CARE Training participants earlier this year Teacher stress and burnout are widespread and significant factors in the quality and costs of education. Evidence is mounting that contemplative practices are effective at reducing them. Most recently, a study published in the journal Mind, Brain and Education trained a group of elementary school teachers in a form of Mindfulness-Based Stress…
August 24 – 29, the Venerable Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche returned to the Garrison Institute to lead an extraordinary Dzogchen retreat. The oldest son of the great teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Chökyi is the abbot of one of the largest monasteries in Nepal, where he is responsible for over 400 monks and nuns. His visit to the Garrison Institute was sponsored by Shedrub Development Fund, www.shedrubfund.org.…
August 9 – 14, we held our Sixth Annual CARE for Teachers (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) Summer Retreat, attracting educators from as far away as Australia, Norway, Canada and Colombia. They came to participate in our contemplative-based trainings which promote awareness of the inner experience of teaching, helping teachers cope with stress, build resilience and create…
Dan Schrag presenting at CMB 2013 In his recent post to his New York Times Dot Earth blog, “Could Climate Campaigners’ Focus on Current Events be Counterproductive?” Andy Revkin offers a thought-provoking take on the climate news climate, and on our 2013 Climate, Mind and Behavior (CMB) symposium, where he moderated a session on the current orientation towards…
Rona Wilensky, former school principal, educational consultant, social entrepreneur and acting chair of our CTL Leadership Council, is profiled in our annual report along with other Garrison Institute collaborators. A former education policy analyst for the governor of Colorado and founder of the innovative New Vista High School in Boulder, she’s now directing a schoolwide program funded by the Hemera…
Photo © World Economic Forum 2013, Urs Jaudas A growing body of research suggests that contemplative practices reduce workplace stress. Being confined to a desk for hours at a time and coping with the competitive, fast-paced environments common in corporate culture can fill an office with burnt-out people consumed with dread, anger and anxiety. We’ve heard as many as…
Larry Yang interviewed at the Garrison Institute In this wide-ranging video interview, meditation teacher and psychotherapist Larry Yang discusses his experience as a gay man of color, his discovery of how Buddhist practice gave him “freedom from suffering around the cultural experience of difference,” his time as a monastic in Thailand, and how Insight Meditation, which derives from Southeast…
The Garrison Institute is pleased to announce that Denise Clegg has joined our staff as Deputy Executive Director of Development and External Relations. Denise has worked in development and communications for more than twenty years, and brings a wide range of experience working with contemplative science, practice and positive social change. Before joining the Garrison Institute, Denise was Managing Director…