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We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Daniel J. Siegel to the Garrison Institute Board of Directors. A clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Siegel is on the faculty of its Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and the Co-Director of its Mindful Awareness Research Center. An award-winning educator, he is a Distinguished Fellow of…
Attention, all locavores and foodies: we invite you to join us for “Eating Here: A Very Local Earth Day Meal,” Thursday, April 19, 7pm at the Garrison Institute. All ingredients are grown within 60 miles, except salt and coffee beans. Guy Jones, farmer and forager, will tell stories about farming in the Hudson Valley. The meal is sponsored by Fresh…
The third annual Climate, Mind and Behavior symposium, held at the Garrison Institute in February 2012, brought together experts from diverse fields to explore the connection between social sciences research and human-based solutions to climate change. Videos of the presentations are now available, and they cover a wide range of areas under study. What psychologists and sociologists know about the…
Many people who have connected with the Garrison Institute over the years have not had the opportunity to actually experience a retreat here. We have developed a retreat especially with you in mind. On June 8-10, two of our finest contemplative teachers, Sharon Salzberg and Rachel Cowan, have agreed to lead a retreat introducing the wide range of contemplative practices…
The Buddhist Contemplative Care Symposium, presented by the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and the Garrison Institute, November 8-11, 2012, will be a unique gathering geared to give palliative and end-of-life practitioners the tools and insights to provide the most effective care possible. The symposium is designed to encourage leading researchers, physicians, spiritual care providers and patient advocates…
An exhibition of contemplative photography by Andy Karr is currently on display in the Garrison Institute ambulatory. Andy Karr is a writer, photographer, longtime meditator and Buddhist teacher. He trained intensively with two of the great founding teachers of Western Buddhism: Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, author of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism…
We are proud to be presenting Coming Home: A Mindfulness Meditation Weekend for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Communities, April 13-15, led by Larry Yang and Maddy Klyne. Larry Yang has a piece in the Huffington Post this week, “Toward Freedom and Enlightenment Queerly: LGBTQ and Dharma,” that’s well worth reading. “Experiencing our ‘true nature’ is not so much…
We’d like to make you aware of a very interesting video we’ve recently posted of psychologist and Garrison Institute Advisory Council member Daniel Goleman speaking at a Garrison Institute luncheon held in New York City in November. He discusses his new book Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence, and key leadership qualities – such as self awareness, empathy, and systems…