The Activist's Ally:
Contemplative Tools for Social Change

Includes a 13-track companion CD of music and practice instructions.
Full color; 120 pages; view sample .pdf
$20.00 plus $5.00 shipping

Purchase by Paypal (see button at left) or by calling (413) 582-0071 to make payment arrangements.

A Powerful Silence: The Role of Meditation and Other Contemplative Practices In American Life and Work

159 pages, 1.2 MB .pdf file

Creating the Contemplative Organization: Lessons from the Field

84 pages, 1.9 MB .pdf file

Inviting the World to Transform: Nourishing Social Justice Work with Contemplative Practice

90 pages, 771 KB .pdf file

Building a Community of Change: A Report on the Social Justice Gathering

27 pages, 919 KB .pdf file

The Contemplative Net: Profiles

18 pages, 222 KB .pdf file

Contemplation in Action:
A Report on the Academic Fellows' Meeting
Seasons, Fetzer Institute
Kalamazoo, MI
October 5-7, 2007
by Piper Murray

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Report on "Uncovering the Heart of Higher Education"
a conference at Hotel Nikko
San Francisco, CA
February 22-25, 2007

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Report on the 2006 Academic Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College
August 13th-18th, 2006
by Jennifer Akey

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Contemplative Practice in Arts Education:
a meeting at the University of Colorado, Boulder
February 9 - 12th, 2006
by Piper Murray

This report is available as a .pdf file.

A Preliminary Report on Contemplative Practices and Education: Making Peace in Ourselves and in the World: a conference at Teachers College, Columbia University
February 11 - 13, 2005

This report is available as a web page and a .pdf file.

Love and Knowledge: Recovering the Heart of Learning Through Contemplation
Arthur Zajonc
Presented at Contemplative Practices and Education: Making Peace in Ourselves and in the World
Teachers College, Columbia University
February 11 - 13, 2005

The Fruit of Silence
Marilyn Nelson
Presented at Contemplative Practices and Education: Making Peace in Ourselves and in the World
Teachers College, Columbia University
February 11 - 13, 2005

A Brief Report on the Regional Symposium
on Contemplative Practice in Higher Education
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
May 9 - 11, 2003

The Contemplative Scholar:
Report and Findings of the Survey of
Contemplative Practice Fellowship Recipients
by Deborah Klimburg-Salter

This report is available as a web page or a .pdf file.

1999 Contemplative Practice Fellowship Program Report

This report is available as a .pdf file (240kb).

Mindfulness and Education
by Robert Thurman

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

The Contemplative Life and the Teaching of the Humanities
by Brain Stock

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

Catalyzing Movement Toward a More Contemplative / Sacred-Appreciating / Non-Dualistic Society
by Jon Kabat-Zinn

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

Meditation, Social Change, and Undergraduate Education
by Steven C. Rockefeller

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

Transformative and Spiritual Dimensions of Higher Education

In summer of 2002, The Fetzer Institute contracted with Arthur Zajonc of Amherst College, Maia Duerr of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and Diana Dana of the University of Massachusetts and The Community for Integrative Learning & Action to conduct a survey of Transformative and Spiritual Dimensions of Higher Education. The purpose of the survey was to document academic programs and other initiatives in North American universities and colleges that incorporate elements of transformative learning, including contemplative practices. More than 150 academic professionals responded to the online questionnaire and 22 people were interviewed by phone.

The report will serve as the basis for the Fetzer Institute to discuss strategies to support transformative, spiritual, and contemplative dimensions of higher education. The case studies provide a closer look at how six professors have introduced contemplative practices into their classrooms and programs.

Report on the Survey of Transformative and Spiritual Dimensions of Higher Education

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Case Studies

This report is available as a .pdf file.

The Meditative Perspective: A working draft prepared by the Working Group on Meditation and Law.
This report is available as a .pdf file

November 2004 Retreat Report

This report is available as a .pdf file

March 2002 Retreat Report

2002 Law Exploratory Gathering Report

2001 Retreat Report

1999 Law Program & Retreat Report

Philanthropy & The Inner Life:
Resources for Difficult Times

2004 Retreat Report

This report is available as a web page.

Navigating the Ocean of Philanthropy and the Inner Life: Spirit-Infused Philanthropy

Report on the December 2000 Philanthropy Gathering

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Philanthropy & the Inner Life: The Contemplative Contribution

by Mirabai Bush

This report is available as a web page.

The Heart of Philanthropy

by Rob Lehman
President Emeritus, Fetzer Institute

This report is available as a web page.