Spiritual Life Conference Description

The Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI) at Teachers College, Columbia University is hosting Spiritual Life: Learning and Growth across the Lifespan – Personal and Professional Development Conference on June 20th 2015. This innovative conference will explore the intersection of science, spirituality, psychology and education across the lifespan, integrating spirituality through practice to develop new ways of teaching and learning guided by wisdom and science.

Learning and Growth Across the Lifespan Personal and Professional Conference serves as a bridge between science, academia and the diverse worldwide community to address the needs of a rapidly changing world, with a cutting-edge, global spiritual platform that brings together scientists, educators, healers and spiritual leaders to inspire conversations that foster social connectedness and constructive resolutions to contribute to the higher good of the whole.

The keynote speakers are two pioneers in the field of spirituality and science, Dr. Lisa Miller and Dr. Larry Dossey. Lisa Miller, PhD, the Professor of Psychology and Education, Director of the Clinical Psychology Program at Columbia University's Teachers College, and founder and Executive Director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute. She is the best-selling author of "The Spiritual Child," which contains over a decade of research on the impact of religion and spirituality. Larry Dossey, MD is a leader in bringing scientific understanding to spirituality, and rigorous proof to complementary/integrative medicine. He is the author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why it Matters, and a New York Times best-selling author. 

The conference will showcase a diverse array of experimental content and modalities developed by graduate students under supervision at the LEO (Learning, Evolving and Opening) Wellness Center in the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Participants will have the option of choosing two 90-minute workshops, all of which are designed to foster true spiritual awareness and self-exploration, within a rigorous academic context examining spirituality as a source of resilience in daily life and a gateway to personal fulfillment.

We invite you to join us for this landmark event.

This conference is dedicated to supporting mental health professionals, coaches, educators, parents, helping professionals, students, and activists.

Earn 1 CEU