Live Webcast Available - 6 CE Credits. This experiential workshop from the Spirit Rock Meditation Center will cover the relationship between the mind and the brain; strengthening neural factors of mindfulness; the role of concentration in Buddhist practice; and practical help from brain research for steadying and quieting the mind and bringing it to singleness.
Equanimity means not reacting to your reactions, and that is both a wonderful relief from upsets and traumas and a profound resource for spiritual growth. In Buddhism, equanimity is one of the four Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes) and is often considered the foundation of the other...
Join New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson for a 3-day deep experiential exploration of lasting positive brain change – the essence of self-reliance and lasting inner strength and peace in a topsy-turvy world.
The Professional Training Course includes the Positive Neuroplasticity Training (6-8 June 2017) plus practical applications for Hardwiring Happiness into your professional and private life. Deepen your practice and help others change their brains for the better!
This workshop at Nirakara will be the first that Rick Hanson teaches in Spain. There is also a live-stream option for €120. We all need psychological resources such as resilience, positive emotions, and feeling cared about for the long and often hard road of life. Acquiring these...
In this workshop, we will examine "self" and its release in light of Buddhism and modern brain science. These perspectives inform each other, and together they offer powerful and practical tools for deconstructing the apparent self. Topics covered: Buddhist perspectives on the interconnectedness of all things and thus the "emptiness" of any apparent thing; the four defining characteristics of the presumed "I"; the absence of these characteristics in both your experience and your brain; why the apparent "I" is not just "empty" but actually does not exist; ways to fill the hole in the heart and thus reduce self-ing; brain-savvy ways to relax the sense of self, take things less personally, feel more at peace with the world, and rest in the spacious awareness.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. will be delivering a talk at the University of Pennsylvania as a part of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program. This talk is closed to the public.
Modern brain science is beginning to shed light on the underlying neuropsychological basis of deep experiences of present moment awareness, integrated wholeness of mind, and the sense of interdependent connection with nature and physical reality. We can use these new findings in very practical ways...
Rick Hanson will be a guest teacher for this week's Spirit Rock Live: Monday Nights with Jack Kornfield & Friends. This group meets every Monday night from 7:15pm – 9:15pm in the Community Meditation Center. The sit is also available Live and On Demand through...
The latest brain research has begun to confirm the central insights of the Buddha and other great teachers. And it's suggesting ways you can help your brain to enter deeper states of mindfulness and concentration, love, and happiness. Suffering, joy, and freedom all depend on...
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. will be joined by Frank Ostaseski (March 1) and Tara Brach, Ph.D. (March 2-4) for this very special event. Rick's workshop is titled "Mindful Cultivation: Feeling and Growing the Good." Mindfulness is profoundly important—but not enough. We grow compassion and wisdom by turning...
This day-long workshop with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. for the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley is about developing lasting resilience using the power of positive neuroplasticity. Mental resources like determination, self-worth, and kindness are what make us resilient: able to cope with adversity and push through challenges in the pursuit...
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. celebrates True North Insight's annual fundraiser, Circle of Giving, by offering (in English) an evening talk on Walking Evenly Over Uneven Ground: Using Positive Neuroplasiticity to Cultivate Resilient Well-Being and a daylong meditation retreat. Rick will facilitate two events: Evening Talk: Saturday, April 21,...
Rick takes his popular training program to Germany in 2018. The Positive Neuroplasticity Training is an experiential workshop about taking charge of the structure-building process of your own brain. You will learn how to activate positive experiences, prolong and enrich them, and then heighten their...
This is the profressional training for Rick's Positive Neuroplasticity Training in Freiburg, Germany, April 27-30, 2018. With the Positive Neuroplasticity Training as a prerequisite, this practical, hands-on training applies the methods of Positive Neuroplasticity to clinical, educational, human resources, and personal growth settings. It's perfect for therapists,...
With the Professional Course in Positive Neuroplasticity as a prerequisite, this one-day workshop with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. focuses on teaching the methods of positive neuroplasticity, mindful cultivation, and the HEAL process to groups and individuals. This experiential workshop includes opportunities to practice teaching in front of others...
