The Contemplation by Design Summit is a campus-wide, multidisciplinary series of FREE events.
Enjoy the power of the pause.
Oct. 14 - 25, 2026
Please click on the session titles for the full description, which are being updated when they become available.
Below is the 2026 Summit Schedule.
Registration will open on Sept. 1
Free events will be offered Oct. 14 - 25, 2026, to further individual and community health and well-being, and creative excellence to serve the greater good in these unprecedented times. Contemplation By Design is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, campus-wide program cultivating resilience, well-being, wisdom, compassion, and sustainable, ethical, purposeful service. Summit participants will have the opportunity to cultivate perspective, meaningful purpose, and contemplative practices that refresh and renew the mind-body-spirit.
Faculty, staff, students and the community are invited. Please register to reserve your place in the free sessions. Thank you.
Contemplation Calendar
Oct.14 - 25, 2026
All 2026 Summit sessions are FREE and on Zoom live,
except for the free in-person non-hybrid events which are noted by italicized text.
All session times are held in Pacific Time.
Green text indicates Guided Practices sessions or Interactive workshops.
Blue text indicates lectures, which will include Q&A and may include a guided practice.
Gray text indicates an opportunity for a self-directed contemplative practice.
Wed. 10/14/26 |
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| 12:00-1:00pm | Introduction to the 2025 Summit, Tia Rich, PhD |
| 9:00am-4:00pm | In-person Opportunity to Walk the Labyrinth at Stanford’s Memorial Church. No registration necessary. |
| 7:00-8:15pm | We Were Made for These Times: Coming Home to Ourselves in the Age of AI, Kaira Jewel Lingo, In-person and online |
Thurs. 10/15/26 |
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| 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #1, Breathing for Mindfulness, Resilience, and Well-being, Tia Rich, PhD |
| 12:00-1:30pm | Interactive Workshop, Educating for Interbeing: Imagination, Embodiment, and the Education of Compassion, Kaira Jewel Lingo |
Fri. 10/16/26 |
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| 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #2, Educating for Interbeing Meditation: Touching Our Source and Growing Our Connection, Kaira Jewel Lingo, In-person and online |
| 10:00-11:15am | Lecture, Shaun Gallagher, PhD |
| 12:00-1:15pm | Lecture, Philip David Zelazo, PhD |
| 4:00-4:45pm | iPause Guided practice #3, |
| Evening | TBD |
Sat. 10/17/26 |
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| 8:30-9:30am | In-person Interactive Workshop, The Power of the Pause, Tia Rich, PhD |
| 10:00-11:00am | In-person Interactive Workshop, The Power of the Pause, Tia Rich, PhD |
| 2:00-3:15pm | Lecture, Vinod Menon, PhD |
| Evening | TBD |
Sun. 10/18/26 |
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| Morning | TBD |
| Afternoon | TBD |
| Evening | TBD |
Mon. 10/19/26 |
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| 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #, |
| 12:00-1:15pm | Lecture, Chiara Mascarello, PhD |
| 4:30-5:15pm | Lecture, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, PhD |
| 7:00-8:15pm | Contemplation in an Age of AI: Ever Ancient Ever New, Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD |
Tues. 10/20/26 |
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| 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #, |
| 12:00-1:15pm | Moral Attention in Responsible AI Design, Mark Graves, PhD |
| 4:30-5:45pm | Interactive Workshop, Ethical Development, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, PhD |
| Evening | TBD |
Wed. 10/21/26 |
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| 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #, |
| Noon | TBD |
| 4:00-5:15pm | Reclaiming Presence and Ethical Grounding in Challenging Times, Diana Winston |
| Evening | TBD |
Thurs. 10/22/26 |
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| 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #, |
| Noon | TBD |
| 2:00-3:30pm | Taoist Wisdom for Today: Fire and Water in an Age of Extremes— Contemplative Harmony and Sustainable Longevity, Dr. Mao Shing-Ni |
| Evening | TBD |
Fri. 10/23/26 |
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| 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #, Fire and Water: A Taoist Meditation for Inner Balance, Dr. Mao Shing-Ni |
| Noon | TBD |
| Afternoon | TBD |
| Evening | TBD |
Sat. 10/24/26 |
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| Morning | TBD |
| Noon | TBD |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Interactive Workshop Inner Ecology in Taoism: Practicing Fire-Water Harmony in Daily Life, Dr. Mao Shing-Ni |
| Evening | TBD |
Sun. 10/25/26 |
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| 11:00-1200pm | University Public Workshop |
| 12:15-1:15pm | UPW iPause Guided Practice #, |
| Afternoon | TBD |
All Contemplation By Design SummitTM sessions are FREE. If you wish to make a donation, please do so here.
We look forward to being with you in the Summit sessions you attend.
