Larson DiFiori, a visiting assistant professor of religious studies and associate director of undergraduate studies for contemplative studies, said the program’s small size allows for individualized ...

The first time University of Virginia alumnus Jeff Walker meditated, it was on Grounds. More than four decades later, the site of his first meditation is home to the Contemplative Sciences Center, ...

An April 5 event at the John Paul Jones Arena featuring music from Zac Brown Band and Maggie Rogers and a performance by stand-up comedian Joe Zimmerman will celebrate the UVA Contemplative Sciences ...

“Contemplative studies satisfies an urge that everyone has — to investigate what it means to be experiencing, to be alive,” said Henry Langton ’16, one of the first Brown students who will officially ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) – In celebration of the new Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia (UVA), the Zac Brown Band is set to perform with a special guest. The university ...

Grammy-winning country musicians Zac Brown Band and Grammy nominee Maggie Rogers will be hitting the UVA stage. The musicians, along with comedian Joe Zimmerman, will perform at a concert benefitting ...

Emory University’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (aka Emory Compassion Center) is hosting a series of events on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 to celebrate the launch of their ...

On April 3, Michael R. Sheehy, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia, delivered a talk titled Towards ...

Meditation is an ancient human practice. Our ability to artfully cultivate attentive, imaginal, and embodied modes of consciousness, and more so, intentionally design and apply techniques to transcend ...