March 11 - 18, 2025
ART OF MEDITATION GLOBAL SUMMIT
Exploring the depth and breadth of the art of meditation across diverse traditions, approaches, and methods
… and immediately receive 3 powerful video teachings by Gabor Maté, Tara Brach, and Jack Kornfield
Through meditation we can train our minds in such a way that negative qualities are abandoned and positive qualities are generated and enhanced. — Dalai Lama
Explore The Subtleties and Depths of the Art of Meditation Across Diverse Traditions & Approaches
VIPASSANA, ZEN, TIBETAN, VEDIC, ABRAHAMIC, NONDUAL, MAINSTREAM-SECULAR, NEUROSCIENCE-BASED
A free, 8-day online event featuring 60+ world-renowned meditation teachers, including Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Sharon Salzberg, Deepak Chopra, Kristin Neff, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ruth King, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Sylvia Boorstein, A.H. Almaas, Caverly Morgan, Swami Sadyojathah ji, Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, and many more…
Register Now for Free and Immediately Unlock 3 Powerful Summit Interviews with Gabor Maté, Tara Brach, & Jack Kornfield
WHO IS THIS SUMMIT FOR?
Meditation Practitioners of any level and experience, including longtime, advanced practitioners, meditation teachers, psychotherapists, coaches, researchers, and anyone interested in the art of meditation.
(10 APA CE Credits for Licensed Clinicians are available for purchase as an add on when you purchase Lifetime Access to this summit or the HMI Summit Membership)
EXPLORE:
Vipassana – insight meditation & loving-kindness practice
Zen – zazen, shikantaza, & koans practice
Tibetan Buddhist – samatha-vipashayana, tonglen, mahamudra, & dzogchen meditation practices
Vedic traditions - breath, yoga, meditation, & kirtan practice
Abrahamic traditions - Christian, Jewish, and Sufi meditation practices
Nondual/Direct Awakening approaches to meditation practice
Mainstream/Secular mindfulness meditation & self-compassion practice
Neuroscience-informed meditation practice & research
Profound Teachers
Learn from a diverse group of 60+ world-renowned and beloved meditation teachers, representing a diverse and comprehensive array of traditions and approaches.
In-Depth Exploration
Deepen your knowledge across traditions of essential techniques for making progress on the path of meditation to support healing, strengthening, and awakening.
Flexible 48-hour Access
Enjoy all the inspiring expert interviews posted each day of the Summit at your convenience, any time of day, for 48 hours.
Join the Engaged Community
Join our private Facebook Group to connect to and engage with your fellow participants during the Summit.
SUMMIT MISSION:
To provide meditation practitioners with in-depth knowledge, insights, strategies, and techniques for progressing on the path of meditation and awakening.
To provide a space for the sharing, cross-fertilization, and potential synthesis of the methodologies, insights, and wisdom of meditation across traditions in support of a more conscious and enlightened society.
