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Compassion Cultivation Training, Thursdays with Leah Weiss, Apr 06-May 25, 2017

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7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, April 6, 2017 – May 25, 2017

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Compassion Cultivation Training, Thursdays with Leah Weiss, Apr 06-May 25, 2017

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. Read more about CCT

Class Details

Registration – $395  includes course instruction, materials, and guided meditation recordings
CEU fee (if applicable) – $45
Classes held at Li Ka Shing Center at Stanford University
Thursdays, April 06 – May 25, 2017, 7-9 p.m.
Read about Leah Weiss
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Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your place.

Questions?

Please read our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions not addressed in the FAQ, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu.

CCT | Saturdays with Robert Cusick

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10:00 am to 12:00 pm, September 28, 2019 – November 23, 2019

Location

Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. Read more about CCT

Class Details

Eight Saturdays with Robert Cusick | SEPT 28 – NOV 23, 2019 (no class NOV 02) | 10 AM – noon
Registration fee | $395 (includes course instruction, materials, and guided meditation recordings)
Fee for 14 CE credits | $85 (if applicable)
Stanford BeWell Berry eligible
Classes held at Li Ka Shing Center at Stanford University

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Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your place.

Questions?

If you have questions not addressed in our CCT FAQs, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu.

Free Kindfulness 7 Day Online Course

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8:00 am to 8:00 am, November 5, 2016 – January 31, 2017

Location

Online – Awake Academy

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Awake Academy brings Dr. James Doty and three other top experts together to teach you Kindfulness: a unique short course that blends mindfulness, kindness and compassion.

In this free online course you will:

– Experience 3 different kindfulness practices to cultivate joy, clarity and emotional resilience
– Discover how kindfulness can help reduce suffering
– Learn how to start building a happy and resilient mind
– Explore how to build more meaningful relationships
– Understand why science is implementing kindness and compassion practices to overcome stress, anxiety, depression, and more
– Find out how kindfulness works in the physiology of the body

For more information and sign up, click here.

Compassion Cultivation Training, Thursdays with Hooria Jazaieri, Sept 28-Nov 16, 2017

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12:00 pm to 2:00 pm, September 28, 2017 – November 16, 2017

Location

Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. Read more about CCT

Class Details

Registration – $395  includes course instruction, materials, and guided meditation recordings
CE credits fee (if applicable) – $45
Stanford BeWell Berry eligible
Classes held at Li Ka Shing Center at Stanford University
8 Thursdays, September 28 – November 16, 2017, noon – 2 p.m.
Read about Hooria Jazaieri
Register here 

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a space becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your place.

Questions?

If you have questions not addressed in our CCT FAQs, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu.

Breathing is the New Yoga! 9 Shortcuts to Calming Anxiety

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August 11, 2016

Written by Emma Pearse.

Controlled breathing techniques are a promising antidote to everything from anxiety to PTSD; here’s how to incorporate them into your life.

At a moment when the pressure to live the perfect, productive, and Instagram-beautiful lifestyle is causing more anxiety than ever, there seems to exist at least the promise of an antidote: mindfulness. Lena Dunham practices it; Karlie Kloss swears by it; Oprah leads 21-day challenges teaching meditation techniques including breathing. Sleepless professionals facing burnout are embracing this ancient weapon against stress and depression as fervently as The Beatles and Mia Farrow spread the word of the healing magic of Transcendental Meditation in the late 1960s—maybe the last time that the world felt as topsy-turvy.

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Conversations on Compassion with Dr. Kyra Bobinet

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In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, asks Dr. Kyra Bobinet about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played.

Dr. Kyra Bobinet has five words of advice on engaging people in health: be caring, authentic, and useful.

As a national speaker, author and CEO-founder of engagedIN, a neuroscience behavior design firm, Kyra devotes her life to cracking the code of WHY we engage in what we do.  Everyday, she and her team use neuroscience and design thinking to make health and wellness more engaging.

For this work, Kyra received the 2015 Innovator Award from Harvard where she received her Masters in Public Health.  She earned her medical degree at UCSF School of Medicine.

Dr. Bobinet is the author of Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science and Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, and Purposeful Life and authors a column on behavior neuroscience design for ExperienceLife magazine.

She has founded health start-ups, created blockbuster products, designed health apps, and patented big data algorithms. She started mindfulness programs and clinical studies on mind-body medicine as an executive at Aetna.

Dr. Bobinet co-teaches patient engagement and health design with Dr. Larry Chu at Stanford School of Medicine and studied in BJ Fogg’s behavior design lab.

When she’s not geeking out on neuroscience, you can find her engaged in her kids, minimalist eco design, indigenous culture, and surfing.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Summer 2016 – Monday Evenings – Hooria Jazaieri

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7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, June 20, 2016 – August 15, 2016

Location

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: June 20 – August 15, 2016 (8 Mondays – no class on July 4th)
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Instructor: Hooria Jazaieri
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration Information

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Conversations on Compassion with Eileen Fisher

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In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, asks Eileen Fisher about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played.

Eileen is the Founder and Chairwoman of EILEEN FISHER, INC., the clothing company known for its simple shapes and beautiful fabrics. Eileen ventured into clothing design in 1984. Her original concept – pieces that work together to help women get dressed easily – still defines the company’s collections, which are sold at 65 EILEEN FISHER stores, over 300 department and specialty stores across the US, UK and Canada as well as 2 Green Eileen stores, which are part of the company’s innovative recycling program.

Eileen is passionate about business as a movement. In spring 2015, the company announced VISION2020, a bold five-year plan that addresses sustainability and human rights. In keeping with Eileen’s belief in collaboration, VISION2020 calls for partnering with other brands to shift the fashion industry. “We don’t want sustainability to be our edge,” says Eileen. “We want it to be universal.”
In 2015, Eileen also launched the Eileen Fisher Learning Lab where employees and the public are invited to embark on journeys of inquiry to explore purpose, mindfulness and embodiment through a variety of workshops and events.

In October 2015, the Fashion Group International honored Eileen with the prestigious Sustainability Award. Eileen was the recipient of the 2015 Riverkeeper Award as well as BF+DA’s Corporate Leadership in Advancing Sustainability Award. Eileen’s additional honors include the 2012 Leaders of Change award from the Global Conference for Social Change and the Board of Directors Award from the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women. She is a 2012 inductee into the Social Venture Network Hall of Fame and a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Conversations on Compassion with Dr. James Doty, Moderated by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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In this public dialogue, world renowned mindfulness teacher and author, Jon Kabat-Zinn engages in conversation with CCARE’s Founder and Director, Dr. James Doty, to celebrate the release of Dr. Doty’s book, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover Mysteries of the Brain and Secrets of the Heart. During this conversation, Jon Kabat-Zinn asks Dr. Doty to reflect upon his life’s journey and discuss the pivotal roles of mindfulness, meditation, and compassion as shared in the book.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Monday Evenings – Section 1

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7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, March 28, 2016 – May 16, 2016

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Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Monday Evenings – Section 1

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: March 28 – May 16, 2016 (8 Classes)
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Instructor: To be announced
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Monday Evenings – Section 2

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7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, March 28, 2016 – May 16, 2016

Location

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: March 28 – May 16, 2016 (8 Classes)
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Instructor: To be announced
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Thursday Evenings – Robert Cusick

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7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, March 31, 2016 – May 26, 2016

Location

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: March 31 – May 26, 2016 (8 Classes – no class April 21st)
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Instructor: Robert Cusick
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Saturday Mornings – Robert Cusick

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10:00 am to 12:00 pm, April 2, 2016 – June 4, 2016

Location

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: April 2 – June 4, 2016 (8 Classes – no class April 23rd and May 28th)
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Instructor: Robert Cusick
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Conversations on Compassion with Kyra Bobinet

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When

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, April 26, 2016

Location

Cubberley Auditorium, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

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We are sorry but registration for this event is now closed.

About The Event

In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will ask Kyra Bobinet about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played. This event is an hour-long dialogue followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

Stanford Bookstore will have copies of her new book, Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science and Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, and Purposeful Life, available for purchase at the event.

About Kyra Bobinet

Dr. Kyra Bobinet has five words of advice on engaging people in health: be caring, authentic, and useful.

As a national speaker, author and CEO-founder of engagedIN, a neuroscience behavior design firm, Kyra devotes her life to cracking the code of WHY we engage in what we do.  Everyday, she and her team use neuroscience and design thinking to make health and wellness more engaging.

For this work, Kyra received the 2015 Innovator Award from Harvard where she received her Masters in Public Health.  She earned her medical degree at UCSF School of Medicine.

Dr. Bobinet is the author of Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science and Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, and Purposeful Life and authors a column on behavior neuroscience design for ExperienceLife magazine.

She has founded health start-ups, created blockbuster products, designed health apps, and patented big data algorithms. She started mindfulness programs and clinical studies on mind-body medicine as an executive at Aetna.

