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Forty-two aspiring mindfulness teachers gathered last week for six days of intensive retreat with EMI faculty Fleet Maull & Kate Crisp....

During the conference, we discussed and agreed on a set of proposed principles that would guide our work to co-create a mindful,...

We are so happy to be launching the first year of our Mindfulness Teacher Training & Certification program in just three weeks. We will...

EMI lead trainer Fleet Maull made the news in Louisville KY this week, leading a mindfulness training for first responders. (full article...

The Pine St. Inn provides housing, job training, and counseling to the homeless population of Boston, MA. Their staff are out there every...

Mindfulness loves company. It has been the experience of millions of meditators, beginners and veterans alike, that practicing with a...

In the midst of recording meditation instruction for our upcoming training, and discussing his view of what it takes to become a...

Here at the Engaged Mindfulness Institute, we don’t want a lack of money to be a reason for people not to be able to participate in our...

The Pine St. Inn serves more than 1,600 homeless individuals every day. They offer truly amazing integrated services, ranging from food...

Last week we had the great privilege of visiting IMS to film Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg, two of the featured instructors in our...

Today was quite different than the preceding three days of visiting genocide memorial sites. This morning we visited a TIG prison farm...

There are no words for Murambi. Our group of 40 Rwandans and internationals spent the day at Murambi today. It was a rough day for all of...

Inspiring morning at the Closing Ceremonies of the National Week of Mourning at the Rebero Genocide Memorial, just outside of Kigali. In...

This will be short posting.  It’s already 12:20 am and we have an early departure in the morning. We spent the morning at the Kigali...

Our 2nd Peacemaker Institute Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat began this afternoon with orientation, introductions, and a really powerful...

Our Peacemaker Institute staff attended the opening ceremonies of the National Week of Commemoration and Mourning, honoring the victims...

As one would imagine, our second visit to Rwanda has been a deep plunge into not knowing and bearing witness. As I write this report, I’m...

The wind and cold were even more intense on Thursday, the 4th day of the retreat. Suffering even a little seems to make Birkenau some how...

Wow, what an evening. I’m guess I’m going to write about today starting in reverse, because that’s what’s most alive for me right now. We...