The Science of Meditation Summit will feature insights from cutting-edge scientific research on meditation, lessons on the traditional practice of meditation, and practical tools to bring the practice and principles of meditation into your daily life. You’ll learn from over 20 of today’s leading researchers, renowned thought leaders, and wisdom holders, including Dr. Matthieu Ricard, …
I came across this rather wistful and wonderfully poignant poem by Charles Bukowski the other day, read beautifully by Sienna Miller courtesy of the BBC’s Something Understood. Bukowski explores a profound human truth, that we are all vulnerable at our core and we often seek to shore up that vulnerability with a whole range of …
The clutter of our lives binds us to the precious simplicity that surrounds us and within us. Too often we become possessed and imprisoned by the chains of our own accumulations. We live in fear of their loss; we evolve complex strategies to protect ourselves from failure and deprivation. This burden inhibits our ability to …
In conjunction with SoundsTrue, Dr. Rick Hanson presents a FREE seven-part video series—The Compassionate Brain—that explores effective ways to change your brain and heart and life. Each week Dr. Hanson will be joined by a world-class scholar/teacher, including Richie Davidson, Dan Siegel, Tara Brach, Dacher Keltner, Kelly McGonigal, Kristin Neff, and Jean Houston. They’ll discuss …
There has never been a school for girls in the village of Deh Subz, Afghanistan. Afghan-American Razia Jan set out to change that. In 2009, despite pressure to educate boys and threats to ruin the school, the Zabuli Education Center opened a school to educate 200 girls. Razia’s hope is to make life a little …
Suffering is everywhere. We see it in people’s faces, hear it in their voices, see it on the news. As we attempt to pay attention to suffering we can hear it in our own thoughts, feel it in our bodies and see it in the face in the mirror. Often people balk at this practice …