I start my days with a routine, which includes readings from a spiritual book. It’s led me to discover a variety of perspectives from all the world’s religions as well as many transcendent ...

In early January I presented a lecture on "Contemplative Science and Practice: How to Do Research You Love" to the Faculty Forum at the Wright Institute. I told my personal story (how a meeting with ...

In a review of everything currently known about the topic, researchers recently developed a scientific model of how contemplative practices of various kinds may encourage better physical and ...

The recent International Symposium for Contemplative Studies (ISCS), held in Denver, opened with a guided meditation-turned-keynote address by mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn, sitting cross-legged ...

A contemplative movement of Christian Centering Prayer is quietly (almost secretly) reviving religious life and faith in society. Here in the land of “the spiritual, but not religious,” and growing ...

Through a lifelong contemplative and mindful practice, Anne Archambault (part-time faculty in Applied Human Sciences) has witnessed how these practices generate moments of calm or at least a pause ...

Students may continue to declare this minor through the end of Spring 2026. This minor will no longer be available to be declared beginning Fall 2026. All declared students will be fully supported to ...

This course focuses on creativity and creative practice in the arts through the lens of contemplative inquiry, including embodied perception, mindfulness, meditation, visualization, beholding, deep ...

The practice of contemplative movement allows us to rediscover and nurture our innate capacity to live more fully. Within a supportive atmosphere we can loosen up the assumptions that we hold in our ...