Contemplative Practices and the Transformation of Higher Education for All

We invite you to join us for a three-day international conference on how contemplative practices can transform higher education. The unprecedented events of the last several years have made it evident that we need to prepare ourselves and our students to be resilient in the face of constant uncertainty, to be compassionate and collaborative in our efforts to find solutions to local and global problems, and how to acknowledge each other’s humanity and treat each other with respect and dignity. In other words, we need to transform higher education. Research has demonstrated that contemplative practices can expand our capacity for compassion, focus and resilience.

Contemplative practices can also help us to manage stress and to develop the ability to listen and speak with kindness and curiosity. As a result, we are better able to meet collective local and global challenges with the intention of finding shared purpose grounded in a common humanity.

This conference will provide a forum for experts and novices from all fields to explore, learn and share contemplative practices that can help transform the educational experience of our students and improve the wellbeing of our faculty, staff and students. Come join us for a conversation about how we can use contemplative practices to transform higher education.

Our long-term goal is to create a global contemplative community of educators-scholars- practitioners that can nourish and sustain our teaching, research, service, and personal practice.