Dr. Bobinet co-teaches patient engagement and health design with Dr. Larry Chu at Stanford School of Medicine and studied in BJ Fogg’s behavior design lab.

When she’s not geeking out on neuroscience, you can find her engaged in her kids, minimalist eco design, indigenous culture, and surfing.

About the Book

“I know what I should do…I just don’t know why I don’t do it.”  In Well Designed Life, you will learn how brain science and design thinking provide the compassionate solution to this universal human struggle. At once scholarly and personal, Dr. Bobinet takes you on a journey through your self-image, motivations, decisions, and unconscious behaviors, providing the keys to leading a well-designed life.”

Registration

Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.

Doors open to registrants at 5:45PM.

Parking

Cubberley Auditorium is located just off the Main Quad, in the School of Education, next to the clock tower at the intersection of Escondido Mall and Lasuen Mall. Parking is generally free on campus after 4pm; however, please read signs carefully to avoid citation. Park either on the main Oval, or the Memorial Lot just north of the Memorial Hall on Memorial Way, or South of the campus union at Mayfield Ave.

Link to Stanford Parking Map

Disability-Related Accommodations and Services

Disabled parking is located at the top of the Oval (the end of Palm Drive). Additional disabled parking is located at the end of Panama Mall, near the Nitery.

The main entrance to the Cubberley Auditorium is equipped with a power-operated door, is accessible via a pathway on the southwest corner of the building (across from the Clock Tower). Another accessible entrance is located on the southeast side of the building via a ramp.  Once inside the main entrance, the elevator is located to the left and provides access to all floors (B, 1, 2, 3).

If a disability-related accommodation is needed, please contact CCARE staff by phone (650) 721-6142 or email ccare_info@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Friday, April 22, 2016.

We are sorry but registration for this event is now closed.

Conversations on Compassion with Eileen Fisher

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When

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, February 18, 2016

Location

Tresidder Memorial Union, Oak Lounge
Tresidder Memorial Union, 459 Lagunita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

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We are sorry but registration for this event is now closed.

About The Event

In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will ask Eileen Fisher about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played. This event is an hour-long dialogue followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

About Eileen Fisher

Eileen is the Founder and Chairwoman of EILEEN FISHER, INC., the clothing company known for its simple shapes and beautiful fabrics. Eileen ventured into clothing design in 1984. Her original concept – pieces that work together to help women get dressed easily – still defines the company’s collections, which are sold at 65 EILEEN FISHER stores, over 300 department and specialty stores across the US, UK and Canada as well as 2 Green Eileen stores, which are part of the company’s innovative recycling program.

Eileen is passionate about business as a movement. In spring 2015, the company announced VISION2020, a bold five-year plan that addresses sustainability and human rights.  In keeping with Eileen’s belief in collaboration, VISION2020 calls for partnering with other brands to shift the fashion industry. “We don’t want sustainability to be our edge,” says Eileen. “We want it to be universal.”

In 2015, Eileen also launched the Eileen Fisher Learning Lab where employees and the public are invited to embark on journeys of inquiry to explore purpose, mindfulness and embodiment through a variety of workshops and events.

In October 2015, the Fashion Group International honored Eileen with the prestigious Sustainability Award.  Eileen was the recipient of the 2015 Riverkeeper Award as well as BF+DA’s Corporate Leadership in Advancing Sustainability Award.  Eileen’s additional honors include the 2012 Leaders of Change award from the Global Conference for Social Change and the Board of Directors Award from the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women.  She is a 2012 inductee into the Social Venture Network Hall of Fame and a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Registration

Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.

Doors open to registrants at 5:45PM.

Parking

Parking is free in most spaces after 4PM. Check signs carefully.

The closest parking is found in the lots off of Mayfield Ave and along Santa Teresa St.

We are sorry but registration for this event is now closed.

Conversations on Compassion with Dr. James Doty, Moderated by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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When

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, February 11, 2016

Location

Cemex Auditorium, Zambrano Hall, Knight Management Center
641 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United States

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All tickets are SOLD OUT for this event. Tickets are still available for the VIP reception following the event HERE.

About the Event

In this public dialogue, world renowned mindfulness teacher and author, Jon Kabat-Zinn will engage in conversation with CCARE’s Founder and Director, Dr. James Doty, to celebrate the release of Dr. Doty’s book, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover Mysteries of the Brain and Secrets of the Heart(now available for pre-order). The book will also be for sale at the event along with book signing afterwards. During this conversation, Jon Kabat-Zinn will be asking Dr. Doty to reflect upon his life’s journey and discuss the pivotal roles of mindfulness, meditation, and compassion as shared in the book.

The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

About the Speakers

JamesDotyphotoJames Doty, MD is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University and the Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education as Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of CA, Irvine and medical school at Tulane University. He trained in neurosurgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and completed fellowships in pediatric neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia (CHOP) and in neuroelectrophysiology focused on the use of evoked potentials to assess the integrity of neurological function. His more recent research interests have focused on the development of technologies using focused beams of radiation in conjunction with robotics and image-guidance techniques to treat solid tumors and other pathologies in the brain and spinal cord. He spent 9 years on active duty service in the U.S. Army Medical Corp.

As Director of CCARE, Dr. Doty has collaborated on a number of research projects focused on compassion and altruism including the use of neuro-economic models to assess altruism, use of the CCARE developed compassion cultivation training in individuals and its effect, assessment of compassionate and altruistic judgment utilizing implanted brain electrodes and the use of optogenetic techniques to assess nurturing pathways in rodents. Presently, he is developing collaborative research projects to assess the effect of compassion training on immunologic and other physiologic determinates of health, the use of mentoring as a method of instilling compassion in students and the use of compassion training to decrease pain.

Dr. Doty is also an inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist having given support to a number of charitable organizations including Children as the Peacemakers, Global Healing, the Pachamama Alliance and Family & Children Services of Silicon Valley. These charities support a variety of programs throughout the world including those for HIV/AIDS support, blood banks, medical care in third world countries and peace initiatives. Additionally, he has endowed chairs at major universities including Stanford University and his alma mater, Tulane University. He is on the Board of Directors of a number of non-profit foundations including the Dalai Lama Foundation, of which he is chairman and the Charter for Compassion International of which he is vice-chair. He is also on the International Advisory Board of the Council for the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

Dr. Doty also writes for The Huffington Post. He is the author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart (Penguin, 2016).

jkz_preferred_headshot_150Jon Kabat- Zinn, PhD is founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also the founding director of its renowned Stress Reduction Clinic and Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He teaches mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in various venues around the world. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT in 1971 in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate, Salvador Luria.

He is the author of numerous scientific papers on the clinical applications of mindfulness in medicine and health care, and of a number of books for the lay public: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness (Delta, 1991); Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Hyperion, 1994); Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness (Hyperion, 2005); and Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness (Hyperion, 2007). He is also co-author, with his wife Myla, of Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (Hyperion, 1997); and with Williams, Teasdale, and Segal, of The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Guilford, 2007). Overall, his books have been translated into over 30 languages.

Tickets

Tickets go on sale HERE through the Stanford Ticket Office starting Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10AM.

Stanford Ticket Office
2nd Floor of Tresidder Memorial Union
459 Lagunita Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
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Phone: (650) 725-2787
Hours: Mon – Fri 10AM – 5PM

Public: SOLD OUT
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Please note: A customer service handling fee is applied to orders placed over the phone and online.

Parking And Transportation

Parking is free after 4PM (M-F) in many spaces on campus. Please check signs carefully to avoid citation. The closest parking for CEMEX Auditorium (Zambrano Hall) is as follows:

Knight Management Center Garage (Parking Structure 7)
655 Knight Way (at Campus Drive)
Stanford, CA 94305
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Lot 93 (by Maples Pavilion)
Entrance is on Campus Drive at Bonair Siding Road
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Click here for a printable Stanford Parking Map

Stanford Shuttle Stop

The closest Marguerite Shuttle stop is located on Serra Street in front of The Knight Management Center. Click here to find maps and schedules.

Disability-Related Accommodations And Services

Requests for disability-related accommodations should be directed to CCARE staff by phone (650) 721-6142 or email ccare_info@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Friday, February 5, 2015.

Disabled parking is located in an underground parking garage beneath the Knight Management Center (Parking Structure 7). Enter from Campus Drive East across from the parking lot adjacent to Maples Pavilion. Additional disabled parking is located along Serra Street or in a small parking lot at the corner of Serra Street and Arguello Way. The closest Marguerite Shuttle stop is located on Serra Street in front of The Knight Management Center.

There are two wheelchair accessible entrances to the CEMEX Auditorium. The entrance furthest east (closest to Arbuckle Cafe) is equipped with a power-operated door. Once inside, wheelchair seating is centrally located. Additional wheelchair seating is located on the 2nd floor of the CEMEX Auditorium. In order to access the upper level of the Auditorium, take the elevator to the 2nd floor and enter through the exterior entrance.

