BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:CBD 2025: Interactive Workshop\, Presence as Practice: Cultiva ting Connection\, Resilience\, and Transformational Education with Oscar P aul Medina and Micah Andeson\, MA\, LMFT X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260907T094248Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_49959398222274 DTSTART:20251021T190000Z DTEND:20251021T203000Z DESCRIPTION:This workshop is an exploration of presence—as a lived practi ce that can shift culture from the inside out. Rooted in the Mind Body Awa reness Project’s healing-centered approach\, this session explores how p resence can restore connection and build the inner conditions for transfor mation across self and systems. Drawing from years of work in youth detent ion centers\, schools\, and community spaces\, Oscar Paul Medina and Micah Anderson guide participants through grounding\, listening\, and relationa l tools that support young people—and those who walk beside them—in op ening pathways toward liberation.\n\nThis session is one of a three-part s eries by Mark DiPerna\, Micah Anderson\, and Oscar Medina in the Contempla tion By Design Summit. The other sessions include a lecture by Mark and Mi cah titled Uncovering the Gold: Presence\, Compassion\, and Education in T imes of Crisis on October 20 and a guided practice with Oscar titled Uncov ering the Gold: A Guided Journey for Educators\, Justice Advocates\, and C ommunity Leaders on October 22. \n\nMicah Anderson\, MA\, LMFT is a mindfu lness teacher and is the Clinical Director at the Mind Body Awareness Proj ect\, where he leads trauma-informed contemplative programs for incarcerat ed youth and adults\, educators\, and first responders. With over two deca des of experience\, he helps design and deliver mindfulness-based programm ing nationally and internationally to underserved communities and the prof essionals who support them. His work integrates transpersonal psychology\, somatic trauma healing\, and mindfulness—both in his private psychother apy practice in the Bay Area and in broader systems transformation—to fo ster resilience\, belonging\, and the inner resources needed to meet suffe ring with courage and care. \n\nOscar Paul Medina is a transformative lead er whose work bridges contemplative practice\, cultural restoration\, and systemic change. Raised between East LA and the Mojave Desert\, he carries an embodied understanding of complexity that informs his work across the education\, justice\, and health sectors. As a Dalai Lama Fellow and Cultu re of Health Leader with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, Oscar explor ed how mental health and collective care are foundational to reimagining o ur social systems. That arc gave rise to Conscious Cultura\, an initiative bringing culturally rooted healing practices to Latino communities.\n\nHe now serves as the Executive Director at the Mind Body Awareness Project\, where he develops healing-centered programs for youth\, educators\, and i ncarcerated populations. He also maintains a private practice as a leaders hip development consultant and guide\, supporting mission-driven leaders a nd bi-cultural communities. His work integrates somatic\, ancestral\, and presence-based practices to support those navigating change in embodying t heir wholeness and service.\n\nThis sessions is part of the FREE Contempla tion by Design Summit\, Oct. 15-27\, 2025.\n\nThe full summit schedule is posted at: https://med.stanford.edu/contemplation/summit.html.\n\nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stanford-contemplation-by-design-summi t-2025-online-oct-15-27-registration-1520413249959 LOCATION: SUMMARY:CBD 2025: Interactive Workshop\, Presence as Practice: Cultivating Connection\, Resilience\, and Transformational Education with Oscar Paul M edina and Micah Andeson\, MA\, LMFT URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/cbd-2025-presence-as-practi ce-with-micah-anderson-and-oscar-paul-medina CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation/Talk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR