Building on the awareness skills explored in the previous interactive workshop titled Seeing Clearly: Cultivating Awareness in Everyday Learning that will be taught on October 22, this interactive workshop deepens into the next two clusters of the Tergar Schools life skills framework: UNDERSTAND (Wisdom) and RESPOND (Love & Compassion). These skills support learners in making sense of their experiences, connecting with others, and acting in ways that reflect their deepest values.

Participants will explore practices associated with:

UNDERSTAND (Wisdom)

• Discovering: Seeing things as they are so we can understand them more clearly.
• Appreciating and Reframing: Noticing what’s good and viewing challenges as opportunities.
• Playing and Imagining:Staying light-hearted and living creatively. 

RESPOND (Love & Compassion)

• Choosing: Making thoughtful choices guided by ALCWJ.
• Caring and Connecting: Growing meaningful relationships—with others and ourselves.
• Acting with Purpose: Taking actions that reflect our values and honor ourselves and others.

The session includes practical classroom tools such as reflection prompts, cooperative games, creative reframing exercises, and short contemplative practices suitable for children and adults alike. Whether you are an educator, caregiver, or clinician, you will leave with a rich set of practices that help learners transform insight into compassionate and meaningful action.

This workshop is part two of a two-part series with Susan Kaiser Greenland and Justin Kelley in the Contemplation By Design Summit. You are welcome to join one or both workshops. The first workshop is titled Seeing Clearly: Cultivating Awareness in Everyday Learning on October 22, 2025. 

Susan Kaiser Greenland is a globally recognized mindfulness educator and bestselling author of The Mindful Child, Mindful Games, and Real-World Enlightenment. Her joyful, accessible approach integrates wisdom traditions and science to support children, parents, and educators. She pioneered the Inner Kids model and has been featured in major media outlets. Susan currently serves on the Board of Directors for Tergar Schools.

Justin Kelley, PhD is a contemplative educator, scholar-practitioner, and Executive Director of Tergar Institute and Tergar Schools.  He designs transformational learning environments that integrate Buddhist wisdom with contemporary education—ranging from K–12 classrooms to immersive graduate-level programs. Trained in Tibetan language, Buddhist philosophy, and meditation during a decade in South Asia, he later earned his PhD in Religion from Rice University, where he studied Longchen Rabjam’s Great Completeness tradition. Justin splits his time between southern Vermont and Kathmandu, Nepal, embodying a life of rural groundedness and contemplative immersion. His work bridges ancient insight and modern application, empowering learners to integrate awareness, compassion, and wisdom into personal practice and social impact.

To extend the experince enjoyed during this workshop, please consider attending the guided practice on Oct. 24 titled Resting in Awarenss: A Guided Contemplaion with Karma Shenden, a monk trained by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche at Tergar Monastery in India. He also serves as a Learning Leader in the Tergar School in Kathmandu, Nepal.

This session is part of the FREE Contemplation by Design Summit, Oct. 15-27, 2025.

The full summit schedule is posted at: https://med.stanford.edu/contemplation/summit.html.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stanford-contemplation-by-design-summit-2025-online-oct-15-27-registration-1520413249959