Peter Wayne, PhD, is a researcher and practitioner in the field of mind-body and integrative medicine. Dr. Wayne is the Bernard Osher Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, jointly based at HMS and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also the Founding Director of the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center in Boston and a Mind & Life Fellow.
Mind & Life Connections
2021 Summer Research Institute
The Mind, the Human-Earth Connection, and the Climate Crisis
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment | Interconnection
Inspiring Minds – December 2020
Finding Connections: Pathways to Embodied Wisdom
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience
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Dr. Peter Wayne Honored with Catherine Kerr Award for Courageous and Compassionate Science
Mind and Life Institute • December 1, 2020
Topics: Body-based Practices | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Stress & Resilience
2020 Summer Research Institute
Cultivating Prosocial Development Across the Lifespan: Context Relationships, and Contemplative Practices
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Education | Social Change
2019 Summer Research Institute
Exploring Mental Habits: Contemplative Practices and Interventions for Individual and Social Flourishing
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other | Social Change
2017 Summer Research Institute
Intersubjectivity and Social Connectivity
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mental Health | Self & Other | Social Change
2016 Summer Research Institute
People, Place, and Practice: Putting Contemplative Studies into Context
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection
2016 Summer Research Institute Session
Panel Discussion: Movement-Based Contemplative Practices
Moderators:
Panel: Catherine Kerr, Catherine Shaddix, Peter Wayne
Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom
2015 Summer Research Institute Session
Fear in Action: Fear of Movement (Kinesiophobia) and Falling and their Treatment with Mind-Body Therapies
Peter Wayne
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science
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
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Movement-Based Embodied Contemplative Practices: Current State-of-the-Art and Future Research Directions
Dav Clark, Eva Henje Blom, Catherine Kerr, Philip Nessel, Laura Schmalzl, Peter Wayne
Topics: Body-based Practices