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Timeless Wisdom The Garrison Institute provides a place of refuge, reflection, and restoration for thousands of people from all walks of life. Informed by the values of simplicity, hospitality and universal welcome, we provide a home for a diverse array of spiritual teachers, students, organizations, and communities of practice from around the country and the world. We see ourselves as CONTEMPLATIVE-BASED RESILIENCE For years, the Garrison Institute has offered an experiential skill-building initiative that provides resilience trainings for direct service providers through the Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) Project. This evidence-based approach provides professional service providers the awareness and engagement tools to strengthen resilience and foster connection so they may “be well to serve CARE - GARRISON INSTITUTE Teaching is one of the most rewarding professions, but it can also be one of the most stressful. CARE is a unique program designed to help teachers, other educators and administrators learn how to reduce stress and enliven their teaching by promoting awareness, presence, compassion, reflection, and inspiration – the inner resources they need to help students flourish, socially, emotionally CONTEMPLATIVE RESILIENCE TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE MAKERS Contemplative Resilience Tools for Social Change Makers Teachers & Featured Guests Sharon Salzberg Sharon Salzberg is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world- SHOULD YOU BE YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF AT WORK? When I began my career as a management consultant, I was reluctant to be authentic. As a Black female who had just finished grad school, I was all too aware of potential negative stereotypes that others might have about me based on my age, gender, and race. As a result, I made it my mission to come across as pulled CARE - GARRISON INSTITUTE Teaching is one of the most rewarding professions, but it can also be one of the most stressful. CARE is a unique program designed to help teachers, other educators and administrators learn how to reduce stress and enliven their teaching by promoting awareness, presence, compassion, reflection, and inspiration – the inner resources they need to help students flourish, socially, emotionally BIPOC MEDITATION SANGHA We invite Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC) to join The Garrison Institute’s new BIPOC meditation sangha on Thursdays 12-1pm EDT. The Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Sangha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore contemplative practices. This sangha cultivates an environment that welcomes diverse VIRTUAL RETREAT: THE KEY TO RECOVERY AND BUDDHIST PRACTICE A Virtual Retreat with Dr. Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara) and Kevin Griffin. In this half-day retreat we will explore meditation practices and insights that help us to let go of our addictions and their underlying causes. There will be guidance in mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation as well as teachings on Right View, Right Intention and Right Effort, path factors central to letting go. ENDING RACISM: HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN ONE GENERATION Ending Racism: How to Change the World in One Generation An essay by Garrison Institute Fellow Justin Michael Williams. Almost every piece of work or literature that I’ve read on racism is built on one assumption: that it cannot end. Or at best, that it will be a “lifelong fight.” MINDFULNESS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE This post was originally published on July 5, 2018. We have chosen to feature this piece because the insights it contains are as timely as ever. We look forward to our first Social Justice Forum conversation with Rhonda Magee and Jonathan Wiesner on Thursday, June 18th. Please click here to register. For some, mindfulness practice inherently raises awareness of our CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT ON CHRISTIAN NONDUALITY Nonduality is a concept most commonly associated with the religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, but Episcopal priest Cynthia Bourgeault has written extensively about it from a Christian perspective. We spoke with her recently to discuss her approach to

nonduality.

THE GREAT SILENCE AMID THE ROAR: A MEDITATION COMING OUT The Great Silence Amid the Roar: A Meditation Coming Out of Holy Week 2019 By Mary Anne Best On Being, Becoming. Like the rings on a tree, once again, Holy Week came upon us, marking another cycle of remembrance and entering into the Life that culminated in the mysterious events that shook the world 2000 years ago in a small, out-of-way province of the Roman empire. DOES READING FICTION MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON? Does Reading Fiction Make You a Better Person? By Alex Tzelnic. I recently attended a reading by George Saunders for his new novel Lincoln at the Bardo. After admitting that, politically, he was “left of Ghandi,” Saunders addressed a struggle he and other liberals were currently facing: whether to be empathetic or to be

fierce.

THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP WILL BE MORE FEMININE The Future of Leadership Will Be More Feminine By Theresa Riley. Dr. Otto Scharmer is an action researcher who co-creates innovations in learning and leadership that he delivers through classes and programs at MIT, MITx U.Lab, the Presencing Institute, and through innovation projects with organizations in business, government, and civil society

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CONTEMPLATION AND EDUCATION A SURVEY OF PROGRAMS USING Contemplation and Education A Survey of Programs Using Contemplative Techniques in K-12 Educational Settings: A Mapping Report, 2005.

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THE GARRISON INSTITUTE The Garrison Institute’s Pathways to Planetary Health (PPH) signature program explores and promotes a regenerative paradigm that nurtures the health of the whole, simultaneously optimizing human well-being and preserving the biosphere. The predominant worldview and its economic system for assigning value is based on a degenerative

paradigm

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Timeless Wisdom The Garrison Institute provides a place of refuge, reflection, and restoration for thousands of people from all walks of life. Informed by the values of simplicity, hospitality and universal welcome, we provide a home for a diverse array of spiritual teachers, students, organizations, and communities of practice from around the country and the world. We see ourselves as CALENDAR & REGISTRATION June 15 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT. On Tuesday June 15 at 7:30 p.m. EDT, we continue The Garrison Institute Forum on Pathways to Planetary Health with a conversation between David Abram and Jonathan F.P. Rose, Co-Founder of the Garrison Institute. They’ll explore a worldview that transcends the anthropocentric and accepts earthly nature as CONTEMPLATIVE-BASED RESILIENCE For years, the Garrison Institute has offered an experiential skill-building initiative that provides resilience trainings for direct service providers through the Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) Project. This evidence-based approach provides professional service providers the awareness and engagement tools to strengthen resilience and foster connection so they may “be well to serve DR. DAN SIEGEL'S WHEEL OF AWARENESS The Wheel of Awareness By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. The Wheel of Awareness is a useful tool I’ve developed over many years to help expand the container of consciousness.. I’ve offered the Wheel to thousands of individuals around the world, and it’s proven to be a practice that can help people develop more well-being in both their inner and interpersonal lives. BIPOC MEDITATION SANGHA We invite Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC) to join The Garrison Institute’s new BIPOC meditation sangha on Thursdays 12-1pm EDT. The Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Sangha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore contemplative practices. This sangha cultivates an environment that welcomes diverse THE INSIGHT OF INTERBEING The verb “to be” can be misleading, because we cannot be by ourselves, alone. “To be” is always to “inter-be.”. If we combine the prefix “inter” with the verb “to be,” we have a new verb, “inter-be.”. To inter-be and the action of interbeing reflects reality more accurately. We INTEGRATION: A CENTRAL PROCESS IN THE JOURNEY TO THRIVING Integration: A Central Process in the Journey to Thriving By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. In your journey to understanding what it means to be human on this planet at this time, it can become quite overwhelming to think of the many ways of comprehending the nature of reality. CONTEMPLATIVE RESILIENCE TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE MAKERS Contemplative Resilience Tools for Social Change Makers Teachers & Featured Guests Sharon Salzberg Sharon Salzberg is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world- CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT ON CHRISTIAN NONDUALITY Christian Nonduality A Q&A with Cynthia Bourgeault By Garrison Institute. Nonduality is a concept most commonly associated with the religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, but Episcopal priest Cynthia Bourgeault has written extensively about it from a Christian

perspective.

THE GARRISON INSTITUTE The Garrison Institute’s Pathways to Planetary Health (PPH) signature program explores and promotes a regenerative paradigm that nurtures the health of the whole, simultaneously optimizing human well-being and preserving the biosphere. The predominant worldview and its economic system for assigning value is based on a degenerative