What You'll Learn:
Diverse meditation traditions from around the world and their unique approaches
How to deepen your meditation practice and seamlessly integrate it into your daily life
Strategies for fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within meditation practices
How to cultivate self-compassion and loving-kindness through meditation
How to effectively prepare your mind and body for meditation, enhancing your practice
How meditation can transform your well-being, promoting healing and inner harmony
How to deepen your understanding and skill with both the focused attention and liberating insight dimensions of meditation practice
The importance of cultivating a strong ethical foundation for our path of meditation and awakening
The latest advancements in neuroscience and meditation research
How to unlock the healing potential of various meditation traditions and techniques
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SUMMIT PRESENTERS
60+ Expert Meditation Teachers to Guide You
SHARON SALZBERG
Meditation Teacher, Co-Founder of The Insight Meditation Society, & Bestselling Author of 12 Books, Including Real Life, Real Change, and Lovingkindness
YONGEY MINGYUR RINPOCHE
Meditation Master, Spiritual Director of Tergar, & Bestselling Author of Joy of Living
KRISTIN NEFF, PHD
Psychololgist, Co-Developer of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), & Author of Self-Compassion & Fierce Self-Compassion
DEEPAK CHOPRA, MD
Clinical Professor at UCSD, Founder of Chopra Global and Chopra Foundation, Partner with MindMed for Clinical Research & Education on the Future of Psychedelic Medicine, & Author of 90+ Books, Including Quantum Healing
JON KABAT-ZINN, PHD
Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, & Author of 15 Books
VEN. PANNAVATI BHIKKHUNI
Founder of Heartwood Refuge, Founder of Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha Academy Abbot, Spiritual Director, & Teacher
DZOGCHEN PONLOP RINPOCHE
Celebrated Buddhist Teacher, Founder, President, and Spiritual Director of Nalandabodhi, Poet, Photographer, & Author of Several Books, Including Emotional Rescue
ROSHI JAN CHOZEN BAYS
Ordained Zen teacher, Pediatrician, Co-Abbot of Great Vow Zen Monastery, & Author of Several Books, Including How to Train a Wild Elephant and Other Adventures in Mindfulness
SYLVIA BOORSTEIN, PHD
Co-Founding Teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Psychotherapist, & Author of Five Books, Including Pay Attention, For Goodness' Sake
DZIGAR KONGTRUL RINPOCHE
Recognised as an incarnation of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, Founder of Mangala Shri Bhuti Sangha, & Author of Several Books, Including Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience
TRUDY GOODMAN, PHD
Teacher of Buddhist Meditation, Psychotherapist, Founder of Insight LA, & Co-Founder of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy
REV. MICHAEL BECKWITH
Meditation Teacher, Founder and Spiritual Director of Agape International Spiritual Center, & Author of Spiritual Liberation and Life Visioning
A. H. ALMAAS
Founder of The Diamond Approach Path, Head of the Ridhwan School, & Author of 20 Books, Including Keys to the Enneagram and Nondual Love
ELIZABETH MATTIS NAMGYEL
Buddist Teacher, Founder of The Middle Way Initiative, Founding Member and Teacher in the Wilderness Dharma Movement, & Author of The Power of an Open Question
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Co-Founder of the Insight Meditation Society, Co-Founder of Barre Center for Buddhist studies, & Author of Several Books, Including Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening and A Heart Full of Peace
ROSHI PAT ENKYO O'HARA
Soto Zen Priest and Contemporary American Zen Teacher, Founding Teacher of Village Zendo, Professor at New York University, & Author
DIANA WINSTON
Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA, Founding Board Member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, Teacher at Spirit Rock, & Author of The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness
TSOKNYI RINPOCHE
Buddhist Teacher, President of the Pundarika Foundation, & Author of 3 Books, Including Open Heart ,Open Mind, Fearless Simplicity, and Carefree Dignity
RUTH KING
Meditation Teacher, Heart Activist, Founder of Mindful of Race Institute, & Author of Mindful of Race and Healing Rage
TENZIN ROBERT THURMAN, PHD
