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Seats have sold out for the conference, but registration is open for the webcast. Register for The Science of a Meaningful Life: Practicing Mindfulness & Compassion. 

The Greater Good Science Center, in partnership with Mindful, presents this one-day conference that bridges the growing movement around mindfulness and compassion with scientific research.

This day-long conference supports the mindfulness movement by fuelling it with science. Researchers studying mindfulness—including keynote Jon Kabat-Zinn—will talk about how to apply the latest findings to daily life, and mindfulness practitioners will practice research-tested mindfulness and compassion techniques. 

(Photo: Clockwise from top right: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Shauna Shapiro, Kristin Neff, and Paul Gilbert.)

The conference takes place March 8, 2013 at the Craneway Pavilion Center or via live webcast. 

The event program includes:

• A keynote talk by Jon Kabat-Zinn on the relationship between mindfulness and compassion;
• Presentations by the GGSC’s Dacher Keltner on the neuro-psychology of mindfulness and compassion; 
• Kristin Neff on the connection between mindfulness and self-compassion; Shauna Shapiro on the “pro-social” effects of mindfulness; and Paul Gilbert on Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT);
• Breakout sessions that offer first-hand experience with powerful mindfulness and compassion practices tested by research, including Dr. Neff’s self-compassion practice and Stanford University’s Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT);
• “Stories from the field”—a panel of leaders who have successfully applied the science to the real world, creating programs that foster mindfulness and compassion in schools, workplaces, health care, and beyond.

For more information on the Practicing Mindfulness and Compassion conference, visit the Greater Good Science Center event post.

11/19/12 updated 12/11/12

[Photo courtesy of the Greater Good Science Center]