paradigm

PROGRAMS & RETREATS

Timeless Wisdom The Garrison Institute provides a place of refuge, reflection, and restoration for thousands of people from all walks of life. Informed by the values of simplicity, hospitality and universal welcome, we provide a home for a diverse array of spiritual teachers, students, organizations, and communities of practice from around the country and the world. We see ourselves as CALENDAR & REGISTRATION June 15 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT. On Tuesday June 15 at 7:30 p.m. EDT, we continue The Garrison Institute Forum on Pathways to Planetary Health with a conversation between David Abram and Jonathan F.P. Rose, Co-Founder of the Garrison Institute. They’ll explore a worldview that transcends the anthropocentric and accepts earthly nature as CONTEMPLATIVE-BASED RESILIENCE For years, the Garrison Institute has offered an experiential skill-building initiative that provides resilience trainings for direct service providers through the Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) Project. This evidence-based approach provides professional service providers the awareness and engagement tools to strengthen resilience and foster connection so they may “be well to serve DR. DAN SIEGEL'S WHEEL OF AWARENESS The Wheel of Awareness By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. The Wheel of Awareness is a useful tool I’ve developed over many years to help expand the container of consciousness.. I’ve offered the Wheel to thousands of individuals around the world, and it’s proven to be a practice that can help people develop more well-being in both their inner and interpersonal lives. BIPOC MEDITATION SANGHA We invite Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC) to join The Garrison Institute’s new BIPOC meditation sangha on Thursdays 12-1pm EDT. The Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Sangha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore contemplative practices. This sangha cultivates an environment that welcomes diverse THE INSIGHT OF INTERBEING The verb “to be” can be misleading, because we cannot be by ourselves, alone. “To be” is always to “inter-be.”. If we combine the prefix “inter” with the verb “to be,” we have a new verb, “inter-be.”. To inter-be and the action of interbeing reflects reality more accurately. We INTEGRATION: A CENTRAL PROCESS IN THE JOURNEY TO THRIVING Integration: A Central Process in the Journey to Thriving By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. In your journey to understanding what it means to be human on this planet at this time, it can become quite overwhelming to think of the many ways of comprehending the nature of reality. CONTEMPLATIVE RESILIENCE TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE MAKERS Contemplative Resilience Tools for Social Change Makers Teachers & Featured Guests Sharon Salzberg Sharon Salzberg is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world- CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT ON CHRISTIAN NONDUALITY Christian Nonduality A Q&A with Cynthia Bourgeault By Garrison Institute. Nonduality is a concept most commonly associated with the religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, but Episcopal priest Cynthia Bourgeault has written extensively about it from a Christian

perspective.

DR. DAN SIEGEL'S WHEEL OF AWARENESS The Wheel of Awareness By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. The Wheel of Awareness is a useful tool I’ve developed over many years to help expand the container of consciousness.. I’ve offered the Wheel to thousands of individuals around the world, and it’s proven to be a practice that can help people develop more well-being in both their inner and interpersonal lives.

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Resources Archive - Garrison Institute. Garrison Institute Newsletter – December 2019. The Human Dimensions of Resilience. Reports, Publications Contemplation and Education A Survey of Programs Using Contemplative Techniques in K-12 Educational Settings: A Mapping Report, 2005. Essays, Reports John Gowdy The Social Brain and the

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THE INSIGHT OF INTERBEING The verb “to be” can be misleading, because we cannot be by ourselves, alone. “To be” is always to “inter-be.”. If we combine the prefix “inter” with the verb “to be,” we have a new verb, “inter-be.”. To inter-be and the action of interbeing reflects reality more accurately. We CARE FOR CAREGIVERS: SKILLS FOR RESILIENCE THROUGH Led by Sharon Salzberg and Gayla Marie Styles We created a free app, Care for Caregivers, which can support the humanitarian aid workers, healthcare providers, first responders, and others in caregiving roles in need of rebalancing. It affirms the resilience and ability of caregivers to thrive and recover from difficult situations, even in the face of acute and chronic stress. MINDFULNESS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE This post was originally published on July 5, 2018. We have chosen to feature this piece because the insights it contains are as timely as ever. We look forward to our first Social Justice Forum conversation with Rhonda Magee and Jonathan Wiesner on Thursday, June 18th. Please click here to register. For some, mindfulness practice inherently raises awareness of our THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CHANGE The Responsibility to Change A Conversation with Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer By The Garrison Institute. Buddhism shares with science the task of examining the mind empirically; it has pursued, for two millennia, direct investigation of the mind through penetrating

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ENDING RACISM: HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN ONE GENERATION Ending Racism: How to Change the World in One Generation An essay by Garrison Institute Fellow Justin Michael Williams. Almost every piece of work or literature that I’ve read on racism is built on one assumption: that it cannot end. Or at best, that it will be a “lifelong fight.” SHOULD YOU BE YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF AT WORK? When I began my career as a management consultant, I was reluctant to be authentic. As a Black female who had just finished grad school, I was all too aware of potential negative stereotypes that others might have about me based on my age, gender, and race. As a result, I made it my mission to come across as pulled FINDING HOPE IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY Hope is something we all need. In Emily Dickinson’s words, hope is: Hope is an emotion, a feeling in the gut that, regardless of circumstances, somehow things will be OK, the future will be positive. And it can arise in the face of pessimism and fear. In fact, according to the Buddha, fear underlies hope. CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT ON CHRISTIAN NONDUALITY Christian Nonduality A Q&A with Cynthia Bourgeault By Garrison Institute. Nonduality is a concept most commonly associated with the religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, but Episcopal priest Cynthia Bourgeault has written extensively about it from a Christian

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