco
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Pre-Conference Workshop – To Be or Not to Be…That is the Answer: Empowering Underserved Parents to Be Present for Their Children at Home, School, and as a Community Change Agent
Zakiyah Ansari, Doug Coatsworth
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Pre-Conference Workshop – The Awakened Educator: On Contemplative Practice, Applied Research, and Social Transformation in Education
Yvette Jackson, Robert Roeser
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change

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
International Symposium for Contemplative Studies 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – The Social Side of Mindfulness: From Lab to Life
Jordan Quaglia
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Buddhism, Behaviorism, and the Brain
Sarah Bowen, Judson Brewer
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness
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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 3 – Looking Back to Move Forward: Exploring Shortand Long-Term (20-year) Impacts of Early Exposure (Elementary School) to Mindful-Based Learning (MBL)
Julianne Cheek, Jon Kabat-Zinn, David Lipschitz, Yoshio Nakamura, David Vago
Topics: Education | Mindfulness

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 2 – “Interaction First”: How Gendlin’s Process Philosophy Grounds the First Person Perspective
Donata Schoeller
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Are We Ready to Investigate Non-Dual Awareness?
James Austin, John Dunne, Eric Garland, Zoran Josipovic, Yoshio Nakamura
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Being in the Body: Contemplative Practice, Interoceptive Awareness, and Health
Jennifer Daubenmeier, Norman Farb, Anne Klein, Wolf Mehling, Martin Paulus, Cynthia Price
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Half Empty: Measuring Indicators of Emptiness Awareness Through Contemplative Practice
MacAndrew Jack, Abigail Lindemann
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

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 – Dream Neurophenomenology and Contemplative Sciences
Elizaveta Solomonova
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Obesity: Impact on Stress Physiology, Metabolic Health, and Gene Expression
Jennifer Daubenmeier, Elissa Epel, Rick Hecht
Topics: Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Being Mindful About Teaching Mindfulness: Evaluating the Consequences of Peer Instruction
Philip Leger, Ishan Walpola
Topics: Education | Mindfulness


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 – 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 – Brain-Network Reconfiguration and Perceptual Decoupling During Rhythm Induced Trance
Michael Hove
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Heartfulness as Mindfulness: Affectivity and Perspective in Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions
Linda-Susan Beard, Andrew Dreitcer, Brent A. Field, John Makransky, Rabbi Or Rose, Michael Spezio
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

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 – Karuna and Critical Theory
Bradley Lint
Topics: Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Innovations in Mindfulness for Educators: Complementary Approaches and Outcomes
Mark Greenberg, Alexis Harris, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Robert Roeser, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – Buddhist Meditation and Psychophysical Actor Training
Franc Chamberlain, Deborah Middleton
Topics: Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Contemplative Practice Starts with The Body
Catherine Kerr
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness
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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Secular Ethics
Brooke D. Lavelle, Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi
Topics: Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness
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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Successes and Challenges of Mindfulness Training in Applied Settings
Sona Dimidjian, Amishi Jha
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness
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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Contemplative Clinical Science
Zindel Segal
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness
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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Master Lecture – Fostering Resilience through Mindfulness in Childhood
Phil Zelazo
Topics: Education | Mindfulness
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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 2 – Mindful Games: Games as a Tool for Meditation and Reflection
Wanda Gregory
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness


2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Health Care (Medical) Implications of Meditative/ Contemplative Practice
Mardi Crane-Godreau, Barry Kerzin, Magdalena Naylor, Peter Wayne
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Videos
Mind and Life, Envisioning the Future of Contemplative Science
Mind and Life Institute • October 29, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Blog
A Question of Focus
Anthony Zanesco • October 19, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Pilot Program: Vietnam
Call to Care: Vietnam
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Blog
Nine Meditations from SRI 2013
Mind and Life Institute • September 18, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

Blog
Ommm Ex Machina
Mind and Life Institute • September 18, 2014
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Blog
Model Behavior
Wendy Hasenkamp • September 18, 2014
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Pilot Program: Israel
Call to Care: Israel
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Blog
Donor Profile – Penny Pilgram George
Ned Dunn • July 24, 2014
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
The Care Proposition
Lynn Tryba • July 2, 2014
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness


Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Impacts of tailored mindfulness training for maternal caregivers on intrapersonal wellbeing and interpersonal experiences
Ashley Mason
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Using mindfulness meditation training to transform social relationships among lonely older adults: A randomized controlled trial
David J. Creswell
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Bringing relief to caregivers: Evaluating the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on relational quality, psychological well-being and cognitive function in caregivers of patients with dementia
Alexandra Fiocco
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Pilot Program: Bhutan
Call to Care: Bhutan
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Blog
Longing After Loss
Brooke D. Lavelle • December 16, 2013
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health | Mindfulness


Varela Grant
Neural dynamics of attention and meta-attention during meditation
John Plass
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Mindfulness Intervention to Study the Neurobiology of Depression (MIND)
Rachel Jacobs
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mechanisms of mindfulness and stress resilience: A mobile app mindfulness training study
Emily Lindsay
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness and beyond: A qualitative study of advanced Mahasi meditators’ experience
Sean Pritchard
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Examining the relationship of meditation experience to the neural correlates of spontaneous emotion regulation
Kathrine Shepherd
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
The role of endogenous opioidergic systems in mindfulness meditation-related pain relief
Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Blog
Grey Matters: The BRAIN Initiative & Mapping the Mind
Wendy Hasenkamp • October 15, 2013
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Blog
Meditation: It’s Not What You Think
Wendy Hasenkamp • September 13, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Blog
Arming Introspection
Tomas Rocha • May 10, 2013
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Introspective reliability: Synergizing Buddhist and contemporary viewpoints
Monima Chadha
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Blog
Can Meditation Change Compassionate Behavior?
Wendy Hasenkamp • April 5, 2013
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness


Think Tanks
Interoception and Contemplative Practice
Catherine Kerr, Norman Farb, Wendy Hasenkamp
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Mindfulness in interpersonal judgments and relationships in daily life
Carrie Adair
Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness


Mind & Life 1440 Grant
Trauma-Informed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to promote intra- and interpersonal flourishing among survivors of traumatic violence
Amber Kelly, Eric Garland
Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Exploring mindfulness induced state and trait alterations in “self” networks: A combined fMRI-MEG neurophenomenological study
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other

Varela Grant
From intra- to inter-personal: Effects of MBSR on emotion regulation in social contexts
Jordan Quaglia
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Intrinsic neural characteristics predict the effectiveness of MBSR training on fear extinction and stress reduction
Xiaodan (Diane) Yan
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 5
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 4
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 3
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 2
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 1
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 10
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 9
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 8
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 7
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XXV – Part 6
Mind and Life Institute • October 20, 2012
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2012 Mind & Life Dialogue XXV
Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Meditation in Context
David McMahan
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Fieldwork on Contemplative Practices with High Risk Preschoolers: Children’s Empathic, Compassionate, and Self-Regulatory Behaviors
Julie Poehlmann
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness

Mind & Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
Where’s the Breath? An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Breath Awareness Placement
Harold Roth
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Compassion- and mindfulness-based meditation: Nurturing pro-social behavior and social networks
Paul Condon
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
An investigation of the impact of mindfulness training on the development of attention and working memory in children
Julia Ann Keller
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Education | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Brain mechanisms distinguishing mindfulness meditation-related pain relief from placebo analgesia
Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
The eCALM Study: eTherapy for Cancer AppLying Mindfulness
Kristin Zernicke
Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Exploring the effects of mindfulness meditation on self-control failure
Autumn Wiley
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
EEG spectral signatures of the impact of mindfulness meditation on perceptual-motor awareness and self-agency
Jose Raul Naranjo
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
The effects of mindfulness meditation training in early childhood
Kristen Lyons
Topics: Education | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Breath counting: Developing a behavioral measure of mindfulness
Daniel Levinson
Topics: Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Do white matter changes contribute to improved fear extinction following mindfulness training?
Britta Hölzel
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Differential effects of mindfulness and yogic breathing on cognitive and emotional processes
Andrea Hayes
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
The neurophenomenology of mindfulness: Metacognitive awareness as a mechanism for adaptive change
Micah Allen
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Mindfulness and response inhibition: Behavioral, neural and subjective correlates in smoking cessation
Cecilia Westbrook
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Effects of short-term mindfulness intervention on depression and immunity
Erin Walsh
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Mindfulness training for parents and children
Jessica Tipsord
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Development of mindfulness-based real-time fMRI neurofeedback for smoking cessation: A preliminary study
Zev Schuman-Olivier
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
The effectiveness of MBSR as an intervention among elderly family caregivers of persons with neurocognitive disorders
Roisin O'Donnell
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
The impact of evaluative vs. experiential self-focus on emotional response
Emma Lawrence
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
How mindfulness impacts selective attention during emotional challenge
Norman Farb
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Relational processes in learning mindfulness: An action-theoretical perspective
Brenda Dyer
Topics: Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Focused attention versus open monitoring meditation and self-referential brain processing
Rael Baruch Cahn
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness
2009 Mind & Life Dialogue XVII
Dialogue on Meditation Research: Present and Future
Topics: Mindfulness