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Brain Magic

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February 25, 2016

Written by Gennady Sheyner.

Open your heart. Believe in yourself. You can have anything you want. Here’s how.

The formula, so simple, sexy and seductive, has spawned an entire industry of inspiration — some rooted in religion (Norman Vincent Peale’s “Power of Positive Thinking”), some in spirituality (much of Deepak Chopra), and some in cold pragmatism (Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People”). Have faith in God and all will be well, says the megachurch pastor. “How about a side of mindfulness with your bowl of empathy?” asks the modern guru. Is it really possible that all you need is love, like the Beatles once said? Or should you throw some eating and praying into the mix, like Elizabeth Gilbert?

To read the full article, click here.

Into the Magic Shop

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February 23, 2016

Growing up, Jim Doty was from a poor, dysfunctional family, with an alcoholic father and a chronically depressed mother. But he overcame his childhood to become a successful neurosurgeon and the founding director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. On this episode, we hear some of his amazing stories of the power of mindfulness and compassion from his new memoir, Into the Magic Shop.

To listen to the podcast, click here.

Brain Plasticity

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February 1, 2016

A new book – written by a Stanford neurosurgeon – examines the impact of mindfulness on the heart and the brain. He uses his personal story to illustrate how the brain can re-wire itself and the effect of meditation. He and a local doctor discuss emerging research on the subject. Guests: James Doty, MD, author of ‘Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart.’ (via ISDN) Dr. James Wasserman, nephrologist with Maine Medical Center. He has interest in the role of mindfulness in medicine.

To listen to the interview, click here.

How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success

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Written By Dr. Emma Seppala

January 15, 2016 | Uncategorized

After working in many high-achieving environments like Yale, Stanford, Silicon Valley, New York City, I noticed too many people pursuing “success” at a cost to themselves. They were postponing their happiness now in pursuit of success…with the idea that, when they attain success, they will be happy. Yet they were burning themselves (and others) out in the process. I too joined the rat-race, it seemed like what everyone was doing. It seemed like the right thing to do. But it wasn’t.

When I looked at the research, I saw that – overwhelmingly – happiness is actually the secret to success. If you prioritize your happiness, you will actually be more productive, more creative, more resilient, more energized, more charismatic and influential. You will have more willpower and be more focused, with less effort. That’s why I wrote this book.

You can either listen to common (yet false!) theories of success: work yourself into the ground, stay focused on your future goals, focus nonstop, you can’t have success without stress, look out for yourself first and foremost and be your own worst critic… or you can listen to the data which tells you the opposite: Take time off and you’ll be more innovative, stay present and you’ll be more productive and charismatic, take time to be idle and have fun and you’ll actually be more creative and more likely to have innovative breakthroughs, nurture calmness in your life and you’ll have more energy to get more work done, be kind to others and you’ll be more successful and be self-compassionate and you’ll be more resilient.

In particular, research on compassion that we at CCARE and our collaborators have conducted at Stanford and beyond have shown the immense power of self-compassion and compassion not only for our personal well-being but for our work life. Many people are so self-critical, for example. Yet research shows that self-criticism is basically self-sabotage whereas self-compassion -treating yourself with the understanding, mindfulness and kindness with which you would treat a friend – leads to far greater resilience, productivity and well-being.

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Similarly, we’re often told to look out of ourselves first and foremost. After all, we believe, it’s a dog-eat-dog world. Yet research shows that being kind to others and going out of your way to help whenever and wherever you can actually ends up not only benefitting those around you but also making you more happy, healthy and productive. Your colleagues are loyal to you, your team functions better and more productively, and the end result is a win-win for all.

This book is for anyone who wants to do their best but feels overwhelmed by the pace of the modern world. Whether you’re a business leader or a stay-at-home mom trying to keep up, the data is clear: if you take care of yourself and others, if you take time off and find joy in your life, you will be more successful at achieving your goals, not to mention fulfilled. I’ve surveyed 100s of studies and distilled the findings in a way that is very practical so you can apply the tips to your daily life. I hope this book provides you with relief – relief that you have what it takes to achieve your goals while also enjoying your life and feeling your best.

If you pre-order The Happiness Track before 1/26, you can avail of 5 free gifts including a companion meditation album to the book. See emmaseppala.com/book for details.

How Meditation Benefits CEOs

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December 14, 2015

Written by Emma Seppala.

