Oren Jay Sofer teaches mindfulness, meditation and Nonviolent Communication in both secular and Buddhist contexts.

Oren has practiced meditation in the Theravada Buddhist tradition since 1997, beginning his studies in Bodh Gaya, India with Anagarika Munindra and Godwin Samararatne.

He is a long...

Dr. Jud Brewer works in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, combining over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make dee...

As a self-discipline coach, Giovanni Dienstmann has helped hedge fund managers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, ambitious professionals, artists and pro athletes to live a more focused and disciplined life. Since 2014 he has been successfully coaching people to overcome distractions, procrastination, self-d...

Oren Jay Sofer teaches mindfulness, meditation and Nonviolent Communication in both secular and Buddhist contexts.

Oren has practiced meditation in the Theravada Buddhist tradition since 1997, beginning his studies in Bodh Gaya, India with Anagarika Munindra and Godwin Samararatne.

He is a long...

Dr. Jud Brewer works in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, combining over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make dee...

For as long as he can remember, San Francisco Bay Area-based Austin Hill Shaw has been enraptured by creativity and the creative process. In 2004, stemming from a life-changing insight gained during a three-month meditation retreat, he began exploring the subject of creativity in earnest, wantin...

For over 40 years, Dr. Langer has studied Mindlessness/ Mindfulness in everyday situations where mindlessness is pervasive and very costly. Mindfulness (without meditation), on the other hand, has been shown to be literally and figuratively enlivening, and results in health, well-being, improved ...

In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year spiral into depression and self-loathing, Byron Katie woke up one morning in a state of joy. She realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human b...

In Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra we find mention of the most important practice for minimizing harmful emotional reactivity. And no, it’s not asana, or the physical postures of yoga. He refers instead to the Brahmaviharas, otherwise known as the four immeasurable thoughts. The four are loving-kindness, ...

Kirsten DeLeo is a meditation teacher, author and co-founder of Authentic Presence, one of the first training programs in contemplative end-of-life care.

Based on her decades of experience serving the dying and their families, she wrote the award-winning book "Present Through The End: A Caring C...

Vidyamala Burch is a mindfulness and compassion teacher, coach, inspirational speaker, award-winning author and co-founder of the leading mindfulness and health charity Breathworks.

Vidyamala developed the world’s first Mindfulness-based Pain & Illness Management (MBPM) program. 

At age 17, she...

Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of many books. Her latest is Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra.

Susan has an international reputation as a skillful meditation teacher. She has given talks globally at Procter & Gamble, Google Paris, Google London, and Harvard University.

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Dr. Drew Leader, an internationally known philosopher and author, spoke about his latest book, "The Healing Body, Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction." He discussed the range of existential healing strategies available, including mindfulness, and shared his background in philosop...

​​Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, is a nationally and globally respected leader and author in health care and contemplative science.

Susan presented on bringing mindfulness to people with serious illnesses, sharing her extensive background and research in the field. The session included a presentation,...

Moving beyond the extremes of techno-optimism and fear, Jay Vidyarthi explores how to reclaim your mind in an era where algorithms are competing for our attention and redefining what it means to be human. Grounded in lived experience as a meditator, knowledge worker, and tech lover, Jay offers va...

Jennifer Averill Moffitt, CNM, MSN, MBCPTc, is the Perinatal Services Manager at the Family Health Center of Worcester in Massachusetts. She also serves as the Director of Community Partnerships and as a senior faculty member at Mindful Birthing. Jen has been a midwife since 2003 and has been tea...

Meditation and Mindfulness at End of Life; A Hospice Nurse's Personal Journey

Beth Cavenaugh has been a nurse for over 28 years and has been certified in Hospice and Palliative Care since 2009. After helping to take care of her mother when she died in 1998, Beth realized the profound nature of t...