St. Stephen's University is currently seeking a new Director of Administration to provide leadership and management across several key functional areas of the University. These areas will include student admissions...
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Because concepts such as silence, solitude and stillness are so commonly part of exploring or practicing contemplation (and rightly so – most of us need more of these in our…
One of the most famously unexpected examples of contemplation comes from Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching on the value of doing the dishes mindfully. Thich Nhat Hanh, who just died recently,…
When we began the School of Contemplation in 2018, we wrote companion blog posts to let everyone know the kinds of things we were up to and make available a…
*This blog was originally shared June 2, 2020 on Dr. Thiessen's blog. The original form has been adapted by the author.* This summer, I am researching and writing about...
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One of the simplest and most helpful forms of meditation that many have learned from Tibetan Buddhism is the practice of metta or “loving kindness meditation.” In this type of meditation, one…
As we explore deepening in our understanding of contemplative practices, we turn to the East to see what we might learn from tonglen meditation (and particularly from Pema Chodron’s, Start…
In the Sufi tradition, Mullah (teacher) Nasruddin was a 13th century master who liked to teach through parables with a character named for himself who was prone to doing, apparently,…
For the first time, we are entering the third term in our cycle for the School of Contemplation. The theme for this term is “Further Up and Further In” –…
We’re excited to announce that Dr. Nadya Pohran will be joining us at the end of the coming summer, preparing to lead our next Asia study abroad trip that fall….
