Learn to embrace the energy of emotions in openhearted awareness to reduce internal conflict and harness dynamic energy in the service of what we care about most.

This guided practice is one of four taught by Teresa LaMendola Kabat-Zinn and Will Kabat-Zinn in the Contemplation By Design Summit. You are welcome to join one or all sessions. The other sessions include a lecture titled Mindful Parenting in a Changing World: Nurturing Connection, Creativity, and Independence in our Children and Ourselves on October 17, an interactive workshop titled Mindful Parenting Interactive Session: Loving Awareness in Action on October 19, and a guided practice with Teresa titled Cultivating Connection on October 21.

Will Kabat-Zinn, MA, has been practicing meditation for over two decades and has spent extended time in silent retreat both in the US and in Burma. He is passionate about helping people put into practice and experience for themselves the liberating power of mindfulness. Will has taught mindfulness and other meditative practices to diverse populations—including incarcerated youth, educators, scientists, law enforcement officers, parents, and business and technology leaders—and spent a year as an executive in residence at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business.  He conducts regular retreats and practice intensives around the country and in Europe and leads a local meditation community in Berkeley where he lives with his wife and two children.

This sessions 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