Mindfulness is quickly following yoga in becoming a billion-dollar industry. It’s no surprise, then, that the popularity of meditation – one way to practice mindfulness – is also growing among CEOs and senior executives. Why are business leaders embracing meditation rather than, say, massage or ping-pong? Because there’s something to meditation that appears to benefit CEOs more than recreation or relaxation do alone.

As CEO of the TLEX Institute, Johann Berlin specializes in bringing mindfulness training to CEOs and corporate teams. He says he’s seeing a growing interest among leaders in meditation as a way to build leadership skills – and achieve business goals. “Most of our new clients … are not sold by mindfulness as a novelty. They want to see how these approaches … are truly beneficial to existing priorities like retention, talent advancement, innovation.” For example, one of Berlin’s clients, a Fortune 25 company, has integrated mindfulness techniques into its high potentials program with the goal of creating agile and flexible mindsets as a foundation for leadership.

To read the full article, click here.

Doty’s ‘Life-Changing Magic’ Memoir to Yellow Kite

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December 10, 2015

Written by Katherine Cowdrey.

Yellow Kite is publishing Into the Magic Shop by Dr James Doty – “a neurosurgeon’s true story of the life-changing magic of compassion and mindfulness”.

The book tells the story of how Doty as a young boy, struggling to find a direction in life, found meditation and mindfulness by a chance meeting – through the mother of a magic shop owner – which changed his life. Doty went onto study at Stanford University and become director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, which he co-founded with the Dalai Lama. The book is “part memoir, part science, part inspiration and part practical instruction”.

Publisher Liz Gough bought UK and Commonwealth rights for the Hodder & Stoughton imprint from Sabila Khan, rights director at Penguin US. The book is being published by Avery in the US.

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2nd Annual ‘Awake In The World’ Online Event

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When

12:00 am to 12:00 am, November 4, 2015 – November 8, 2015

Location

Shambhala Mountain Center
Red Feather Lakes, CO

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We’re glad to share this exciting event hosted by our friends at Shambhala Mountain Center. Watch FREE as over thirty teachers of mindfulness and yoga share wisdom and practical teachings for our everyday lives.

Over the course of 5 days, you can explore teachings and practices with the potential to transform your personal sense of well-being, your relationships, your work life, and our society. Topics range from learning how to meditate, to applying mindfulness in everyday life, living with more purpose, getting involved in societal transformation and so much more. To get free access to this incredible event, please click here.

Presenters and hosts include: CCARE’s Dr. James Doty, Krista Tippet, Jack Kornfield, Venerable Dr. Pannavati, Seane Corn, Shiva Rea, Matthieu Ricard, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Robert Thurman, Susan Piver, Lodro Rinzler, Dr. Rick Hanson, Dr. B. Alan Wallace, and lots more!

Sign up HERE to get access to over 30 dialogues, presentations, and guided meditations.

Compassion Cultivation Training with Robert Cusick “Winter 2016“ Saturday Mornings

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When

10:00 am to 12:00 pm, January 30, 2016 – March 19, 2016

Location

Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT please click here.

Dates: January 30 through March 19, 2016
(8 Saturdays)
Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Instructor: Robert Cusick
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Cost: $325 – All course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings are included.
Registration:*This class is FULL and now accepting registrations for the wait-list here.

Please note that these courses tend to fill quickly. We therefore recommended to register as soon as possible once registration has opened to ensure your best chances of enrolling.

CCT courses are limited to 30 people to allow for sufficient student participation.

Questions?

Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the CCT courses can be found at http://ccare.stanford.edu/about/faq/#cct.
If you have further questions, please contact CCARE at cctinformation@stanford.edu or (650) 721-6142.

Compassion Cultivation Training with Robert Cusick “Winter 2016“ Thursday Evenings

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When

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, January 14, 2016 – March 3, 2016

Location

Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, United States

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT please click here.

Dates: January 14 through March 3, 2016
(8 Thursdays)
Time: 7:00 – 9:00PM
Instructor: Robert Cusick
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Cost: $325 – All course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings are included.
Registration: *This class is FULL and now accepting registrations for the wait-list here.

Please note that these courses tend to fill quickly. We therefore recommended to register as soon as possible once registration has opened to ensure your best chances of enrolling.

CCT courses are limited to 30 people to allow for sufficient student participation.

Questions?

Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the CCT courses can be found at http://ccare.stanford.edu/about/faq/#cct.
If you have further questions, please contact CCARE at cctinformation@stanford.edu or (650) 721-6142.

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