🤯 Do you feel like you’re juggling a million things at once? We invite you to take this opportunity to pause, slow down, disconnect from your to-do list, and attune to what’s within. Join us next Tuesday 18th (18:00 CET) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/lFKH50Xqqbs

How can we creatively respond to the crises of power in our world today? Join us in Barcelona, 27-31 May 2026, for an international conference with UPF on “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy” Apply now (posters, talks, general attendees): https://ow.ly/rThp50XpYXO

How do caring interactions shape patient outcomes and practitioner wellbeing? Join Dr Hanne De Jaegher for Participatory Sense-Making in Practice, a 10-week Mind & Life Europe course blending enactive & contemplative approaches to healthcare. Apply by 25th November 2025: https://ow.ly/LXfn50XpVFZ

🎙️ We’re excited to share that the Mind & Life Europe Podcast is evolving... with a new name and a renewed focus! 👉 Find out more here: ow.ly/Zw6350XmFnx #MindAndLifeEurope #Enaction #ContemplativeScience #CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Ethics #Interdisciplinary #Poetry

We’re excited to continue our Mind Matters series this fall with Buddhist monk, author, humanitarian, and photographer, Matthieu Ricard. Taking place on 12th November at 6pm CET! Check it out here: mindandlife-europe.org/events/mind-...

Beautiful to see this special moment between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Marieke van Vugt at our recent Mind & Life Dialogue, "Minds, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics" at Dharamsala, India!

Can reading a book make you a better person? 🤔 Read more in the Power of Us newsletter, featuring insights from social psychologist Rémi Thériault and NYU Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, Jay Van Bavel!

As avid booklovers, we're excited to see the progress of 2024 EVA awardee Rémi Thériault! His research explores how nonfiction books — especially in pop psychology — might influence prosociality and polarisation. 👏

Mindful Researchers are relaunching Mindful Presentations — a welcoming space to share projects, ideas, and practices in 90-min sessions with grounding, presentations, and dialogue every 6-8 weeks. Submit a 15-min talk by Nov 3 to [email protected] More info: https://ow.ly/NvmK50XjfvQ

There is still time to register for the MLE Friends book launch event tomorrow at 12pm CET with Prof Jay Garfield and Ven Gendun Losang. Join us to learn more about the ethical undercurrents in Mādhyamika Buddhism! Register here: https://ow.ly/b4Vg50XjcEL

🥳 Are you an early-career researcher exploring the science of contemplative practice? Applications for Mind & Life Europe's 2025 European Varela Awards, with grants of up to €23,500, are now open! Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Ssci50Xg7vs #MindAndLifeEurope #ContemplativeScience #ResearchFunding

We’re delighted to welcome Prof Jay Garfield for an MLE Friends Book Launch next Wednesday 29th October, 12pm CET, celebrating his two new books on ethics and interdependence in the Madhyamaka tradition, in dialogue with Ven Losang Gendun. Open to all! Find out more: https://ow.ly/TEeW50Xgbal

🌿 Are you new to meditation — or a long-time practitioner? Wherever you are on your journey, our next Making Room for Contemplation session offers a space to pause, breathe, and connect. Find out more here:

🌿 Are you new to meditation — or a long-time practitioner? Wherever you are on your journey, our next Making Room for Contemplation session offers a space to pause, breathe, and connect. Find out more here:

AI is reshaping how we live, work & connect. How can it deepen compassion? 🌏 Join us live from Dharamsala, Oct 14–16 for Minds, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics with The Dalai Lama Trust & Mind & Life Europe. 👉 http://mindand.life/4tWl50X8I26 #MindsAIEthics #AI #Ethics #Compassion

🌿When was the last time you paused — not to escape the world, but to stand in it more fully?🌿 Join us for our final contemplative session with Ven Losang Gendun this season on Tues 24 June, 6-7pm CEST. Free and open to all! Register now: ow.ly/mhEj50W6ngl #Mindfulness #Meditation #Contemplation

Today is publication day! A new edition of Francisco J. Varela's (long hard-to-obtain) 1979 classic Principles of Biological Autonomy in a new annotated edition by Ezequiel Di Paolo and Evan Thompson, with a Foreword by Amy Cohen Varela. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...

🌱 What is biological autonomy — and why does it matter? Starting our new series with insights from recent events, we explore biological autonomy and autopoiesis, challenging traditional views on control and reductionism. Discover more: www.instagram.com/p/DJ_cKcnzdO... Share your thoughts below!👇

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