First Endowed Chair in Buddhist Studies in the West, Co-Founder and President of The Tibet House, Professor, Leading American Expert on Tibetan Buddhism, & One of TIME Magazine's 25 Most Influential Americans
RUPERT SPIRA
International Speaker and Teacher of Non-Duality & Author of You Are the Happiness You Seek: Uncovering the Awareness of Being
ROSHI MELISSA BLACKER
Sōtō Zen priest, Resident Teacher at Boundless Way Zen Temple, Previous Director of Programs at the Center for Mindfulness, & Writer
RICK HANSON, PHD
Psychologist, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, & NY Times Bestselling Author of Six Books, Including Buddha’s Brain, Resilient, and NeuroDharma
RHONDA MAGEE, JD
Professor of Law, Mindfulness Teacher, Social Justice Advocate, & Author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice
KRISHNA DAS
Spiritual Teacher, Kirtan Vocalist and Musician, & Grammy Nominated Recording Artist
DEBRA PONEMAN
Founder and President of Yes to Success, Meditation Teacher, Award-Winning Keynote Speaker, & Bestselling Author
SWAMI SADYOJATHAH JI
Founder and Director of Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science and Research, International Director of Art Of Living, & Senior Faculty of the Art of Living Programmes
CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT
Episcopal Priest, Retreat Leader, Wisdom Teacher, Faculty Member Emeritus of the Center for Action and Contemplation, & Author of 12+ Books
KAIRA JEWEL LINGO
Mindfulness Teacher, Educator, & Author of We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons in Moving Through Change, Loss and Disruption
THOMAS HÜBL, PHD
Teacher, Founder of Academy of Inner Science, & Author of Attuned and Healing Collective Trauma
AMODA MAA
Spiritual Teacher Dedicated to Inner Transformation & Author of Embodied Enlightenment and Falling Open in a World Falling Apart
ZOKETSU NORMAN FISCHER
Founder and Spiritual Director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, Poet, & Zen Buddhist Priest
JUD BREWER, MD, PHD
Professor at Brown University, CMO at Sharecare, & Author of Unwinding Anxiety and The Craving Mind
ROSHI DIANE MUSHO HAMILTON
Zen Teacher, Professional Mediator, Founder of Two Arrows Zen, & Author of Everything is Workable and The Zen of You and Me
LARRY WARD, PHD
Co-Founder of the Lotus Institute, Previous Senior Teacher in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village, & Author of America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal
CAVERLY MORGAN
Founder of Non-Profit Peace in Schools, Spiritual Teacher, Speaker, & Author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together and A Kids Book About Mindfulness
LAMA SHENPEN HOOKHAM
Founder of the Awakened Heart Sangha, Scholar, Practitioner, & Teacher of Tibetan Buddhism
ROSHI DENNIS GENPO MERZEL
Founder and Spiritual Leader of Kanzeon Big Mind Sangha, Founder of the Los Angeles Zen Center, & Developer of the Big Mind Process
RABBI DOROTHY RICHMAN
Rabbi of Makor Or: Jewish Meditation, Rabbi Emerita at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco, Teacher at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Soulful Leader, & Musician
RICHARD DAVIDSON, PHD
Neuroscientist, Founder and Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, & Author of Altered Traits and Emotional Life of Your Brain
ROSHI FLEET MAULL, PHD
Dharma Teacher, Executive Coach, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Heart Mind Institute and Prison Mindfulness Institute, & Author of Radical Responsibility and Dharma in Hell
SHAYKHA FARIHA FATIMA AL-JERRAHI
Spiritual Guide of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order, & Leader of Spiritual and Educational Meetings for Dervishes in 16 Circles Around the World
TONY NADER, MD, PHD
Medical Doctor, Neuroscientist, Global Head of the Transcendental Meditation Organization, & Bestselling Author of One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness
ELENA BROWER
Host of the Practice You Podcast, Poet, Artist, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, & Bestselling Author of Practice You
ISAAC ELIAZ, MD
Pioneer in Integrative Medicine Practice and Research, Founder of the Amitabha Medical Clinic and Healing Center, & Bestselling Author of The Survival Paradox
CHRISTOPHER GERMER, PHD
Harvard Psychologist, Co-Developer of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), & Author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
DAEESS 1DREA PENNINGTON WASIO, MD
Integrative Physician, Trauma Expert, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Facilitator, & Author of Top Ten Traits of Highly Resilient People
