WHY
Benefits of Contemplative Practices
-Cultivate well-being and happiness.
-Enhance Resilience.
-Increase self-awareness.
-Improve attention and concentration.
-Enhance positive emotions.
-Positively impact the brain.
-Reduce stress.
-Reduce chronic physical pain.
-Boost the immune system.
-Reduce emotional reactivity.
-Enrich life meaning & purpose.
-Enhance fulfillment.
Research on Contemplative Practices
- Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, UMass Memorial Health Care
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Stanford Medicine's Contemplation by Design Program
- Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
- Stanford's Early Life Stress & Pediatric Anxiety Program (ELSPAP)
- Sara Lazar Lab, Neuroscience of Yoga and Meditation, Harvard University
- Khasla Lab on Yoga Research, Harvard University
- Langer Mindfulness Institute
- Brown University Contemplative Studies Research Labs
- UCSanDiego School of Medicine Mindfulness Research
- Kent State University, Fresco Emotion Regulation Lab
- Univeristy of Miami, The Jha Lab
- Lustyk Lab, Seattle Pacific University
- New York University Zoran Josipovic Contemplaive Science Lab
- University of Washington, Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention
Integrative Medicine Research that May Include Contemplative Practices
- UNC School of Medicine Integrative Medicine Research
- Stanford Medicine Stress and Health Center
- UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine
- Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (OCIM) and Contemplative Neuroscience & Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Testimonials from Contemplation By Design Participants
HOW
Cultivating Contemplative Lifestyle Habits
Stanford Classes
Audio and Video Files for Guided Practice
- 15,000 Free Guided Meditations (audio)
- Free Mindfulness courses online
- Free Zen teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh
- Free Mindfulness practices with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach
- RAIN Practice, Guided by Tara Brach, PhD, RAIN = Recognize what is happening. Allow life to be just as it is. Investigate inner experience. Non-Identification.
- Mindful Cultivation and Positive Neuroplasticity with Rick Hanson (video)
- Audio and Video Files for Guided Practice, Liberate: a daily meditation app created by the Black community for the Black community
- Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Stanford HIP webinar
- Five-Minute Breath Meditation with Sarah Meyer, Stanford HIP(audio)
- Here-Now Meditation with Tarika Lovegarden (audio)
- Letting Go 5 Minute Meditation with Patty McLucas (audio)
- Stanford Physicians Breathing Exercises with Mark Abramson (audio)
- Audio and Video Files Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society free downloadable webinars & videos
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center Online classes and streaming events
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center Free downloadable guided meditations
- Kristin Neff, PhD Free downloadable self-compassion meditations
- Self Compassion TedX talk
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center Free downloadable guided meditations
- UCSD Center for Mindfulness Free downloadable guided meditations
- University of Wisconsin “Opportunities for Pausing” YouTube 1:53 min.
WHEN AND WHERE
Classes Offered throughout the Year
- -Meditate. Me? Why, How and What Type.
- -Breathing for longevity, Love and Livelihood.
- -P.E.A.C.E. Contemplative Campus Walk.
- -Walking the Windhover Labyrinth.
- -The Power of the PAUSE Meditation Retreat with Tia Rich.
- -Mindfulness at Work.
- -Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
- -HeartMath's Building Resilience and Reducing Stress: Tools and Technology to Add Heart and Energy to Your Life.
- -Personalized Stress Reduction with Patty McLucas.
- -Equine-imity—Stress Reduction In the Company of Horses.
- -Equine-imity Somatic Horsemanship: 1 Hour Individual Session.
- -C.A.R.E.S.TM: Compassion, Awareness, and Relationship skills Enhance Salutogenesis.