Other Organizations' Upcoming Events
The events and meetings listed on this page are being organized by individuals and groups which share a connection with the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society through program collaboration, a similarity of vision and mission, past co-sponsorship of projects and events, etc.
Mindfulness and Dispute Resolution
April 8, 2010
Scott Rogers and Lili Zohar
at the 12th Annual Spring Conference of the ABA Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference
Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
For more information, visit http://www.abanet.org/dispute/conference/2010/
Contemplative Inquiry: A New Approach to Adult Learning
A two-day Seminar with Dr. Arthur Zajonc
April 13 -14, 2010
Merton College, Oxford, UK
To reserve a space, visit www.crossfieldsinstitute.com or call Simon Reakes on 01453 808 118.
For further information on the seminar, please view the .pdf flyer or call George Perry on 01452 813 262.
Contemplative Inquiry is a transformative activity that aims to help educators and students cultivate an enhanced attention and emotional balance that leads to improved wellbeing and performance and develop new faculties that enable insight and creativity in the discovery process.
This seminar will appeal to all adult educators looking for a contemporary approach to learning that is scientifically grounded, eye opening and personally rewarding for themselves and their students.
In this seminar, Arthur Zajonc will present and lead a process for adult educators to experience and practice a series of inner and outer exercises. Contemplative inquiry focuses on “reflection” as a crucial factor in adult learning. By bringing together newly emerging meditative practices and the contemplative tradition from within many cultures, the student can develop contemporary aspects to their learning and research. Anyone interested in the field of adult learning (including lecturers, teachers, trainers, carers, coaches) is invited to attend this innovative seminar. CPD certificates (for 12 contact hours) are available for this event.
Mindfulness for Conflict Resolvers: Lawyers, Mediators, Negotiators, Judges, Arbitrators & Managers
June 10 - 12, 2010
led by Len Riskin and Rachel Wohl
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.
See http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-summer/
One-Day Retreat for Lawyers
June 25, 2010
led by Patton Hyman, Robert Chender, and John Newman
Karme-Choling, Barnet, VT
See http://www.tailofthetiger.org/programs.php for more information.
Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet
A Summer Institute
August 1-6, 2010
Lama Foundation
San Cristobal, New Mexico
$700 (includes room and board)
Application and Registration available at: http://lamafoundation.org/Summer%2008/DHO.htm
Environmental challenges call into question not simply our technological, economic, and political capabilities, but also our fundamental understandings of who we are as a species and how we fit into the broader, more-than-human world. The Summer Institute aims to launch an effort within higher education to develop tools for teaching and researching environmental dilemmas with this broader sensibility in mind. Through a combination of discussions with distinguished scholars, focused conversation among colleagues, artistic exercises, and regular contemplative practice, participants will collectively fashion the emerging discipline of Contemplative Environmental Studies into a pedagogical tool capable of assisting humanity in addressing environmental dilemmas.
Part workshop and part retreat, the Institute seeks to open doors to our own capabilities as teachers committed to education on a fragile and wild planet.
For more information, view/download a .pdf about this event.
Finding Equanimity in a Difficult Profession: Law Dharma Retreat for Lawyers
September 8 - 12, 2010
led by Mary Mocine
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, CA
For more information see http://www.sfzc.org/tassajara/display.asp?catid=&pageid=809.
*Mary also leads a monthly group for lawyers in Berkeley and San Francisco.
Mindfulness: The Art of Self-Awareness - A Retreat for Lawyers, Judges, and Law Students
September 30 - October 2, 2010
led by Grove Burnett
Vallecitos Mountain Refuge (west of Taos, NM)
For more information, visit http://www.vallecitos.org/ExpressionEngine/index.php?/vallecitos_main/retreat_desc/#lawyers.
DC Area Contemplative Law Group
The DC Area Contemplative Law Group is a group of lawyers who seek to balance the externally driven practice of law with contemplative practices. We meet almost every month for meditation and discussion in a private room on the third floor of Skewers/Luna Books (1633 P Street NW).
The meetings run from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, but people often come early to chat or eat something. Parking is $2.00 with validation.
For more information, email Linda Lazarus, LindaLazarus[at]starpower[dot]net
Dharma Group for Lawyers
One Sunday per month
San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Led by Mary Mocine
We meditate for a half hour, then discuss an aspect of law practice as it relates to meditation and our deeper values. We will continue to work with Norman Fischer’s book, Taking Our Places:The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up.
The meetings alternate between San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers. After the discussion, we have a potluck brunch. Coffee and tea are provided.
A teaching donation will be requested.
Meditation instruction will be offered.
For information, please contact Mary Mocine at mmocine[at]sbcglobal[dot]net or (707) 649-2480.
People of Color Meditation Sitting Groups (NYC)
There are two NYC groups:
On the second Monday of every month, 7 to 9 PM, with Gina Sharpe
at New York Insight Meditation Center
28 West 27th Street, 10th Floor
Visit www.nyimc.org for more information.
and
at Shambhala Meditation Center of New York
118 W 22 St. 6th Flr.
New York, NY 10011
212 675-6544
Visit www.ny.shambhala.org for more information and scheduling.
People of Color Meditation Sitting Group (Boston)
Boston POC Meditation Group meets at
the Sacred Space, 200 Ell Hall
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Sundays, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Enter Through Curry Student Center.
Come together to learn and practice the joy of meditation as nourishment.
Chairs are available, but you are welcome to bring your own sitting cushion.
For more information, please contact: pocmeditate1@mac.com