In a review of everything currently known about the topic, researchers recently developed a scientific model of how contemplative practices of various kinds may encourage better physical and ...

The first time University of Virginia alumnus Jeff Walker meditated, it was on Grounds. More than four decades later, the site of his first meditation is home to the Contemplative Sciences Center, ...

Christian, Jewish and other religious congregations across America have been incorporating meditation practices — including ...

Contemplative practices are becoming more common in educational environments for attending to whole-student learning, fostering empathy, and promoting social justice and socially just pedagogues. This ...

Training in contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation has become very popular in Western societies over the past several decades, and this widespread ...

Set among a tranquil landscape, the hybrid steel and mass-timber Contemplative Commons aims to foster organic exploration of new ways of experiencing the world.

Betty Cole leads an interfaith meditation practice at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. It’s in this Gothic Revival church in Pasadena, California, that Betty ...