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This 7-week course introduces the ProSocial method as an applied change process and welcomes participants into a growing global community of practice. Through weekly peer-group meetings, you will explore seven modules, practice psychological flexibility and deep listening, and gain practical tools to strengthen trust and collaboration in the groups and networks you care about.
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Marek McGann engages with Nara M. De Figueiredo (and Elena Cuffari) in a fascinating exploration of enaction and agential realism in dialogue about language. This talk challenges representational models of language, resorting to notions such as intra-action, diffraction, superposition, and interference to illustrate how meaning arises from the entanglement of our agencies. |
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Hybrid Event
This online training in the G.R.A.C.E. framework is designed to nurture compassion, presence, and resilience in daily life. Drawing on neuroscience, social psychology, ethics, and contemplative perspectives, this scientifically grounded training enables one to foster specific elements allowing compassion to emerge. Through practice and reflection, participants learn to bring greater awareness and care into professional and personal interactions. Especially… Continue reading G.R.A.C.E.: Training in Cultivating Compassion-based Interactions Elaine Teo and friends offer 1h meditation sharing circles on Zoom three times a month: the first Friday at 18:00 CET, a mid-month Tuesday at 20:00 CET, and a Saturday morning at 10:00 CET. Between sessions, regular participants share experiences and resources in a warm, lively, international WhatsApp community. Drop in for a taster, or… Continue reading Community Event: Elaine’s meditation and sharing circle |
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Ayda Duroux and friends are meeting weekly on Tuesdays from 18:30 to 19:30 CET as a meditation, reading and discussion group, starting with a guided meditation and then reading a short paragraph together. Everyone is welcome! For any questions get in touch with Ayda. |
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Virtual Event
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The Mind & Life Institute launches a livestream tribute for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. President Suzanne Bond will be in conversation with Board Chair Thupten Jinpa, reflecting on the Dalai Lama’s visionary role in bringing together science and contemplative wisdom. |
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Venerable Losang Gendun leads a four-week series exploring the Buddhist understanding of mind and mental factors, the building blocks of our experience. Each Monday session explores how attention, intention, mindfulness, and feeling shape consciousness, and offers practical tools for clarity, balance, and insight. Mondays, Sep 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 7-8:30 pm EDT. Pavel Chvykov co-organises an online conference on Complexity Science and Contemplative Studies, taking place 8th-10th October, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm EDT. The program features keynote talks, short presentations, breakout-room discussions and mindfulness practices, with speakers such as Michael Levin (Tufts), Martin Nowak (Harvard), and Gary Lupyan (Madison). For details, contact Pavel at pchvykov@umich.edu. |
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Ayda Duroux and friends are meeting weekly on Tuesdays from 18:30 to 19:30 CET as a meditation, reading and discussion group, starting with a guided meditation and then reading a short paragraph together. Everyone is welcome! For any questions get in touch with Ayda. Elaine Teo and friends offer 1h meditation sharing circles on Zoom three times a month: the first Friday at 18:00 CET, a mid-month Tuesday at 20:00 CET, and a Saturday morning at 10:00 CET. Between sessions, regular participants share experiences and resources in a warm, lively, international WhatsApp community. Drop in for a taster, or… Continue reading Community Event: Elaine’s meditation and sharing circle |
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Ayda Duroux and friends are meeting weekly on Tuesdays from 18:30 to 19:30 CET as a meditation, reading and discussion group, starting with a guided meditation and then reading a short paragraph together. Everyone is welcome! For any questions get in touch with Ayda. |
3 events,
Elaine Teo and friends offer 1h meditation sharing circles on Zoom three times a month: the first Friday at 18:00 CET, a mid-month Tuesday at 20:00 CET, and a Saturday morning at 10:00 CET. Between sessions, regular participants share experiences and resources in a warm, lively, international WhatsApp community. Drop in for a taster, or… Continue reading Community Event: Elaine’s meditation and sharing circle |
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3 events,
Ayda Duroux and friends are meeting weekly on Tuesdays from 18:30 to 19:30 CET as a meditation, reading and discussion group, starting with a guided meditation and then reading a short paragraph together. Everyone is welcome! For any questions get in touch with Ayda. |
3 events,
Hybrid Event
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Avalokiteshvara Sand Mandala CreationSunday, September 28 – Friday, October 3 As part of Emory-Tibet Week, the Drepung Loseling monks of The Mystical Arts of Tibet will create an Avalokiteshvara (Buddha of Compassion) mandala sand painting. Avalokiteshvara — revered across Buddhist traditions as Quan Am (Vietnamese), Kwan Yin (Chinese), Kannon (Japanese), and Chenrezig (Tibetan) — embodies… Continue reading Closing Ceremony – Emory-Tibet Week/Mandala Sand Painting Live Exhibition |
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Diane Fereig invites researchers and graduate students in Contemplative Science to take part in a preliminary questionnaire exploring the interplay between religion, spirituality and science. The aim is to better understand the unique environment of this field and lay the groundwork for a larger investigative study. The survey is open until Saturday, 4th October, midnight… Continue reading Survey Deadline – Exploring the interplay between religion, spirituality and science |
Note: This is a curated selection of upcoming events (and application deadlines) related to open & contemplative science, research, scholarship, and practice. Times are given in CET/CEST unless stated otherwise.