Vectored Towards Human Flourishing: Findings from the Science of Contemplative Practices
Virginia Health Sciences and Old Dominion University, Virginia
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
This keynote address for the university-wide VITALITY DAYS overviewed critical findings in the science of contemplative practices over the past quarter century. The contemplative sciences has discovered fundamentally that the mind changes the body and brain, and that there are distinct life skills that can be learned and cultivated via contemplative practices. These findings translate to learning wellbeing in ways that vector humans who practice contemplative techniques towards flourishing.
