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Garrison Institute publishes newsletters periodically to keep you informed of our developments. Our first five issues below can be downloaded as PDF files:


Summer 2007
  • Making the Impossible Possible: Supporting Bold Leadership on Climate Change
  • The Patrons' Circle
  • Reflection by Gehlek Rimpoche
  • Saving Energy Begins at Home
  • The Garrison Institute Program Initiatives
  • Initiative on Transforming Trauma
  • Initiative on Transformational Ecology
  • Initiative on Contemplation and Education
  • Retreats at Garrison:
  • Adyashanti: Open Gate Sangha Retreat
  • Naropa University: Authentic Leadership Program
  • Gehlek Rimpoche: Living the Challenge-A Pathway to Sustaining Compassion for Professionals
  • International Spirit at Work Conference and Executive Retreat: Engaging the Heart of the Workplace
  • Sylvia Boorstein and Sharon Salzberg: Lovingkindness Meditation-The Universal Prayer Of The World
  • Kurt Hoelting and Rabbi Larry Troster: Meeting the Sacred in Creation
  • Jean Houston: East Coast Advanced Mystery School-A Revolution in Consciousness

  • Fall 2006
  • Transforming Trauma
  • A Conversation on the Practice of Focusing, with David I. Rome and Master Teachers Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell and Dr. Atsmaout Perlstein
  • Garrison Institute Engages in Strategic Planning Process
  • Reflection by Father Keating: Health and the Contemplative Dimension of Life
  • Environmentally-Friendly Air Conditioning
  • Garrison Initiatives:
  • The Emancipation Project: Transforming Women in Prison with Spirit
  • Initiative on Transformational Ecology
  • Initiative on Awareness and Concentration for Learning
  • Retreats at Garrison:
  • Presencing: The New Theory and Practice of Deep Innovation
  • Pachamama Alliance: Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream
  • Greenfaith: Meeting the Sacred in Creation
  • Buddhist Peace Fellowship Membership Gathering
  • Spiritual Paths: The Path of Love and Compassion
  • Sacred Foods Conference
  • Peaceful Tomorrows

  • Spring 2006
  • Contemplation and Education, by Deborah Schoeberlein
  • Spirituality and Social Action: Reflections from the Blue Moon Fund Retreat
  • Reflection by Rabbi Zalman Schachter
  • The Garrison Institute Programs:
  • Initiative on Contemplation and Education (K-12): Developing the Field
  • Transforming Trauma: Wellness for Women Working to End Violence against Women
  • Hudson River Project: Caring for Creation: Overview of the Monthly Public Conversation Series
  • Retreats at Garrison:
  • Bonnie Myotai Treace, Sensei: Hermitage Heart sesshin
  • Stone Circles' Spiritual Activistm Retreat
  • John O'Donohue: Becoming Beauty
  • Kabir and Camille Helminski: Threshold Society
  • Krishna Das and Sharon Salzberg
  • Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Community Dharma Leaders Program
  • Mind and Life Summer Research Institute

  • Summer 2005
  • Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowledge: Science and Buddhism at the Mind and Life
  • Summer Research Institute
  • Interfaith Sail for the Environment Launches the Hudson River Project
  • First Patron's Lunch: Can Religion Save the Earth?
  • Garrison Institute Programs
  • Mikhail Gorbachev Visits Garrison Institute
  • Program Updates:
  • Contemplation and Education: Science and the Benefits Of Contemplative Education
  • Wellness for Domestic Violence Shelter Workers
  • Contemplative Mind in the Life of Service: Multi-faith symposium for University Chaplains, Spiritual Advisors and Deans of Religious Life
  • Retreats at Garrison:
  • Guhyasamaja: A Highest Yoga Tantra Retreat
  • Lama Surya Das: Dharma On New Shores
  • The Future of Islam in America
  • Tent of Abraham, Hagar & Sarah: An Interfaith Conference
  • Teaching Social Justice: The Rockwood Leadership Training Institute
  • Learning to Think at the Edge

  • Summer 2004
  • An Ocean of Wisdom on the Banks of the Hudson: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet at Garrison Institute
  • A Clear Vision for a Cherished Place: The Story of a Transformation
  • Garrison Institute Programs
  • Contemplation and Community: Multifaith Symposium of University Chaplains and Deans of Religious Life
  • The Asian Sustainable Development Network (ASDN)
  • Hudson River Project: Caring for Creation and the Common Good
  • Contemplation in Education Symposium
  • International Buddhist Peace Service
  • Retreats at Garrison