Educating for Interbeing: Imagination, Embodiment, and the Education of Compassion Sponsored by Contemplation by Design, Stanford Prevention Research Center, and Stanford University School of Medicine

This interactive workshop explores how contemplative practice can help us teach humans to be human—nurturing empathy, discernment, collaboration, and relational intelligence across the lifespan. Drawing on Buddhist practices, the principle of not-self, and collective ways of knowing, participants will consider how contemplative education cultivates the “imaginal cells” within ourselves and our communities—the seeds of a more compassionate, connected, and generative society. The session will also explore the distinction between approaches that focus on personal achievement and those that nurture awareness of ourselves as part of a living community. Drawing on examples such as the founding of Deer Park Monastery’s School of Interbeing and other contemplative educational models, the session will highlight practical approaches to nurturing the capacities necessary for wise, compassionate, and socially engaged citizenship. Participants will leave with insights and tools for integrating contemplative practices into educational and community settings to help young people—and ourselves—thrive in a complex, interconnected world.

This workshop is part of a three-part series with Kaira Jewel Lingo in the Contemplation By Design Summit.

More info here. Free in Person or Online.