Posts by Carrie Bergman
NHTI’s Mindfulness in Society Series
Sharing news about NHTI-Concord’s Community College’s 3rd Annual Mindfulness in Society program, every Monday in October, featuring CMind leaders Mirabai Bush and Stephanie Briggs.
Read MoreEmbodying Your Curriculum: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Trauma-Informed Pedagogy
This webinar, presented by Anita Chari and Angelica Singh, introduces participants to our approach to using trauma-informed pedagogies, the neuroscience of mental health, and pedagogies of social justice and diversity.
Read MoreWebinar: Contemplative Science and Practice Through a Healing-Centered Perspective
This webinar invites participants to reflect on how we can harness the power of contemplative science and practice to better understand community care and collective healing.
Read MoreLoving Memory of Oliver W. Hill, Jr.
We are mourning the recent passing of Dr. Oliver W. Hill, Jr., a longtime CMind board member, friend, mentor, and source of continual inspiration and hope.
Read MoreRestoring Our Attention
In this webinar, we will take a look at the market forces that incentivize technology to distract and manipulate us. We’ll consider the consequences of chronic distraction in the short and long term, across individuals and society as a whole. And then we’ll look to attention restoration theory (ART) for ideas about what to do differently.
Read MoreHow Can We Be Daringly and Radically-Well During Times of Upheaval?
Ife Lenard and Ericka Echavarria will discuss specific approaches coupled with contemplative practices that offer a means of building and sustaining adults through relational and societal challenges, such as a global pandemic, isolation, remote learning and the demands of digital etiquette and productivity.
Read MoreIndigenous Contemplative Science: An Ethics of Belonging and Reconnection
Yuria Celidwen offers a dynamic presentation that brings together Indigenous science and contemplative practice. We will engage in dialogue with our current emotional experience and collectively reorient towards a sense of ecological belonging.
Read MoreDigital Proverbs for Responsible Citizens (Lockdown Edition)
Kevin Healy discusses “Ethics and Religion in the Age of Social Media: Digital Proverbs for Responsible Citizens” and how he uses it in his classes within the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreSummer Session Update
Based on the current status of the global pandemic and the ever-changing landscape of our lives we have decided to shift the 2020 Summer Session to an online offering.
Read MoreApril CMind Practice Webinar with Rick Chess: “By Heart: A Way of Knowing for This Time”
In this webinar, we’ll explore the practice of coming to know something “by heart.” Together, we’ll bring a poem into our hearts. In this time of necessary social distancing, we’ll see what happens when we experience the intimacy of getting close to a few words.
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