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. will facilitate an all-day workshop at Spirit Rock Meditation Center based on his recently released book, Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness (March 2018). The world is volatile and unreliable. So it’s vital to develop durable psychological...
This 3 day training consists of the six experiential sessions of the PNT course offered over three intensive days and will be engaging, inspiring and practical. Like any other mental capability, inner strengths (positive states) are supported by structures in the brain. Resilience, positive emotions,...
This is the profressional training for Rick’s Positive Neuroplasticity Training in Melbourne, July 23-25, 2018. With the Positive Neuroplasticity Training as a prerequisite, this practical, hands-on training applies the methods of Positive Neuroplasticity to clinical, educational, human resources, and personal growth settings. It’s perfect for therapists, coaches, educators, mindfulness or...
It’s been said that there are two wolves in the heart – one of love and one of hate – and that everything depends on which we feed each day. This metaphor echoes the finding from evolutionary neuropsychology that our ancestors survived in large part...
On the whole, we experience our greatest joys and sorrows in our relationships. Supported by both Buddhism and Western psychology, the keys to healthy relationships include empathy, compassion, kindness, equanimity, and appropriate assertiveness. These states of mind are based on underlying states of your brain....
The world is increasingly volatile and uncertain. So we need to develop psychological strengths such as grit, gratitude, and compassion. This unshakable core is the essence of resilience, and the foundation of lasting well-being in a changing world. In this 5-day workshop, facilitated by Rick...
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is joined by Wes Nisker, Nikki Mirghafori, and Terry Vandiver (yoga) for this 6-day meditation retreat at Spirit Rock. Many of us are amazed when we read of the latest scientific discoveries about the complexity of the brain or the number of galaxies in...
Modern brain science is beginning to shed light on the underlying neuropsychological basis of deep experiences of present moment awareness, integrated wholeness of mind, and the sense of interdependent connection with nature and physical reality. We can use these new findings in very practical ways to...
The latest brain research has begun to confirm the central insights of the Buddha and other great teachers. And it's suggesting ways you can help your brain to enter deeper states of mindfulness and concentration, love, and happiness. Suffering, joy, and freedom all depend on...
Rick Hanson, Ph.D will present an all-day workshop on Friday, March 8th at the 7th Annual Mindfulness, Compassion & Wisdom Conference in San Diego, March 7-9, 2019, entitled "The Unshakable Core: Growing Embodied Resilience in a Turbulent World." In three segments, Rick will explore how...
The world is volatile and unreliable. So it’s vital to develop durable psychological resources such as grit, gratitude, and compassion: the inner core that remains unshaken no matter what life brings. This is true resilience, the foundation of lasting well-being in a changing world and...
In these volatile times, it’s more important than ever to build an unshakable internal core of resilient, confident well-being. By growing the good inside and coming home to our true nature, we can find lasting happiness, self-worth and inner peace. In this experiential workshop, you’ll...
In our relationships, we experience most of our greatest joys and our greatest sorrows. The intersection of modern neuroscience and ancient contemplative wisdom offers skillful means for cultivating an open and caring heart, emotional balance during conflicts with others, and more fulfilling relationships. We will...
Positive neuroplasticity shows us how to turn passing experiences into lasting changes in the brain – hardwiring an unshakable calm, compassion, and courage into the marrow of our being. This experiential workshop, led by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., will offer lots of practical methods useful for both self-guided practice and in therapeutic settings.
Join NY Times bestselling author, Rick Hanson, Ph.D. for this experiential 4-day workshop on using modern neuroscience to develop strong clinical resources - hardwired into the nervous system - to increase coping and well-being for clients. Drawing from Dr. Hanson’s 40-year background in human potential and clinical...
Join NY Times bestselling author, Rick Hanson, Ph.D. for this experiential 4-day workshop on using modern neuroscience to develop strong clinical resources - hardwired into the nervous system - to increase coping and well-being for clients. Drawing from Dr. Hanson’s 40-year background in human potential and clinical...
