• Congratulations to David B. Rothenberg ('00 Contemplative Practice Fellow) on being awarded the 2010 NJIT Excellence in Research Medal and Prize. Prof. Rothenberg's recent work has focused on whale sounds and his 2005 book Why Birds Sing examines bird song from the combined perspectives of science, music, and poetry.
• Arthur Zajonc, Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and Professor of Physics at Amherst College, has co-authored The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal with Parker J. Palmer and Megan Scribner.
  
  Arthur was recently featured on the radio program Speaking of Faith; listen to the episode here: Holding Life Consciously. The Speaking of Faith website also featured Arthur's Bell Sound Meditation practice.
• New Article:
  Quiet Justice by Charles Halpern
  A founder and longtime board member of the Center, Charles Halpern has been leading the movement to promote empathy and mindfulness in the practice of law.
  
  Here, Charles interviews meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein on mindfulness and the practice of law:
  
  
  
  To learn more about our Law Program's upcoming conference, please visit www.mindfullawyerconference.com.
  
• Associate Director and Senior Fellow Mirabai Bush was recently interviewed by Joan Oliver of Tricycle Magazine about contemplative activism and socially engaged Buddhism. Watch Mirabai's interview here.
  
  Mirabai will also be presenting at the first Symposium for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism, August 9th to 14th, 2010 at the Zen Peacemakers in Montague, MA. It will be a gathering of leading Western activist practitioners, sponsors, and academics in this ever-important and growing field.

• Research on the Effects of Mindfulness, Meditation,
  and Other Contemplative Practices

  
  Looking for websites, books, and articles on studies of contemplative practice?
  Visit our page of research resources.
  

• Short Meditations for Work or Anywhere

  Download these guided meditations to your mp3 player or listen online. To listen, simply click on a practice and wait for it to load. To download, right-click (Mac users, CTRL-click) and select "save link as" or "save target as."

   

  Diana Winston Director of the Mindfulness Center, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

  Breathing Meditation (5 mins)

  Loving-Kindness Meditation (10 mins)

  Breath, Sound & Body Meditation (12 mins)

  Listen to more meditations by Diana at the MARC-UCLA website

  Mirabai Bush Associate Director and Senior Fellow, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

  Bare Attention Meditation (5 mins)

  Breath and Sound Meditation (10 mins)

  Arthur Zajonc Director, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

  Introduction to the 4-Part Bell Sound Practice (5 mins)

  The 4-Part Bell Sound Practice (10 mins)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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