Typhoon Haiyan damage, Tacloban, Philippines. Photo by Eoghan Rice – Trócaire / Caritas. Images from disaster zones, like these pictures showing the devastation Typhoon Haiyan left in its wake, convey an inkling of how overwhelming and traumatic daily life inside the disaster zone can be. Aid workers on the ground share the stresses of these environments, which raise…
We’ve announced the date and set the agenda for a much-anticipated second installment of our semi-annual Buddhist Contemplative Care (BCC) Symposium, to be held at the Institute November 6-9, 2014. A joint project of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZCCC) and the Garrison Institute’s Initiative on Transforming Trauma, the BCC Symposium showcases contemplative-based approaches to end-of-life and…
Soren Gordhamer Wisdom 2.0 is a conference and events series, a book, a social media conversation and a movement for purposeful engagement in business and life, addressing what its organizers call “the great challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our…
Meditating in the Garrison Institute Annex Tania Singer, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, is a founder of the field of social neuroscience, a branch of neurosciences which seeks to understand how biological systems relate to social processes and behavior. Enormously influential in that field, she’s also a…
Our new Contemplative Teaching and Learning blog series, “Coming to Care: Collecting Stories for Teachers by Teachers” has attracted inspiring posts from K-12 teachers, university professors, teacher educators and others about their discoveries as they foundand applied contemplative approaches to education. Washington and Lee University political philosophy professor Eduardo Velasquez describes how as a student he became fascinated with…
The Garrison Institute’s Main Meditation Hall Retreats come in many sizes and shapes, reflecting a variety of interests and a variety of pathways to building contemplative skills. Upcoming retreats at the Garrison Institute will focus on the workplace, digital technology, science, the soul and the sacred in everyday life. Several of our 2014 retreats focus on enhancing…
Gregory Purnhagen and the Scorchio Quartet. Photo by Richard Koek Our “In the Spirit” benefit concert at Manhattan’s Town Hall October 24 was a beautiful, moving occasion. Under the artistic direction of composer Philip Glass, it celebrated the Institute’s 10th anniversary by presenting virtuoso musicians from Africa, China, South Asia, the Middle East and the West to an audience of…
Faith In America participants in discussion The Nathan Cummings Foundation’s 2030 Faith in America Challenge brings leaders in their twenties and thirties together to frame strategies for building a near future where religious diversity leads Americans to act collaboratively for a more just, fair and compassionate society. The project is dedicated to the proposition that when individuals and…