Bridging Contemplation, Science and Social Change

GARRISON INSTITUTE

Bridging contemplation, science and social change.

2013 annual report GARRISON INSTITUTE

For over a decade, the Garrison Institute has been a pioneering force in the spread of contemplative wisdom and practices throughout society. We offer a space communication where awareness skills, ethical leader- and openhearted- ship and compassion ness are nurtured as – qualities that essential skills for strengthen resilience navigating our at the personal, complex lives and community and facing the pressing systems levels. social challenges of Over the next few our time. years, we will deepen The Garrison the impact of our Institute works at programs by the interface of disseminating them mind training, more widely through scientific research and the practical application of contem- various partnerships and digital platforms. We will also plative methods in the fields of education, trauma care and expand into new arenas to support international humanitarian the environment. We welcome lay people and professionals aid workers and front-line professionals who help low-in- from all walks of life, including educators, caregivers, aid come communities affected by climate change. And we workers, and environmental and social justice advocates will continue to ground our work in scientific research to serving on the front lines of social change. They come to show the efficacy of contemplative-based approaches to engage in deep reflection, cultivate wisdom and compassion, human development. connect more deeply with others, and together seek Our programs are helping to catalyze a seismic shift in solutions to intractable social and environmental problems, society, as recognition of the benefits of contemplation from underperforming schools to climate change. continues to grow. We are privileged to be at the forefront Our work has helped to raise awareness of the practical and of this exciting change as participants in our programs take contemplative practices into their lives, work and personal benefits of mindfulness and other contemplative communities. practices, which are widely trumpeted in the media these days. In addition to supporting personal development We are deeply grateful for the interest and support of people through retreats, our programs have established contempla- like you who are helping us build a more compassionate and tive-based models that foster discernment, greater resilient future.

1 “My previous experience participating in the CARE for Teachers retreat was life-changing. My experience in the facilitator training “I hope to be able to use the regulation strategies I have learned to has strengthened my commitment to help it grow worldwide.” change the way I react to students when they push my buttons.”

contemplative teaching and learning contemplative teaching and learning

Our Contemplative Teaching and Learning Initiative Documenting and Disseminating CARE (CTL) introduces educators to contemplative techniques CARE for Teachers (Cultivating Awareness and Resil- Educating that enhance their well-being and help them create ience in Education) is the Garrison Institute’s professional healthy school environments that support children development training program for K-12 educators, “In classrooms across the emotionally, socially and academically. designed to help them handle stress and improve learning country and around the environments and outcomes. In 2012, the US Depart- world, teachers are Research shows that contemplative practices deepen incorporating mindfulness open hearts ment of Education’s Institute of Educational Services teachers’ resilience, compassion, attention and emotional and other contemplative self-regulation. They also help reduce teacher stress and (IES) awarded a major grant to Pennsylvania University, practices into their work as burnout, while improving classroom environments and Fordham University, and the Garrison Institute for a educators. In the course of a ten-year career, a single and minds. educational outcomes. four-year, in-depth study of CARE’s impact on students teacher will impact the lives and teachers in 32 New York City elementary schools. In November, we held our annual contemplative educa- of 250 students. In the same The Garrison Institute is a The first two phases of the research were conducted time, a single teacher- tion symposium, supported by the 1440 Foundation and educator will influence how pioneer and leader in the entitled, “Mindfulness in Education: Cultivating the Social during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic years, 1,000 teachers will teach. movement to bring a and Emotional Competencies of Educators.” It convened gathering data on hundreds teachers and thousands of That’s a big responsibility Sharn Rocco, Ph.D is an about 100 professionals who train and support educators, students. and a powerful opportunity.” contemplative approach to Australian researcher and teacher including faculty at schools of education, district staff, and As demand for CARE continues to build, we are working teaching and learning. At educator who also teaches professional development specialists. The symposium to develop ways to disseminate the program. In March, the Institute, teachers work Mindfulness-Based Stress explored how contemplative practices can be integrated we conducted the first CARE training in the San Fran- Reduction and calm abiding together to develop ways into formal systems of teacher training, and laid the cisco Bay area, supported by the Panta Rhea Foundation, they can apply the wisdom groundwork for future collaborations with schools of the S. H. Cowell Foundation and the 1440 Foundation. meditation. In 2013, she was a of contemplation and the practice of mindfulness in education and other institutions that train teachers. scholar-in-residence at Garrison In February, CARE senior faculty met with educators to the classroom. Institute. Next year, she will lead design and implement a formal CARE facilitator training the first CARE training in and certification process, an important step in expanding Australia. the CARE program while preserving its integrity and quality. The first CARE facilitator training course was held in August concurrently with our Sixth Annual CARE Summer Retreat, which attracted 40 educators from as far away as Australia, Norway, Canada and Colombia.

