AGENDA
Please note that an updated agenda will be distributed at check-in.
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College, Northampton, MA
August 14 -20, 2005
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Sunday, August 14th
2:00 – 5:00 Registration & Welcome, Mary Ellen Chase House
5:00 – 5:30 Reception, Mary Ellen Chase House
5:30 – 7:00 Dinner, Lamont House Dining Room
7:00 – 9:00 Introductions/Opening Circle/Agenda Review/Program Goals
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
Monday, August 15th
7:15 – 8:30 Breakfast, Lamont House Dining Room
8:30 – 9:00 Meditation led by Mirabai Bush
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:00 – 9:30 Yoga led by Sunanda Markus, Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:30 – 11:00 “Contemplative Pedagogy: Principles and Design”
Presentation and discussion led by Arthur Zajonc
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 Contemplative practice session and conversation
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
12:30 – 2:30 Lunch Break, Lamont House Dining Room
1:30 Facilitators’ Meeting
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
2:30 – 3:00 Contemplative movement led by Andrea Olsen
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
3:00 – 5:00 Course development in small groups
See posted list for group assignments and locations
5:00 – 5:30 Plenary: reporting and checking in
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner, Lamont House Dining Room
7:30 – 9:00 “The New Science of Meditation”
Presentation by Daniel Goleman
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
Tuesday, August 16th
7:15 – 8:30 Breakfast, Lamont House Dining Room
8:30 – 9:00 Meditation led by Mirabai Bush
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:00 – 9:30 Yoga led by Sunanda Markus, Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:30 – 10:45 Presentation and discussion led by Peter Schneider
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – Noon Contemplative practice session and conversation
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
Noon – 2:30 Lunch Break, Lamont House Dining Room
2:30 – 3:30 “Explorations in Perception”, led by Andrea Olsen
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
3:30 – 5:00 Individual Course Development
Wright Hall, Rooms 200, 201, 230, and 231 available as meeting space
Faculty available for consultation in Browsing Room
5:00 – 5:30 Plenary: reporting and checking in
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner, Lamont House Dining Room
7:30 – 9:00 “The Journey of Meditation: Weaving Theory and Practice”
Presentation and meditation by Joseph Goldstein
Carroll Room, Campus Center
Wednesday, August 17th
7:15 – 8:30 Breakfast, Lamont House Dining Room
8:30 – 9:00 Meditation led by Mirabai Bush
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:00 – 9:30 Yoga led by Sunanda Markus, Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:30 – 10:45 “Guerilla Contemplation:
Introducing Contemplative Pedagogies into Unwelcoming Situations”
Presentation and discussion led by Mary Rose O'Reilley
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – Noon Contemplative practice session and conversation
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
Noon – 2:30 Lunch Break, Lamont House Dining Room
2:30 – 3:30 “Explorations in Perception (cont’d)”, led by Andrea Olsen
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
3:30 – 5:00 Individual Course Development
Wright Hall, Rooms 200, 201, 230, and 231 available as working space
Faculty available for consultation in Neilson-Browsing Room
5:00 – 5:30 Plenary: reporting and checking in
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner, Lamont House Dining Room
7:30 Free Evening
Thursday, August 18th
7:15 – 8:30 Breakfast, Lamont House Dining Room
8:30 – 9:00 Meditation led by Mirabai Bush
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:00 – 9:30 Yoga led by Sunanda Markus, Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:30 – 10:45 Presentation and discussion led by Hal Roth
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – Noon Contemplative practice session and conversation
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
Noon – 2:30 Lunch Break, Lamont House Dining Room
2:30 – 3:00 Contemplative movement
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
3:00 – 4:30 Course development in small groups
See posted list for group assignments and locations
4:30 – 5:30 “Creating contemplative studies programs and networks”
Discussion w/Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Ed Sarath, Hal Roth
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner, Lamont House Dining Room
7:30 – 9:00 Evening gathering of poetry, song, and story
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
Friday, August 19th
7:15 – 8:30 Breakfast, Lamont House Dining Room
8:30 – 9:00 Meditation led by Mirabai Bush
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:00 – 9:30 Yoga led by Sunanda Markus, Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:30 – 10:45 Presentation and discussion led by Ed Sarath
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – Noon Contemplative practice session and conversation
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
Noon – 2:30 Lunch Break, Lamont House Dining Room
2:30 – 4:30 Plenary: reporting on the courses
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
6:00 – 9:00 Party at Mirabai Bush's home
38 Village Hill Rd, Williamsburg
Directions provided in registration packet; carpooling to be discussed
Saturday, August 20th
Check-out 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Please clear your room of all personal belongings and bring your keys and fan to Jen in the common area of Chase House before 9:30 a.m.
7:15 – 8:30 Breakfast, Lamont House Dining Room
9 – 9:30 Meditation, Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
9:30 – 10:30 Reflection:
Did the week serve your needs in developing a contemplative course? How could we do it better in the future?
Neilson Library, Neilson-Browsing Room
10:30 – 11:30 Closing Circle