Earlier this fall, the Garrison Institute staff participated in a contemplative retreat led by Lama Willa Miller, a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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On a recent late summer afternoon, the Garrison Institute Sustainability Committee organized a staff workshop on Ikebana, a contemplative tradition within Japanese culture concerning the art of flower arranging.
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The Garrison Institute’s Stacey Mitchell reflects on her time in Charlottesville, Virginia during the recent unrest.
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Specialized mindfulness training programs are now providing skills for justice system professionals so that they can do their work with greater ease, effectiveness, and kindness.
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Journals from a participant in our “Imagining Your Voice on the Page” workshop, led by Robert Polito and Gregory Pardlo
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Philosopher of cognitive science Hanne De Jaegher aims to put the humanity back in the scientific process of studying human experience. This post was inspired by De Jaegher’s Mind & Life presentation at the Garrison Institute.
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Psychology professor David Sbarra explores what technology addiction is doing to our in-person relationships from an evolutionary perspective. This post was inspired by Sbarra’s Mind & Life presentation at the Garrison Institute.
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The groundbreaking philosopher and psychologist who gave the world the practice called Focusing died on May 1, 2017.
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