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Mind and Life Summer Research InstituteJune 16 – June 22, 2012Ezequiel Di Paolo, D.Phil., is a Research Professor working at Ikerbasque, the Basque Science Foundation,in San Sebastián, Spain. He received his M.Sc. from the Institute Balseiro in Argentina and hisD.Phil from the University of Sussex. He was Reader in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems at the Universityof Sussex where he has also been co-director of the Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems M.Sc.programme. He remains a member of the Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics(CCNR) and the Centre for Research in Cognitive Science at Sussex (COGS). He is co-editor of Enaction:Toward a New Paradigm for Cognitive Science (2010, MIT Press) and author of over 120 publications.His interdisciplinary work on the enactive approach to life, mind and society integratesinsights from cognitive science, phenomenology, philosophy of mind and computational modeling.His recent research focus is on embodied intersubjectivity and participatory sense-making. His otherresearch interests include embodied cognition, dynamical systems, adaptive behavior in natural and artificialsystems, biological modeling, complex systems, evolutionary robotics, and philosophy of science.He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Adaptive Behavior. Visit: ezequieldipaolo.wordpress.com.Sona Dimidjian, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience atthe University of Colorado at Boulder. Her research addresses the treatment and prevention of depression,including a particular focus on the mental health of women during pregnancy and postpartum.She is a leading expert in cognitive and behavioral approaches to treating and preventingdepression and in the clinical application of mindfulness and contemplative practices. Currently, sheis conducting research on the use of meditative practices, including mindfulness-based cognitive therapy,yoga, and lovingkindness practice, with pregnant and postpartum women at high risk of depressiverelapse, and compassion practice among general populations.Poster session at the 2011 MLSRI.20
Mind and Life Summer Research InstituteJune 16 – June 22, 2012Andrew Dreitcer, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Spirituality, Director of Spiritual Formation, andExecutive Director of the Center for Engaged Compassion at Claremont Lincoln University and ClaremontSchool of Theology. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Wabash College, M.Div. fromYale University, and a Ph.D. in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union (with UCBerkeley). He was the co-founding director of a seminary program in spiritual direction, and served15 years as a Presbyterian pastor. Studies with Henri Nouwen and a year spent at the ecumenicalmonastic community of Taizé significantly shaped his own spiritual life. Among his publications is theco-authored Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders. Andy’s current interests lie in theexploration of contemplative practices across religious traditions, the relationship between Christianspiritual practices and neuroscientists understandings, (neurospirituality.blogspot.com), and the waysin which contemplative practices (especially those in the Christian tradition) form lives of “engagedcompassion” (cec.claremontlincoln.org). As part of the Center for Engaged Compassion he is involvedin training prison volunteers across Canada in compassion formation. He has recently co-led workshopson contemplative practice, compassion, healing, and reconciliation for pastors, tribal chiefs, and governmentofficials in Zimbabwe, for church leaders in the United States, and for U.S. Congress membersand congressional staffers on Capitol Hill. The father of two daughters, he lives with his wife inthe San Francisco Bay Area, and keeps trying to learn to play Blues harmonica.Richard Freeman has been a student of yoga since 1968. He has spent nearly nine years in Asia studyingvarious traditions which he incorporates into the Ashtanga yoga practice as taught by his principalteacher, K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India. Richard’s background includes studying Sufism in Iran,Zen and Vipassana Buddhist practice, Bhakti and traditional Hatha yoga in India. Starting in 1974 healso began an in-depth study of Iyengar yoga, which eventually led him to Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga.Richard is an avid student of both Western and Eastern philosophy, as well as Sanskrit. His ability tojuxtapose various viewpoints, without losing the depth and integrity of each, has helped him developa unique, metaphorical teaching style.Richard teaches public classes at the Yoga Workshop as well as spending a good part of each yeartraveling as a guest instructor, teaching at studios throughout the world. As the founder of the YogaWorkshop, Richard sets the standard for the classes at the studio. As part of that he offers Teacher Intensivecourses and special classes through the Yoga Workshop and also gives Studio Talks on Indianphilosophy at the studio on a regular basis. He is the author of the book, The Mirror of Yoga (ShambhalaPublications). Visit www.yogaworkshop.com.Andrew Dreitcer, Barry Kerzin, Sharon Salzberg, Roshi Joan Halifax, Geshe Dorji Damdul, and Richard Freeman participatingin the Contemplative Practice Forum at the 2011 MLSRI.21
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