BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:CBD 2025: Introduction to the 2025 Contemplation by Design Sum mit with Tia Rich\, PhD X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T024142Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50208552042560 DTSTART:20251015T190000Z DTEND:20251015T200000Z DESCRIPTION:Experience how contemplative practices can cultivate the resili ence\, discernment\, and wise compassion that support individual and socie tal health and well-being\, healing\, and transformation. Learn evidence-b ased contemplative practices from secular as well as spiritual traditions to cultivate your capacity to thrive\, create\, and serve. \n\nThe 2025 Su mmit offers revitalizing wisdom and practical resources for your daily lif e to build a better future for all. Delight in strengthening and broadenin g your reservoir of knowledge and skills that sustain meaningful and purpo seful engagement with the complexity of life in ways that renew you and th e people with whom you interact. Summit topics include research on contemp lative practices for PEACE: Pausing\, Exhaling\, Attending mindfully\, Con necting authentically\, and Expressing wise compassion. \n\nIn this talk\, Tia Rich\, PhD\, will provide an overview of the Stanford 2025 Contemplat ion by Design® Summit’s 57 free sessions\, offered in person or online from Oct. 15 - Nov. 27. Taught by leading contemplative science researcher s and teachers\, medical and educational professionals\, and ordained reli gious leaders from diverse traditions\, the sessions illuminate the role o f contemplative practices in developing skills fundamental to spiritual ma turity as well as to social and emotional intelligence—including self-aw areness\, deep listening\, connection to emotions\, empathy\, compassion t oward self and others\, values-based intention and motivation\, and authen tic\, effective communication to evolve relationships and systems. Educato rs will present pedagogical and administrative processes for effective inc lusion of contemplative practices in K12 classrooms and school communities for the cultivation of social emotional learning. Skills for Mindful Pare nting and Godparenting will be presented.\n\nSummit speakers include:\nJos eph Goldstein\, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche\, Caverly Morgan\, Rev. Tenzen Dav id Zimmerman\, Will Kabat-Zinn and Teresa LaMendola Kabat-Zinn\, The Rev. Dr. Joanne Sanders\, Christina Hinton\, The Rev. Scotty McLennan\, Dr. Amy Saltzman\, Dr. Mark Bertin\, Mark DiPerna\, Dr. Mari Kurahashi\, Micah An derson\, Karen Van Ausdal\, Lakeisha Steele\, Atman Smith\, Andy Gonzales\ , Peter Mills\, Hannah Block\, Charlotte Rotterdam\, Oscar Medina\, Susan Kaiser Greenland\, Justin Kelley\, Sunny Wight\, Sean Hannafin\, Cayla Col e\, Christina Costelo\, Anushka Fernandopulle\, Mark Greenberg\, Karma She nden\, Joan Bryant\, Alexis Harris and Tia Rich\n\nGuided Contemplative Pr actices include: \nEmbracing Emotions with Will Kabat-Zinn\, Mindful Breat hing with Peter Mills\, Breathing for Mindfulness\, Resilience and Well-be ing with Tia Rich\, Breathe\, Move\, and Reflect with the Community Approa ch to Learning Mindfully for Educators with Alexis Harris\, Resting in Awa reness with Karma Shenden\, The Practice of Letting Go with Mindfulness wi th Logan Mitchell\, Mindfulness as Relational Practice with Hannah Block\, Making Friends with Difficult Emotions with Emiliana Rodgriguez\, Directi ng the Attention and REmembering Who We Are with Janice Martellucci\, Cult ivating Connection with Teresa LaMendola Kabat-Zinn\, Releasing Striving i n Your Practice and Your Life with Caverly Morgan\, Kindness and Compassio n Practice with Mark Bertin\, MD\, Metta: Loving-kindness Meditation with The Rev. Dr. Joanne Sanders\, A Compassion Practice: Tonglen with Charlott e Rotterdam\, Roots of Compassion: A trauma-responsive loving kindness pra ctice with Atman Smith\, Uncovering the Gold: A guided journey for educato rs\, justice advocates\, and community leaders with Oscar Medina\, Cultiva ting Qualities of Heart and Mind for Leadership with Anushka Fernandopulle \, and Poetry of the Spirit with The Rev. Scotty McLennan and more skill-b uilding opportunities.\n\nParticipants will enjoy experiences of how conte mplative practices strengthen our capacity to effectively engage with humi lity in the complex and inspiring work of creating health and well-being f or all individuals\, communities\, and the planet. Come with your wholehea rted questions and curiosity—leave the Summit equipped to sustain growth in your spiritual maturity and social emotional intelligence to meet the moment in history\, now and in the future. \n\n“iPause to Thrive\, Creat e\, and Serve” describes the lives of people who integrate the knowledge and skills cultivated by the Stanford Contemplation by Design programs.\n \nThis is one of four sessions taught by Tia Rich in the Contemplation by Design Summit. The other sessions are two in-person interactive workshops titled The Power of the Pause offered on Sat. Oct. 18 at 8:30am or at 10:0 0am\, and an online iPause Guided Practice titled Breathing for Mindfulnes s\, Resilience\, and Well-being on Thurs. Oct. 16.\n\nTia Rich\, PhD\, MA\ , MSW\, is the founder and director of the Stanford School of Medicine’s Contemplation by Design® program. As the principal lecturer for the Scho ol of Medicine’s Applied Contemplative Science concentration in Communit y Health and Prevention Research\, Rich teaches and mentors Stanford under graduate and graduate students. Academic classes she teaches include: Cont emplative Science\, Applying Contemplative Practices\, Contemplative Compe tence for Sustainability of Public and Planetary Health and Well-being\, C ontemplative Movement\, and Translating Contemplative Science into Timely Community Programming. She also teaches co-curricular classes through the Stanford Healthy Living program\, including the "The Power of the Pause" c ontemplative retreat for faculty\, staff\, students\, and community member s. She has been integrating contemplative science and practices into Stanf ord academic classes and professional development programs since her compl etion of graduate studies in Social Welfare at UC Berkeley\, and in Educat ion at Stanford\, after earning her undergraduate degree in Human Biology at Stanford.\n\nThis session is part of the FREE Contemplation by Design S ummit\, Oct. 15-27\, 2025.\n\nThe full summit schedule is posted at: https ://med.stanford.edu/contemplation/summit.html.\n\nRegister here: https://w ww.eventbrite.com/e/stanford-contemplation-by-design-summit-2025-online-oc t-15-27-registration-1520413249959 LOCATION: SUMMARY:CBD 2025: Introduction to the 2025 Contemplation by Design Summit w ith Tia Rich\, PhD URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/cbd-2025-introduction-to-th e-contemplation-by-design-summit-with-tia-rich CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation/Talk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR