UCLA-trained neuroscientist, political scientist, educator, mindfulness researcher, meditation and yoga explorer, and youth advocate❤️
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2017
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Really love all of the talks from @UCSDCompassion today!! Particularly, there was a lively conversation about how identity mediates the experience of individual/interpersonal altruism, empathy, love and compassion - important steps on path to the neuroscience of justice!!!
Can #mindfulness be used as an act of protest? Will it be necessary to use as a means of creating and maintaining embodied liberation even while navigating systemic and institutionalized oppression? Like @JackKornfield says, meditation is a political act! #mindfulprotest
culturally relevant meditation: mindful of the patriarchy: youtu.be/QYDvdxyzEaw?a via @YouTube
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"Our education system must support everyone to reach their full potential. That is why it is vital the curriculum is as diverse as the young people who learn in our schools." advocate.com/world/2018/11/0…
Mindfulness is becoming a huge movement for well-being in the US. But how is it relevant to people suffering from systemic oppression? Join me for a discussion and meditation practice questioning: what is culturally relevant meditation? youtu.be/D_8WyVJS-xs via @YouTube
Here are four incredibly insightful, heart-opening, paradigm shifting questions I am working with in my personal meditation practice, from Ruth King’s recently published seminal book,… instagram.com/p/BpDkZknFWzz/…
Your body is language incarnate. Let each movement be your love poem to the Earth. Let every expression, every word, every sound be a symbol of the infinite creativity that is intelligent,… instagram.com/p/BpDTSPyFHpK/…
"Contemplative practices enable students to cultivate emotional intelligence, learn to sit with difficult emotions, recognize deeply entrenched narratives they use to interpret the world,… instagram.com/p/BSSDK4thphP/…
Haruki Murakami: ‘You have to go through the darkness before you get to the light’ theguardian.com/books/2018/o…
I'm so stoked about this event I hardly have words!!! <3
So excited to be a part of this amazing panel for #NationalComingOutDay with the @ItGetsBetter Project. Stay tuned for the live stream at 8pm CST.
Mindfulness in Education Research Highlights greatergood.berkeley.edu/art…
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We're about to get our first picture of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy ow.ly/qVJ730aCrsE