Varela Grant
School-based mindfulness training in middle school and college students
Ellen Darling, Nathaniel Lepp
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Identifying the mechanisms of action in MBCT
Sean Barnes
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Real-time dynamics of cognitive processing during meditation: A subject-driven fMRI investigation
Wendy Hasenkamp
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness


Varela Grant
The interrelationship between cognitive control and affect in an intensive Vipassana retreat
Anthony Zanesco, Brandon King
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Meditation and nonlinear neurodynamics: From state to trait
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
An objective comparison of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for the treatment of insomnia in individuals with cancer using wrist actigraphy: A randomized, non-inferiority trial
Sheila Garland
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Examining the psychological effects of intensive meditation retreats for teenage youth
Brian Galla
Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness-based kindness curriculum for preschool children: A replication and extension
Lisa Flook
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mindfulness

2008 Mind & Life Dialogue XVI
Investigating the Mind-Body Connection: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation
Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Different approaches to emotion regulation: MBSR and CBT in the treatment of anxiety disorders
Joanna Arch
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Effects of mindfulness meditation on cell aging processes
Jennifer Daubenmeier
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Does mindfulness training change the processing of social threat?
Britta Hölzel
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Neuropeptide levels in meditation
Elizabeth A. Hoge
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
MBSR for the treatment of pediatric chronic pain
Kristen Jastrowski
Topics: Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Neural effects of mindfulness training on adults with ADD
Zev Rosen
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
How does MBSR improve psychological functioning for cancer patients?
Laura Labelle
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Biopsychosocial assessment of a mindfulness-oriented treatment of alcohol dependence
Eric Garland
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

2007 Mind & Life Dialogue XV
Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Treatment of Depression
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Developing a computational model for meditation using cross cortical synchrony in EEG data
Manish Saggar
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness


Varela Grant
Using MBCT to prevent relapse to suicidality in patients suffering from ongoing depressive symptoms
Catherine Crane, Thorsten Barnhofer
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Neural Correlates of PTSD Prevention with MBSR in Iraq Veterans
Sandra DiVitale
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Mindfulness training as treatment and mechanistic probe for drug addiction
Judson Brewer
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness-based interventions for depression: Possible neurophysiological mechanisms
Willoughby Britton
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Dissociable neural modes of self-reference and emotion regulation
Norman Farb
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Establishing mindfulness and mind wandering as mediators of patient benefit in MBCT
Durwin Foster
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
The neurobiology of mindfulness meditation for the control of pain
Joshua Grant
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Neural systems supporting interoceptive awareness in experienced and beginning meditators
Sahib Khalsa
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Feasibility, clinical acceptability, and efficacy of a mindfulness-based group therapy intervention for PTSD
Anthony King
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Effectiveness of the Mindfulness Education Program on children’s social-emotional competence, psychological well-being, and stress reactivity
Molly Stewart Lawlor
Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Neural effects of mindfulness meditation training on working memory
Adam Safron
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIII – Session 5
Mind and Life Institute • November 8, 2005
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIII – Session 4
Mind and Life Institute • November 8, 2005
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIII – Session 3
Mind and Life Institute • November 8, 2005
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIII – Session 2
Mind and Life Institute • November 8, 2005
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
Mind & Life Videos
Mind & Life XIII – Intro, Opening Remarks, and Session 1
Mind and Life Institute • November 8, 2005
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2005 Mind & Life Dialogue XIII
Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Mindfulness meditation for reduction of smoking craving: An fMRI investigation
Hilary Tindle
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, well-being and immune changes among rheumatoid arthritis patients
Elizabeth Kimbrough Pradhan
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Effects of mindfulness meditation training on attentional control in neutral and emotional contexts
Catherine Ortner
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Cultivating Emotional Balance Classroom Project
Patricia (Tish) Jennings
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Neural correlates of meta-consciousness events as experienced during Zen meditation practice
Arnaud Delorme
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Understanding the neural correlates of attention
Ryan Canolty
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Mindfulness-based interventions for depression: Possible neurophysiological mechanisms
Willoughby Britton
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Investigation of attentional modulation in visual cortex during meditation
Brian Pasley
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2001 Mind & Life Dialogue IX
Transformations of Mind, Brain, and Emotion
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mindfulness