Strand 2: Contemplative, philosophical, and spiritual

How do we encounter mindfulness?

For many, practicing mindfulness leads to profoundly meaningful experiences that are hard to put into words and challenging to measure. These experiences remain largely unexplored scientifically. Mindfulness-based approaches have a vital role in supporting mental and physical health and they have the potential to open us to a deeper understanding of wholeness, interconnection, suffering, and meaning. In this strand, we’ll talk about how classical and modern mindfulness practices intertwine, and how we can bring these less concrete ideas into mainstream society.