Follow along with these Creating a Mindful Society-related materials from Mindful.org. (Note: you can also follow along via a free livestream of much of the conference, which will be available FREE for 30 days beginning October 3, 2011 at 7 p.m. (ET).
Can’t get your hands on enough reading material about mindfulness? Check out Creating a Mindful Library: A sampling of essential books—new, classic, and forthcoming—specifically for those interested in living mindfully.
September 30–October 1, 2011
Friday, September 30
| 8:00 – 9:30 p.m. | Welcome by Saki Santorelli, Centre for Mindfulness. The Transformative Power of Mindfulness in America and the World – Keynote talk by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhDRelated articles:Toward a Mindful Society – an interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn The man who prescribes the medicine of the moment – a profile of Jon Kabat-Zinn Meeting Pain with Awareness – Jon Kabat-Zinn teaches you how |
Saturday, October 1
| 9:00 a.m.Keynote Talk | Welcome by Michael Craft, Omega Institute. Change Your Brain by Transforming Your Mind – Keynote talk by Richard Davidson, PhDRelated articles:The Science of Mindfulness – how mindfulness so beneficial to our health |
| Breakout Sessions – 10:20 a.m. | The Healing Power of Mindfulness – Saki Santorelli, EdD, MAExperience, first hand, a range of mindfulness practices used in the mindfulness-based stress reduction training program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.Related articles: Letting Ourselves Heal – on uncovering our vulnerable places |
| Breakout Sessions – 10:20 a.m. | Mindfulness & Contemplative Education – Daniel P. Barbezat, PhD, and Patricia (Tish) Jennings , MEd, PhDPromote awareness and resilience, and help teachers provide emotional and instructional support to their students.Related articles: Mindfulness and Learning: What’s the Connection? – Tish Jennings explains. |
| Breakout Sessions – 10:20 a.m. | The Heart of Mindfulness – Barry Boyce and Tara HealeyLearn the basics of mindfulness and mindful living in this general session that includes instruction and guided practice with leading teachers.Related articles: Developing a Daily Practice – advice from Jack Kornfield |
| Keynote Talk – 11:40 a.m. | Finding the Space to Lead – Keynote talk by Janice MarturanoRelated Mindful.org blog:On Leadership |
| Welcome – 2:00 p.m.Field Reports – 2:10 p.m. | Welcome by Melvin MacLeod, Mindful.orgBeyond Stress Reduction – Rhonda Magee, JD An exploration of how mindful lawyers are changing the world—and how we can all make a difference.Related articles: Paying Mind to the Challenge of Diversity – Read lawyer Rhonda Magee’s argument for meditation—how it can help us respond to difficult situations with an open heart. |
| Field Reports – 2:10 p.m. | Mind Over Money: Making Money Matter – Kristi Nelson Learn how the core principles inherent to mindfulness offer us critical opportunities to redirect our personal—and ultimately our collective—economies.Related articles: Mind over Money – how awareness of our thoughts can ease financial tensions |
| Field Reports – 2:10 p.m. | Mindfulness, Mentoring, and Youth – Ali Smith & Atman Smith The founders of Baltimore’s acclaimed Holistic Life Foundation discuss how mindfulness and yoga practices for youth in high-risk environments has helped them become more centered, deal with peer pressure, and manage strong emotions.Related articles: Inner-City Inner Peace – report on youth who have found peace through yoga |
| Field Reports – 2:10 p.m. | Bringing Mindfulness to the Military to Enhance Performance and Build Resilience – Elizabeth Stanley PhD, associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University and founder of the Mind Fitness Training InstituteElizabeth Stanley shares some of her experiences in developing mindfulness-based mind fitness training and teaching it to troops before their deployment to combat.Related coverage: Military News – Read Mindful.org’s ongoing news coverage of mindfulness within the military |
| Field Reports – 2:10 p.m. | Wired in the Moment: Mindfulness & Mental Focus in the Tech Sector – Jenny LykkenA discussion of why and how tech workers design and develop mindfulness-based programs, including successful solutions and important challenges in the delivery of mindfulness-based programs in the workplace.Related articles: Tech Support for the Hopelessly Connected – Elisha Goldstein offers advice on how to use our digital devices to actually support us in our mindfulness practice. |
| Keynote Talk – 4:10 – 5:15 p.m. | A Mindful Nation – Keynote talk by U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan Related articles: There is no path to peace. The path is peace – Thich Nhat Hahn on how to remove the false perceptions that lead to violence |
Note: There will be a Mindfulness Town Hall moderated by Tami Simon of Sounds True beginning at 7:30 p.m.
