107 Episodes

  1. 27. Chris Cole: Bipolar Order

    Published: 5/21/2018

  2. 26. Candace Walworth & Cynthia Drake: Interdisciplinarity–The Bricolage of a Naropa Education

    Published: 5/14/2018

  3. 25. Paul Bassis: The Arise Movement

    Published: 5/7/2018

  4. 24. Barbara Catbagan: Creating Resilient Teachers for a Crazy World

    Published: 4/30/2018

  5. 23. Empowering Underserved Communities: Holistic Life Foundation

    Published: 4/23/2018

  6. 22. Elaine Yuen: Engaging Our World with Contemplative Practice

    Published: 4/16/2018

  7. 21. Joey Marti: Healing Emotional Trauma Naturally with TiPi

    Published: 4/9/2018

  8. 20. Mark Miller: Contemplative Approaches to Music and Improv

    Published: 4/2/2018

  9. 19. Rev. angel Kyodo williams: Liberation Through Radical Dharma

    Published: 3/26/2018

  10. 18. Lauren Ciovacco: A Journey of Discovering Sanity

    Published: 3/20/2018

  11. 17. Lama Rod Owens: A Dialogue Between Love and Rage

    Published: 3/13/2018

  12. 16. Anne Parker: Gross National Happiness - The Inner and Outer Practice

    Published: 3/7/2018

  13. 15. Ian Sanderson: Survival Skills Through a Contemplative Model

    Published: 2/27/2018

  14. 14. Joy Redstone: Compassionate Therapy, Counseling, and Poverty.

    Published: 2/20/2018

  15. 13. Scott Rodwin: Awareness of the Built Environment

    Published: 2/13/2018

  16. 12. Deborah Bowman: Gestalt–Awareness Practice, Healing in the Here and Now

    Published: 2/6/2018

  17. 11. Ramon Parish: Discipline and Delight–An Embodied Education

    Published: 1/30/2018

  18. 10. Jeffery Pethybridge: Writing, Literature, and Contemplative Approach

    Published: 1/16/2018

  19. 09. Richard Brown: Contemplative Teaching

    Published: 1/2/2018

  20. 08. Stephen Polk: A City By and For the People

    Published: 12/19/2017

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As the birthplace of the mindfulness movement in the United States, Naropa University has a unique perspective when it comes to higher education in the West. Founded in 1974 by renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and lineage holder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa was intended to be a place where students could study Eastern and Western religions, writing, psychology, science, and the arts, while also receiving contemplative and meditation training. Forty-three years later, Naropa is a leader in ‘contemplative education’, a pedagogical approach that blends rigorous academics, contemplative practice, and experiential learning. Naropa President Chuck Lief explains, “Mindfulness here is not a class. Mindfulness is basically the underpinning of what we do in all of our classes. That said, the flavor or the color of mindfulness from class to class is really completely up to the individual faculty member to work on—on their own. So, what happens in a poetry class is going to look very different from what happens in a research psychology class. But, one way or another the contemplative practices are brought into the mix.” This podcast is for those with an interest in mindfulness and a curiosity about its place in both higher education and the world at large. Hosted by Naropa alumnus and Multimedia Manager David DeVine, episodes feature Naropa faculty, alumni, and special guests on a wide variety of topics including compassion, permaculture, social justice, herbal healing, and green architecture—to name a few. Listen to explore the transformative possibilities of mindfulness, both in the classroom and beyond!