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CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES FOR NAVIGATING CHAOTIC TIMES:

 A HALF-DAY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATORS

 AUGUST 14, 2025, 9AM TO 1PM PST

DESCRIPTION

We invite you to join us for a half-day international  conference on how contemplative practices can help inspire and support us as we  traverse the complex terrain of  higher education today. The unprecedented events of the last few months have made it evident that we need to prepare ourselves and our students to be resilient in the face of constant uncertainty, to be compassionate and collaborative in our efforts to find solutions to local and global problems, and to acknowledge each other鈥檚 humanity and treat each other with respect and dignity. This conference will provide a forum for experts and novices from all fields to explore, learn and share contemplative practices that can help support the educational experience of our students and improve the wellbeing of our faculty, staff and students. Come join us for a conversation about how we can use contemplative practices to traverse the here and now. Our long-term goal is to create a global contemplative community of educators-scholars- practitioners that can nourish and sustain our teaching, research, service, and personal practice.

Please register for the conference . 

PROGRAM

9:00AM TO 9:10AM	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
9:10AM TO 10:00AM	SESSION 1: CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES AND OUR NATURAL WORLD
Jazlee Joon Crowley	A Biological Research Reflective: The Undertaking of the Contemplative Fieldwork Method	Student	Oregon State University	10 minutes
Ricardo Montelongo	Toes in Cool Water: Contemplating Nature鈥檚 Lessons on the Camino de Santiago	Faculty	Sam Houston State University	10 minutes
Emily Taylor	Buddhist Ethics and Animal Research: An Invertebrate Case Study	Student	Oregon State University	10 minutes
	Discussion/Q & A			20 minutes
10:00AM TO 10:10AM	BREAK (quiet reflection, walking meditation, movement)
10:10AM TO 11:00AM	SESSION 2: CONTEMPLATIVE PEDAGOGY
Paige Chant	Engaging Contemplative Librarianship As An Invitation to Rest & Nurture	Faculty	Saint Louis University	10 minutes
Paul Stuhr and Denis Schulz	ABL: A Movement-Centered Social and Emotional Pedagogy	Faculty	California State University San Marcos	10 minutes
Andrew Monkarsh	Being Mindful in Biology Labs: A Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of Mindfulness on Undergraduates鈥� Perceptions of Academic Self-Efficacy.	Student	Oregon State University	10 minutes
	Discussion/Q & A			20 minutes
11:00AM TO 11:10AM	BREAK (quiet reflection, walking meditation, movement)
11:10AM TO 12:00PM	SESSION 3: CONTEMPLATIVE PEDAGOGY
Denis Schulz and Paul Stuhr	Mattering Through Movement-Centered Social and Emotional Pedagogy	Faculty	California State University San Marcos	10 minutes
Erin Cooney	Centering Compassion in K-12 Education	Director	Pure Edge, Inc.	10 minutes
Martha Stoddard Holmes	Slow Reading: Active Listening and Mindful Reading Pedagogies	Faculty	California State University San Marcos	10 minutes
	Discussion/Q & A			20 minutes
12:00PM TO 12:15PM	BREAK (mindful lunch)
12:15PM TO 12:45PM	SESSION 4 : CONTEMPLATIVE RESISTANCE
Paul Eaton	Imagining Nonviolent Higher Education Futures	Faculty	University of Alabama	15 minutes
	Discussion/Q & A			15 minutes
12:45PM TO 1:00PM	CLOSING SESSION			15 minutes

If you have questions please contact Ranjeeta Basu at rbasu@csusm.edu

 

 

Transforming Higher Education Through Contemplative Practices

June 21 - 23, 2024

Three-day Conference in San Marcos, California (McMahan House, 爆料社区)

We invite you to join us for a three-day international conference on how contemplative practices can transform higher education. The unprecedented events of the last several years have made it evident that we need to prepare ourselves and our students to be resilient in the face of constant uncertainty, to be compassionate and collaborative in our efforts to find solutions to local and global problems, and how to acknowledge each other鈥檚 humanity and treat each other with respect and dignity. In other words, we need to transform higher education. Research has demonstrated that contemplative practices can expand our capacity for compassion, focus and resilience.

This conference will provide a forum for experts and novices from all fields to explore, learn and share contemplative practices that can help transform the educational experience of our students and improve the wellbeing of our faculty, staff and students. Come join us for a conversation about how we can use contemplative practices to transform higher education. Our long-term goal is to create a global contemplative community of educators-scholars- practitioners that can nourish and sustain our teaching, research, service, and personal practice.

We are excited to announce our keynote speaker Rhonda Magee

In her words: 鈥淐ontemplative education is key to developing socially just classrooms capable of delivering transformative education that works for all鈥�.

 

• A Conference to Bring Us All Together

  We wish to welcome you all to this conference wherever you might be on your journey to learn more about mindfulness. Transforming higher education is not going to be easy.  We need all who are willing and interested in learning and sharing to be part of this effort. 

  If you are:

  • An EDUCATOR and want to learn and/or share how to incorporate contemplative practices into your classroom
  • A RESEARCHER and want to learn and/or share research findings about the impact of mindfulness on the wellbeing and academic success of our campus communities
  • A MEMBER OF A CAMPUS COMMUNITY and want to learn and/or share how contemplative practices can transform the educational experiences of students
  • A STUDENT and want to learn and/or share more about how contemplative practices can transform higher education
  • AN ARTIST, SOCIAL WORKER, HEALTH PROFESSIONAL or in any other field that our students might be entering into and want to learn and/or share how mindfulness practices can be integrated into such careers;

  Then this conference is for you!

• What Can I Expect at this Conference?

  YOU CAN EXPECT:

  A warm, welcoming and supportive environment;

  Formal and informal sessions on all aspects of scholarship and practice around how contemplative approaches can and have transformed teaching and higher education and the improved well-being of our entire campus community;

  The opportunity to connect with others over meals, informal sharing and practice sessions and performances;

  Continued access to shared resources and opportunities for collaboration when you leave the conference;

  It is our vision that you will leave our conference feeling well-nourished and rejuvenated, equipped to start or to continue your work with contemplative practices within a supportive community. 

• Learn More About Our Story

  We launched the Center for Contemplative Practices in July 2022. Since then we were honored to host Dr. Thupten Jinpa as our arts and lectures speaker in fall 2023. We have also applied for and received grants to improve the wellbeing and academic success of our students. More information about our research projects.

  We are now ready to move to the next step where we look forward to expanding our community to include all of you as we work together to create a more just and compassionate world for our students and campus communities. 

• Our Purpose

  Center for Contemplative Practices Mindful 爆料社区 is to provide support to all members of the campus community through contemplative practices, pedagogy, and research that foster deep learning, reduced stress, increased capacity for compassionate listening, and increased well-being.

  鈥淚f they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.鈥� - Nelson Mandela