Welcome to the participant webpage for the Contemplative Resilience Tools for Social Change Makers six-week course. This live, virtual offering brings together social change makers from 14 non-profit organizations.
Drawing from elements of the Garrison Institute’s Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) Project and from Sharon Salzberg’s most recent book, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, this course invites you to strengthen your resilience and deepen awareness, balance, and connection in your work and lives.
Each week there will be a corresponding Participant Course Journal to serve as a supplemental resource for the Workshops and Cohort Coaching sessions. This webpage will be updated each Monday to include the corresponding Participant Course Journal for that week. We highly recommend you have the corresponding Participant Course Journal available to you each time we meet. You may print out the Journal to make direct notes, or open in Adobe to type notes directly into the document.
Although not required for the course, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World serves as a nice supplement to the course.
If you have any questions, please email CBRProject@garrisoninstitute.org.
Course Schedule & Materials
The raw recordings of Workshop Weeks 1-6 are now posted below, under the corresponding week. These recordings will remain available for viewing through August 31, 2021.
Week 1: Contemplative-Based Resilience: Awareness, Balance, and Connection
- May 5th, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST — Workshop
- May 6th, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST — Cohort Coaching
Links from the Journal can be found here. Click or copy and paste directly into your browser.
- Garrison Institute: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/
- Sharon Salzberg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
- Madeline Garcia Bigelow: https://www.urbanjustice.org/2019/06/08/madeline-garcia-bigelow/
- Finding Neutral Mindful Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yElSQfIgunE
- Gathering Your Energy Meditation: https://springrefresh.mindful.org/2020/04/14/day-2-afternoon-meditation-gathering-your-energy-with-sharon-salzberg/
- BIPOC Meditation Sangha Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/a-virtual-sanctuary/bipoc-meditation-sangha/
- Noontime Meditation Group Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/noontime-meditation-group/
- Care for Caregivers App: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/initiatives/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/care-for-caregivers-app/
Week 2: Activating One’s Agency and Sense of Purpose
- May 12th, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST — Workshop
- May 13th, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST — Cohort Coaching
*please note that the Week 2 Workshop recording concludes after the Social Learning segment.
Links from the Journal can be found here. Click or copy and paste directly into your browser.
- Garrison Institute: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/
- Sharon Salzberg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
- Shelly Tygielski: https://www.shellytygielski.com/
- Transform Stress into Vitality Mindful Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODxIY6zKVpo
- Exploring our Storyline Meditation: https://soundcloud.com/sharonsalzberg/exploring-our-storylines-meditation/s-rkun4SBDYNb
- BIPOC Meditation Sangha Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/a-virtual-sanctuary/bipoc-meditation-sangha/
- Noontime Meditation Group Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/noontime-meditation-group/
- Care for Caregivers App: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/initiatives/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/care-for-caregivers-app/
Week 3: The Need for Resilience and Building Resilience
- May 19th, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST — Workshop
- May 20th, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST — Cohort Coaching
Links from the Journal can be found here. Click or copy and paste directly into your browser.
- Garrison Institute: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/
- Sharon Salzberg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
- How Chronic Stress Affects your Brain TEDTalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuyPuH9ojCE
- Holistic Life Foundation: https://hlfinc.org/
- Self Massage Mindful Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-tImilm-_U
- Body Scan Meditation: https://soundcloud.com/user-617248864/body-scan/s-CAYWJBWhuGw
- SOBER Meditation: https://soundcloud.com/user-617248864/sober-breathing-space/s-vK7ZyPWHT69
- BIPOC Meditation Sangha Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/a-virtual-sanctuary/bipoc-meditation-sangha/
- Noontime Meditation Group Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/noontime-meditation-group/
- Care for Caregivers App: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/initiatives/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/care-for-caregivers-app/
Week 4: Moving from Empathy to Compassion
- May 26th, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST — Workshop
- May 27th, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST — Cohort Coaching
Links from the Journal can be found here. Click or copy and paste directly into your browser.
- Garrison Institute: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/
- Sharon Salzberg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
- Ellen Agler and The END Fund: https://end.org/team/ellen-agler/
- Restorative Yoga Mindful Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8uQC6BuC0s
- Loving-Kindness Meditation: https://soundcloud.com/user-617248864/lovingkindness-meditation/s-f2lt6oU0YkF
- BIPOC Meditation Sangha Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/a-virtual-sanctuary/bipoc-meditation-sangha/
- Noontime Meditation Group Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/noontime-meditation-group/
- Care for Caregivers App: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/initiatives/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/care-for-caregivers-app/
Week 5: Remembering the Joy
- June 2nd, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST — Workshop
- June 3rd, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST — Cohort Coaching
Links from the Journal can be found here. Click or copy and paste directly into your browser.
- Garrison Institute: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/
- Sharon Salzberg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
- Justin Michael Williams: https://www.justinmichaelwilliams.com/
- Three Good Things Practice: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/three-good-things
- Therapeutics Mindful Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxhsDbOwdzM
- BIPOC Meditation Sangha Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/a-virtual-sanctuary/bipoc-meditation-sangha/
- Noontime Meditation Group Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/noontime-meditation-group/
- Care for Caregivers App: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/initiatives/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/care-for-caregivers-app/
Week 6: Cultivating Equanimity & Balance
- June 9th, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST — Workshop
- June 10th, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST — Cohort Coaching
Links from the Journal can be found here. Click or copy and paste directly into your browser.
- Garrison Institute: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/
- Sharon Salzberg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
- Bridge Therapy – Samantha Novick: https://mybridgetherapy.com/about-us/
- Active Sequence Mindful Movement : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lIF7RYNRbs
- RAIN Meditation: https://soundcloud.com/user-617248864/rain/s-oKeD6iQHhyk
- Cultivating Equanimity Meditation: https://soundcloud.com/sharonsalzberg/cultivating-equanimity-meditation/s-mFQlYpEhHi2
- BIPOC Meditation Sangha Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/a-virtual-sanctuary/bipoc-meditation-sangha/
- Noontime Meditation Group Registration Page: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/noontime-meditation-group/
- Care for Caregivers App: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/initiatives/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/care-for-caregivers-app/
Course Objectives
- Obtain an understanding of the psychology and physiology of stress (including secondary and vicarious stress and burnout) and resilience.
- Learn how to detect, monitor, and respond to one’s emotions.
- Engage in contemplative practices such as meditation, mindful movement, and loving-kindness to regulate one’s stress response.
- Learn how contemplative practices have informed activists and social change agents to foster both personal and societal transformation.
- Foster social learning and connection within a cohort of fellow change makers.
- Build a foundation of practical skills for increased resilience through awareness, balance, and connection.