SAKI SANTORELLI, EDD, MA
Educator, Meditation Guide, Pioneer in Integrating Meditation and Mindfulness into Medicine and Health Care, & Author of Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine
JOHN VERVAEKE, PHD
Cognitive Scientist, Buddhist Psychologist, Tai Chi and Meditation Teacher, Co-Author of Zombies in Western Culture: A 21st Century Crisis, & Creator of the YouTube series Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
ELIZABETH CALLAHAN
Tibetan Translator and Teacher in the Kagyu Tradition, Director of Marpa Foundation, & Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2002
RONALD SIEGEL, PSYD
Psychology Professor, Clinician, Educator, & Author of The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems and The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary: Finding Happiness Right Where You Are
PETER RUSSELL, PHD
Leading Thinker on Consciousness and Contemporary Spirituality, Meditation Teacher, & Author of Twelve Books, Including Waking Up in Time and Forgiving Humanity
GROVER GENRO GAUNTT ROSHI
Dharma Successor of Bernie Glassman, Co-Founder of the Zen Peacemaker Order, Leader of the Hudson River Zen Center, & Co-Leader of the Annual ZPI Bearing Witness Retreats
MANDAR APTE
Former Executive Dutch Shell Oil, Meditation Teacher, & Director of Cities4Peace
CRAIG HAMILTON
Creator of Integral Enlightenment, Pioneering Spiritual Teacher, & Leading Voice in the Movement for Conscious Evolution
DAWSON CHURCH, PHD
Award-Winning Science Writer, Pioneering Researcher in Energy Psychology, & Bestselling Author of Bliss Brain
DAVE VAGO, PHD
Associate Professor, Director of Neurosciences & Communications for the International Society for Contemplative Research, & Research Lead for RoundGlass
RABBI JEFF ROTH
Teacher of Jewish Heartfulness/Mindfulness Meditation, Director of P’na Ori, Co-Founder of Elat Chayyim Jewish Spiritual Retreat Center, & Author of Me, Myself, & God
REV. MICHAEL CHRISTIE, PHD
Certified Mindfulness Instructor, Founder of Project Impact Global, Entrepreneur, & Chaplain Supervisor for Department of Corrections
LOCH KELLY, MDiv, LCSW
Meditation Teacher, Psychotherapist, Creator of the Mindful Glimpses App, & Author of Several Books, Including The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life
TIM KELLY
Meditation Teacher, Oblate, Social Justice Coordinator with the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM), & Board Member of John Main Center
SISTER DR. JENNA
Spiritual Mentor, Author, Radio and TV Personality, Founder of the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum, & Host of the Syndicated Show, America Meditating
GIL FRONSDAL, PHD
Guiding Teacher for Insight Meditation Center and Insight Retreat Center & Teacher in the Insight Meditation Lineage of Theravada Buddhism and Japanese Soto Zen.
SARA LAZAR, PHD
Associate Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, & Board Member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy
TOBY SOLA
Founder of BrightMinds, Senior Meditation Teacher, & Award-Winning Designer
HOST-SPEAKER: FLEET MAULL, PHD
Dharma Teacher, Executive Coach, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Heart Mind Institute and Prison Mindfulness Institute, & Author of Radical Responsibility and Dharma in Hell
CO-HOST: GITA VAID, MD
Psychiatrist Practicing Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, Co-Founder of the Center for Natural Intelligence, & Director of Psychedelic Awareness at The Chopra Foundation
CO-HOST: STEPHANIE JOHNSTON
Director of Practice Instructors and Senior Teacher for Nalandabodhi International & Faculty Member of Nitartha Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies
CO-HOST: RONALD SIEGEL, PSYD
Psychology Professor, Clinician, Educator, & Author of The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems
CO-HOST: JIL AMADIO
Meditation Teacher, Conscious Marketer, Documentary Writer, Producer & Founder of The Intelligent Heart Collective/Hildebrand Films
CO-HOST: KATE EMMETT
Meditation Teacher, Former Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Masters in Organisational Psychology, & Soon-to-Be Founder of "With Kindness, Kate"
CO-HOST: JESSICA HORNSTEIN
Educator, Transformational Coach, & Creator and Host of the No, Not Crazy Podcast
… and immediately receive 3 powerful video teachings by Gabor Maté, Tara Brach, and Jack Kornfield
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