School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training
Topic Archives:
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Thupten Jinpa
Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Lizabeth Roemer
Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Judson Brewer
Neurobiological Underpinnings of Contemplative Practices: Is There Common Ground (and who cares)?
ISCS 2016 – Keynote – Zindel Segal
Mindfulness Therapeutics in the Promotion of Mental Health
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Sarah Bowen
Integrating Contemporary Behaviorist and Traditional Contemplative Approaches: Towards an Effective Technology of Behavior Change
Mindfulness and Racial Bias: Resources For Deeper Understanding
In early December 2015, Mind & Life was honored to host a live chat with MLI Fellow and Law Professor Rhonda Magee that explored the following theme: Many who examine the growth of the field of contemplative practice see it as coming only from straight, middle-class whites and corporate America. How might we work to …
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Mindfulness and Racial Bias: Straight Talk with Rhonda Magee JD
Ready for some straight talk about racial bias and mindfulness? Many who examine the growth of the field of contemplative practice see it as coming only from straight, middle-class whites and corporate America. How might we work to shift that perception and to broaden the reach of our work? What practices can assist us in …
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Developing Measures of Compassion, Empathy, Care, and Kindness
As contemplative approaches are being applied in educational settings with increasing frequency, early studies using self-report and academic outcomes suggest that these programs hold promise for the well-being of both teachers and students. However, the field currently lacks empirically rigorous measures to evaluate important real-world behavior and psychological change due to the cultivation of compassion, …
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