Events for November 17, 2016 - September 15, 2016

John will speaking and signing books at Syracuse University. The program is hosted by the Syracuse University Student Buddhist Association and the title of the talk is Cultivating Genuine Happiness: The Essence of Dharma Practice. Location: Hendricks Chapel For more information, visit SU Student Buddhist Association.

Teaching and book signing at the Inner Sanctuary Wellness Center in Baldwinsville, NY. John Bruna will give a teaching illustrating the key elements to reducing stress and developing well-being, inner peace and resiliency. Suggested donation $20. For more information, call (315) 638-4197.

Day-Long Mindfulness Retreat in Liverpool, NY. Hosted by the Liverpool Art Center.  John will facilitate a day-long teaching covering the Four Keys of Living Mindfully – Attention, Values, Wisdom, and Healthy Relationships. The retreat is open to beginners and includes meditation, as well as practical application of these precious teachings.  Donations for the retreat will go to the Way of Compassion Foundation. To register or learn more – Four Keys of Living Mindfully.

FREE introductory presentation of the Mindful Life Practice Mindful or Mind Full? Grateful or Dissatisfied? Present or Distracted? Realistic & Adaptable or Reactive? Open Hearted or Fearful? A Mindful Life Practice develops your capacity to live a life full of gratitude everyday, every moment, beginning with noticing.  When your actions, speech and how you spend your days is out of alignment with your most treasured aspirations life becomes unsatisfying.  Living mindfully and compassionately transforms your life by simply being true…

Laura Bartels, mindfulness teacher and Executive Director of Mindful Life Program, will meet with the Roaring Fork Brain Injury Support Group to introduce living mindfully and how to bring more attention and intention into each day and meaning into our lives.  The skills of mindfulness allow us to respond in a healthier way to the range of challenges life brings. Laura began finding the value of meditation and mindfulness after a brain injury and other challenges 15 years ago, and these…

Join the Mindful Life Program Foundations Course, September 23 - 25 at our center in Carbondale, Colorado. A lively and engaging 16 hour course that combines the practice of meditation and the practical application of mindfulness in daily life. The course integrates four key areas of mindfulness: Concentration – Developing attention skills through meditation training. Wisdom – Understanding one’s biases, labeling, projection and pre-judgment. Increasing emotional intelligence and learning to respond rather than react. Values – Living a meaningful life. Developing healthy habits and responses that are in alignment with one’s…

Co-founder John Bruna will give a talk based on his book, "The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life". More details to come.

From October 16 - 21, we are grateful to host this retreat at La Casa de Maria Retreat Center in Santa Barbara, CA with co-founders Mark Molony and John Bruna. This is the first retreat for participants who have been accepted to our year-long Teacher Training & Certification Program or our Personal Development in Living Mindfully Program. For more information, please see our Teacher Training Program page or our Personal Development Program page.

Join the Mindful Life Program Foundations Course, October 30 - November 15 at our center in Carbondale, Colorado. Give yourself the gift of this lively and engaging opportunity to learn to live mindfully, with attention and intention, cultivating genuine happiness and a meaningful life. The course teaches the practice of meditation and the practical application of mindfulness in daily life. Empower yourself to integrate the four key areas of mindfulness – attention, wisdom, values, and an open heart - into your life in practical, accessible and universal…

This Four Keys of Living Mindfully retreat is being offered by John at a reduced rate to benefit the Way of Compassion Foundation. The retreat will include teachings that combine the practice of meditation and the practical application of mindfulness in daily life. It is designed to help you to live your life with attention and intention, cultivating the skills that empower you to make healthy choices that are in alignment with your values and are meaningful to you. The…

Join Laura Bartels, mindfulness teacher and Executive Director of Mindful Life Program, for an introduction to mindfulness and how to effectively bring more attention and intention to the journey of being a parent. Mindfulness supports us in remembering what is meaningful to us. It provides practical skills to cultivate a meaningful life despite the details and schedules of our lives as parents which can overshadow what’s truly important. Mindfulness provides resources and tools that help us show up in a…

John will present to the Flag City Rotary Club in Findlay Ohio. Details to be announced.

Co-founder John Bruna will share key insights and practices that anyone can immediately implement to start cultivating genuine happiness in their own lives. John will highlight the distinctions and confusion between stimulus driven pleasure and genuine happiness. Genuine happiness is a state of inner flourishing, well-being, peace, and resiliency that can pervade even our most difficult and challenging experiences. Copies of John’s newly released book, The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life: The Essence of Mindfulness  will be available for purchase and…