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Please join the Catherine Kerr Vital Energy in Health and Healing Series for a workshop with Sifu Donald Wong on A Taste of Qigong. This workshop will be held on May 14th from 10 am - 1 pm, EDT at the Brown/RISD Hillel (80 Brown St., Providence), Winnick Chapel. Please RSVP to [email protected] at your earliest possible convenience. If you do attend, wear loose fitting clothing, bring a bottle of water and a towel.
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We are excited to be able to offer an array of Contemplative Studies courses for Fall 2022. Click to learn more!
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Please join the Brown Contemplative Studies Initiative, Department of Music, Department of Religious Studies and the Center for Contemporary South Asia for a Vocal and Sarangi Recital with Nitin Mitta, Matthew Rahaim and Suhail Yusuf Khan on April 22nd from 7 - 8:30 pm in Friedman Hall, Rm. 102. This concert is free and open to the public.
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Congratulations to Elana! Click to read more about this exceptional student!
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Faculty Profile
Sara Lazar
Sara W. Lazar, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The focus of her research is to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings and in healthy individuals. She has been practicing yoga and mindfulness meditation since 1994. Her research has been covered by numerous news outlets including The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, and WebMD. Professor Lazar is teaching The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mediation, COST 1020, at Brown this semester. More information can be found at https://scholar.harvard.edu/sara_lazar
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