Dr. James Morley invites community and Ramapo faculty, staff and students to attend this Mindfulness and Qualitative inquiry Panel Discussion, part of the 2016 Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology on Monday, May 16 from 20-3:20pm in theTrustees Pavilion at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Monday | April 4 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Trustees Pavilion We all want to feel safe and secure in our lives and our surroundings and our brain functions in a way that is meant to help us achieve this desire; however, due to the complex, fast- paced nature of modern life, the very […]

This workshop is open to middle and high school faculty and staff who are interested in learning more about how to incorporate Contemplative Studies and Mindfulness into their classroom. .This workshop provides teachers of grades 6-12 with the opportunity to expand their understanding of mindfulness practices. The workshop will address teachers’ personal practices as well […]

n this presentation we will be interrogating, for example, the following questions: 1. What is the connection between meditative practice and the phenomenon of breathing? 2. What is the connection between one’s self and breathing? 3. Why do so many meditative practices, for example mindfulness meditation, use breathing as the primary object of attention? 4. […]

This free introductory session will briefly review the meaning and benefits of mindfulness practices, and then present an experiential introduction to breath-based meditation practice. Suggestions will be offered on how to integrate a simple, but effective, mindfulness practice into one’s everyday life. Wear comfortable clothing.

Dani is a bestselling author and esteemed teacher who was recently Oprah Winfrey’s guest and was chosen by Arianna Huffington to speak at the New York City “Thrive” conference. Not for writers only, she will speak about the relationship between meditation and writing and lead an experiential workshop that includes meditation and generative writing exercises […]

Geophilosopher, cultural ecologist and author. Dr. Abram’s essays on the cultural causes and consequences of environmental disarray are published in numerous magazines, scholarly journals, and anthologies. David is the author of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World and and Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology. David is an international lecturer […]