2 GARRISON INSTITUTE 3 “It was a rare luxury to be able to become totally immersed in “I think one of the most interesting take-aways for me was the climate change and sustainability and learn the latest thinking on reflection on the overall state of the environmental movement in the subjects from such a broad range of participants. It has our moment of history and having the opportunity to discuss it certainly reinvigorated my efforts in climate change education.” within a broader perspective.”

transformational ecology

Climate, Mind and Behavior The Climate, Mind and Behavior (CMB) program Strengthening explores the human dimensions of addressing climate and energy issues and building resilience. CMB tracks behavioral research on US energy consumption and emissions, identifies effective behavioral approaches, adapts them our response for the field and disseminates them through learning networks. CMB’s core operations are supported by the Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation, the Kendeda Founda- to climate tion, the Kresge Foundation and the Lost & Foundation. Our partner organizations include leading research universities, Enterprise Community Partners, the Urban Land Institute, the U.S. Green Building Council change. In September 2013, we held our sixth annual Climate, (USGBC) and the Urban Sustainability Directors Buildings and Behavior symposium, supported by Network (USDN) of over 100 cities. Our Initiative on Transforma- Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., USGBC and tional Ecology (ITE) applies Symposia NYSERDA. It convened 60 for-profit and not-for- insights into patterns of In June, 100 researchers, environmental and community profit real estate professionals, building industry experts “The potential energy thought and behavior from leaders, policymakers and journalists convened at our and social science researchers working to cut energy footprint of a well-designed eighth annual CMB symposium, “Variation and Diversity consumption and operations costs in multifamily building is often very current scientific research in in Sustainability and Climate Work,” supported by the residential and commercial buildings. different from the actual many disciplines, and draws energy footprint, because it Skoll Global Threats Fund and NYSERDA. Presenters Regional Activity all comes down to how we on contemplative-based included National Geographic Society Explorer Wade behave…The high-level Symposia participants in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Davis and Andrew Revkin, whose New York Times Dot approach to shifting approaches to develop Denver and the Pacific Northwest held professional Earth post about his CMB panel sparked a broad public behaviors is to work on strategies for shifting how we engage with the development sessions on resilient cities, transformative shifting awareness.” discussion of the symposium. environment and respond to the challenges of leadership, learning networks and marketing behavior climate change. Instead of striving to sustain a fixed Our second annual Climate, Cities and Behavior sympo- change programs. The Bullitt Foundation and Boeing sium, “The Human Dimensions of Resilient and Sustain- equilibrium with our planet, we can embrace our Global Corporate Citizenship funded a demonstration able Cities” took place in March, with support from the project in Seattle, led by Milepost Consulting, for energy Peter Senge, Ph.D is the founding chair of the Society for place in the natural world, adapt to change and build JPB foundation, USGBC and NYSERDA. 100 sustain- and carbon savings using a new methodology for behavior Organizational Learning, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts resilience. ability managers, municipal leaders, urban planners and audits in commercial and multi-family buildings. Institute of Technology, and a longtime collaborator and nonprofit professionals explored behavioral strategies and With support from the Kresge Foundation, CMB member of our Advisory Council. At our 2013 Climate, best practices for reducing energy consumption and collaborated with USDN and the City of Charlotte to developing more resilient urban communities. Buildings and Behavior symposium, he gave the keynote talk implement our “behavior wedge profile” in Charlotte, on “Systems Thinking and the Gap Between Aspirations and Boston, Miami, Baltimore and Park City, Utah. The Performance.” “profile” is a low-cost tool cities can use to identify ways to reduce residents’ energy consumption. 4 GARRISON INSTITUTE 5 “You have no idea how much you have helped me. I am much more “There is an unconscious ripple effect of sitting on this stuff. I relaxed right now and try to meditate or at least to do active thought that because there was no support system set up [for breathing as much as I can. I already feel much more connected humanitarian aid workers, it] meant that no such support system and focused in the present moment, rather than in the future, as I was needed. In fact, it’s the reverse.” used to do.”

transforming trauma

Contemplative-Based Resilience Training Our pilot program attracted humanitarian aid workers The published paper, “The Human Dimensions of In July 2013, we launched our new Contemplative-Based from nine countries, who told us that the training changed Resilience: A Theory of Contemplative Practices and Fostering Resilience Training (CBRT) program, which addresses their lives by enabling them to cope more effectively with Resilience,” is available at www.garrisoninstitute.org/ the specific needs of aid workers who respond to natural the stresses and hazards of their work. Subsequent CBRT cbrt-white-paper. Based on its findings, the Institute is disasters, provide relief in active and post-conflict trainings in Europe and Africa and at the Institute are planning to apply resilience-building approaches in settings, or work to redress other traumatic or disruptive planned for 2014. low-income communities impacted by climate change. humanitarian conditions in developing countries. Our CBRT Program Manager, Teresa I. Sivilli, and Contemplative Care CRBT is designed to help aid workers cope with intense University of Arizona researcher Thaddeus Pace com- In 2012, ITT collaborated with the New York Zen Center stress and thrive in their critically important work. In pleted the first draft of a white paper, funded by the JPB for Contemplative Care (NYZCCC) to co-present the aid workers’ Foundation. The paper integrates findings from more 2013, it was funded by the William H. Donner Founda- first national public symposium on end-of-life and pallia- tion, the Hemera Foundation, JPB Foundation and the than 280 interdisciplinary research studies on contem- tive contemplative care. In 2013, we worked with Lost & Foundation. plative practice and makes an evidence-based case for NYZCCC to develop a second Contemplative Care resilience. symposium on “Communication and the Interpersonal Relationship Within Palliative and End-of-Life Care.” Our Initiative on Transform- Planned for November 2014 at the Institute, the program ing Trauma (ITT) develops will offer caregivers the chance to discover how contemplative skills can deepen their connection with patients and implements programs and improve patient and self-care. that promote well-being and resilience for professionals Carla Uriarte teaches the psychosocial education component and organizations working of our Contemplative-Based Resilience Training program. with people who suffer As founder and leader of the psychosocial support unit for trauma, loss or dislocation. Médecins Sans Frontières, she has worked in Africa, Latin A growing body of research and clinical work suggests America and the Middle East. that contemplative methods, such as meditation and “In the last 15 years, aid yoga, can build greater resilience for caregivers and agencies have recognized service providers. We integrate contemplative their staffs’ need for psychosocial support, methods with psychosocial education about but few have the capacity. trauma and professional network building to help That’s why the Garrison To prepare for our first CBRT program for aid workers, how and why contemplative practices can help build and Institute created CBRT. organizations better serve their clients and affected in March, we held a workshop with field experts to review maintain psychological and physical resilience. A team of My own experience communities. teaching it as well as my and refine the curriculum that had specifically been leading contemplative science researchers and resilience years of observation of what designed for aid workers by Sharon Salzberg and a team expert Andrew Zolli reviewed the draft during a two-day works for aid workers in the of international experts in psychology, trauma, education, meeting at the Institute in May, providing feedback for field indicates this kind of meditation and yoga. revisions. training really could meet aid workers’ needs.”

6 GARRISON INSTITUTE 7 “The LGBT retreat at Garrison was my first meditation retreat. I can’t imagine a better place to deepen my practice. I learned “To be a guest at the Garrison Institute is like being on a cloud of so many incredible things while I was there. I truly feel like my compassion, and being cared for. All of the staff project serenity, daily life has shifted in dramatic ways since tapping into such loving kindness and attention to detail.” important and rare guidance.”

retreats

A meditation practitioner and Kripalu yoga teacher, Claudia Transforming Horwitz is the founder of The Stone House, an NGO dedicated to supporting activists and their our world work through spiritual practice and principles. Zen teacher Rev. angel Kyodo williams is the “Contemplative practice founder of the Center for sustains social movement one person work which is not easy to do Transformative Change and the over the long haul. The author of Being Black: Zen and the various traditions and Whether spiritual or secular, our retreats enable every- In November, we held “Practicing Justice: Transforma- Art of Living with Fearlessness and practices people are grounded in carry with them at a time. one, from first-time meditators to seasoned practitio- tion for Social Change,” a retreat for social justice Grace. She and Claudia Horwitz, a kind of wisdom that is so ners, to cultivate qualities and skills such as empathy, activists led by angel Kyodo williams and co-facilitated the founder of The Stone House, needed everywhere. In part, In 2013, nearly 5,000 compassion, and resilience that transform the way they by Claudia Horwitz and Rusia Mohiuddin. One in a designed and led our 2013 that’s what allows these respond to the challenges of daily life. series of retreats the Institute organizes to support activists to show up for this people participated in over “Practicing Justice” retreat. work of crossing boundaries.” leaders from social justice organizations, it offered 80 retreats at the Garrison Participants learn to reduce stress, deepen self-aware- participants scholarships funded by Kalliopeia Horwitz and williams have a long ness, connect emotionally, develop self-acceptance and Institute with teachers from Foundation. relationship with the Institute, foster compassion—all benefits of contemplative diverse spiritual traditions and having co-led retreats including practices. Many of our retreats help professionals In 2013, we offered our Tibetan Buddhist retreats to a secular organizations working change how they approach their important work — wider audience though our Himalayan Scholarship Stone Circle’s “Spiritual Activism: to effect positive social teaching, caregiving, human services, social justice and Fund, supported by The Gere Foundation and the Claiming the Poetry and Ideology change in the world. environmental advocacy. Walker Family Foundation. The Fund enabled Tibetans of a Liberation Spirituality” in and people of Himalayan heritage to attend our retreats 2005; our 2013 Climate, Mind Our retreats focused on teaching and deepening Over Independence Day weekend, Sharon Salzberg and including Jewel Heart’s annual spring and fall retreats and Behavior symposium, during contemplative practices such as mindfulness and Rachel Cowan led our second annual “Foundations of “By turning their attention with Garrison Institute spiritual advisor Gelek which Rev. williams led participants Contemplative Practice” retreat for new practitioners, inward, social justice compassion meditation to help people from all walks Rimpoche, and an August Dzogchen retreat on in meditations; and the 2013 tracing an accessible, non-sectarian “path to inner advocates can learn to of life succeed and thrive in their work and lives. “Knowing the Nature of Mind” with the Ven. Chokyi “Practicing Justice” retreat, embody justice on a freedom” through the practice of lovingkindness (also Nyima Rinpoche. which Horwitz and williams personal level, and have a known in the Jewish tradition as chesed). more balanced relationship We also welcomed experienced meditators to personal designed and led together. to it. Then justice isn’t In April, we held our second annual retreat for LGBT retreat weekends to engage in silent, self-guided something to be fought for, communities. “Transforming Ourselves, Transforming it’s something to be.” retreats in the Institute’s supportive contemplative the World,” led by Larry Yang and Maddy Klein, drew setting. on Buddhist practices of mindfulness and loving kindness to deepen insight “into the truth about ourselves and the conditions in which we live, while cultivating an open heart and an inner home.” 8 GARRISON INSTITUTE 9 In the Spirit Our benefit concert at Gambian griot Foday Musa Manhattan’s Town Hall in Suso singing and playing the October was a beautiful, kora, a West African inspirational occasion. harp-lute; Turkish master Under the artistic direction musician Omar Tekbilek of composer and longtime institutional growth Institute supporter Philip Glass, it celebrated the Here are some current indicators of the Institute’s hundreds of leaders in sustainability and climate- Institute’s tenth anniversary growth and evolution: related fields by presenting virtuoso 2013 was a • Some 45,000 people participated in our retreats • John McIlwain, Senior Resident Fellow at the Urban musicians from around the and programs since we opened our doors in 2003, Land Institute, became the Director of CMB. world to an audience of over including well over 4800 participants in 2013. That’s 1000 people, layering and • Our Initiative on Transforming Trauma launched an increase of 28% over 2012. connecting diverse musical landmark the new Contemplative-Based Resilience Training traditions from the quietly and his son Murat perform- • We hosted 82 retreats and events, up from 72 in 2012. (CBRT) program and conducted the first CBRT contemplative to the ing a setting of texts by year for the • Of these, our Retreats department organized and training for humanitarian aid workers. exuberantly ecstatic. 13th century Sufi poet- presented seven Garrison Institute-sponsored saints Yunus Emre and • In June, executive management consultant Peter J. Performers included the contemplative retreats. They were designed to be Mevlana Jalaluddin Miscovitch became chair of the Institute’s Board of Pomerium Vocal Ensemble accessible and relevant to first-timers, underserved Trustees, succeeding the Institute’s co-founder and Rumi; the Austin Texas- singing 16th century music Institute. communities and people working on the front lines of director emeritus Diana Calthorpe Rose. based group Riyaaz of the Counter-Reforma- social change. Qawwali whose Sufi vocal • In July, Denise Clegg joined the Institute as Deputy tion; Wu Man, virtuoso of As we celebrated our tenth and drumming style aims • Under a US Department of Education grant, Executive Director of Development and External the pipa (Chinese pear- anniversary and reflected on to “engender a state of researchers implemented the second phase of a Relations. shaped lute); the Scorchio the achievements of our first transcendence in the four-year in-depth study of our CARE for Teachers Quartet performing a • We organized two successful tenth anniversary events audience.” decade, our vision for our program in 34 New York City elementary schools. special arrangement for in Manhattan, including a gala dinner where donors second decade came into strings of Glass’s composi- We are deeply grateful to • Responding to growing demand for CARE training and supporters gave over $450,000, and In the focus. We entered a new tion “Orion – China,” Philip Glass and all the across the US and abroad, our Contemplative Teach- Spirit, a breathtaking benefit concert of spiritually- phase of our history as our performers who gave us this ing and Learning Initiative expanded CARE trainings themed music from around the world curated by and launched a program to train and certify CARE gift, and for the generosity founders welcomed new Philip Glass. We also produced a tenth anniversary facilitators. of the concert’s many board leadership. As public awareness of mindfulness video and a book-length anthology “Essays from supporters and co-sponsors and the benefits it confers exploded, participation in • Our Climate, Mind and Behavior (CMB) program the Garrison Institute: Ten Years of Impact 2003 – who made it possible. our retreats and programs grew by double digits. We held three major, national symposia attracting 2013.” Both are available at www.garrisoninstitute.org. also launched new programs that increased the range of settings in which contemplative practices are used 2013 financial report to engage social and environmental issues. retreats foundations & individual gov’t fees & other $ 1,671,347 corporations gifts Grants program-related $ 1,895,938 $ 321,514 $ 138,081 income $ 640,284 income $ 4,667,164

expenses $ 4,630,139

education ecology trauma retreats general operating development $ 435,369 $ 746,710 $ 228,956 $ 1,765,937 $ 1,055,761 $ 397,406 10 GARRISON INSTITUTE 11 acknowledgements

The Garrison Institute Board Spiritual Advisers Climate, Mind and Behavior . Our Funders Trace Foundation David H. Levy Steve Gunn Tides Foundation Roger & Susan Lipsey Marion Hunt of Trustees Leadership Council h i n es Father Thomas Keating The Garrison Institute is profoundly U.S. Department of Education John & Wende McIlwain Nancy Jeffries Institute of Education grateful for the support of its many Susan Mackenzie & Jeanne Johnson Lisette Cooper Gelek Rimoche Dina Biscotti Sciences

), bet han ie ), Christopher Shipman funders, whose vision and generosity Richard & Katherine Kahan Rachel Cowan Rabbi Zalman Schachter- Uwe Brandes Vermont Community Charles Melcher & make our program initiatives, scholar- Foundation Susie Kessler & Peter Geffen

Ruth Cummings Shalomi Marilyn Cornelius illi am s Jessica Brackman ships, retreats and operations possible. Walker Family Foundation Bryant Kirkland Josephine A. Merck 9 (w 9 Paul Hawken With this Annual Report, we wish to honor Jeff Domanski Derek & Jane Kolleeny Organizations/ Peter J. Miscovich Peter Miscovich, Board Chair Rabbi Zalman Schechter who recently passed Becky Ford Foundations/ Corina Lamotte Corporations Mary & Jim Ottaway Will Rogers, Treasurer away. We were blessed by his wise counsel Ruth Greenspan-Bell Government Agencies Ellen Lazarus Athena Capital Advisors Krishna Pendyala throughout the Institute’s life. He deeply 1440 Fund of Silicon Valley Jessie Lin Diana Calthorpe Rose, Vice Chair Lauren Kubiak Brooklyn Academy of Music Nancy Peretsman believed that the fruit of the contemplative Community Foundation Peter Mandalstam Jonathan F.P. Rose Skip Laitner Cascade Settlement Services Robert Perkowitz life should be connected to creating a Aronson Charitable Trust Linda Mandolini

e Pag n e r; no lt john it z), Eden Housing Frederic C. Rich Sharon Salzberg compassionate society. We are committed to Nils Moe Aronson Foundation Emily Maor Enterprise Community David & Susan Rockefeller carrying on the spirit of his work. Friends of the Helen Bamber Bennett M. Shapiro, Secretary Phil Payne Partners John & Gloria Marwell

9 (horw 9 Foundation Donald & Shelley Rubin Fresh Company Sabine Marx Gina Sharpe Roger Platt The Russell Berrie Foundation Sharon Salzberg Hudson Highlands Land Trust Alexander Matte Daniel Siegel Contempative Teaching and Jonathan Rose The Community Foundation, Bennett M. Shapiro & Monica Winsor Learning Leadership Council Kurt Roth Boulder County (Hemera Justice System Assessment and Fredericka Foster Shapiro Timothy J. McNeill Foundation) Training Edward Skloot Resa Mestel We would like to express our deep gratitude to Patricia Broderick Jonathan Rowson The Nathan Cummings Liberation Yoga Melissa & Robert Soros Nancy Meyer & Marc Weiss former Trustee Kim Elliman, who stepped down Foundation Richard C. Brown Rachael Shwom Mind and Life Institute Nancy Olnick & Giorgio Spanu Michelle Moore after ten years of service on the Board. e Pag s ur i nyach; anna 7, The Daphne Foundation Naropa University Andrea & Richard Tomasetti Laurie Newell Marian R. David Jennifer Tabanico The Geraldine R. Dodge

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