Modern brain science is beginning to shed light on the underlying neuropsychological basis of deep experiences of present moment awareness, integrated wholeness of mind, and the sense of interdependent connection with nature and physical reality. We can use these new findings in very practical ways to...
Attend Live or Via Webcast! Join Rick Hanson and Daniel Ellenberg for a one-day workshop that will explore interpersonal courage, compassionate strength, and the intersection of love and power.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. will be presenting a pre-conference workshop on May 1, and a keynote address on May 2 at the 2020 Mindful Society Conference in Toronto, Ontario.
Join Dr. Rick Hanson for his Professional Course in Positive Neuroplasticity, September 6-9, 2021 in Freiburg, Germany.
Rick Hanson will offer a 3-day workshop based on teachings from his new book, Neurodharma, in Freiburg, Germany.
Join Rick Hanson, Ph.D., for two three-day workshops in Götzis/Vorarlberg, Austria: Positive Neuroplasticity and Resilient Well-Being: Growing an Unshakable Core of Calm Strength and Happiness The world is increasingly volatile and uncertain. Lasting wellbeing requires resilience, and resilience comes from inner strengths such as grit...
How to Feel Your Feelings (And Get Out of Your Head) A Live, Online Workshop with Dr. Rick Hanson, July 8, 2023 | 9am PT / 12pm ET Join Dr. Rick Hanson for an inspiring 90-minute workshop that explores: Common blocks to “feeling your feelings”...
Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, and expert on the impact of toxic narcissism. She is a Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and also a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg.
The focus of Dr. Ramani’s clinical, academic, and consultative work is the etiology and impact of narcissism and high-conflict, entitled, antagonistic personality styles on human relationships, mental health, and societal expectations. She has spoken on these issues to clinicians, educators, and researchers around the world.
She is the author of Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist, and Don't You Know Who I Am? How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility. Her work has been featured at SxSW, TEDx, and on a wide range of media platforms including Red Table Talk, the Today Show, Oxygen, Investigation Discovery, and Bravo, and she is a featured expert on the digital media mental health platform MedCircle. Dr. Durvasula’s research on personality disorders has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and she is a Consulting Editor of the scientific journal Behavioral Medicine.
Dr. Stephen Porges is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He is a former president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and has been president of the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences, which represents approximately twenty-thousand biobehavioral scientists. He’s led a number of other organizations and received a wide variety of professional awards.
In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological states in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders, and has had a major impact on the field of psychology.
Dr. Porges has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers across a wide array of disciplines. He’s also the author of several books including The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation.
Dr. Bruce Perry is the Principal of the Neurosequential Network, Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, and a Professor (Adjunct) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and the School of Allied Health at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. From 1993 to 2001 he was the Thomas S. Trammell Research Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of psychiatry at Texas Children's Hospital.
He’s one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of trauma in childhood, and his work on the impact of abuse, neglect, and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs, and policy across the world. His work has been instrumental in describing how traumatic events in childhood change the biology of the brain.
Dr. Perry's most recent book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, was released earlier this year. Dr. Perry is also the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children, and Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered. Additionally, he’s authored more than 300 journal articles and book chapters and has been the recipient of a variety of professional awards.
Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith is a child clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma and issues of race. She earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard and then received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She performed postdoctoral work at the University of California San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital. She has combined her love of teaching and advocacy by serving as a professor and by directing mental health programs for children experiencing trauma, homelessness, or foster care.
Dr. Briscoe-Smith is also a senior fellow of Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and is both a professor and the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Wright Institute. She provides consultation and training to nonprofits and schools on how to support trauma-informed practices and cultural accountability.
Sharon Salzberg is a world-renowned teacher and New York Times bestselling author. She is widely considered one of the most influential individuals in bringing mindfulness practices to the West, and co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts alongside Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Sharon has been a student of Dipa Ma, Anagarika Munindra, and Sayadaw U Pandita alongside other masters.
Sharon has authored 10 books, and is the host of the fantastic Metta Hour podcast. She was a contributing editor of Oprah’s O Magazine, had her work featured in Time and on NPR, and contributed to panels alongside the Dalai Lama.
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