Conversation with Jack Kornfield
Event Description
Jack Kornfield, PhD, is a pioneering Buddhist teacher who helped bring mindfulness and meditation to the West after years of monastic training in Thailand, India, and Burma. A clinical psychologist and cofounder of both the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, he has been a guiding presence in the global mindfulness community for decades. Jack is the bestselling author of 16 influential books including A Path with Heart, The Wise Heart, and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry which have reached millions of readers and shaped contemporary approaches to compassion, presence, and inner transformation.
Join Kristin for a conversation with Jack Kornfield as they discuss how themes of self-compassion have shaped his decades-long teaching, and how they inspired Kristin’s initial research.
Conversation with Jack Kornfield
This meeting is held live on Zoom. Please RSVP as “Going” if you will join us in real-time or if you want to be notified as soon as the recording is ready. Regardless of RSVP status, all members will have access to the recording on the Community Home page and Guest Conversations page within days of the live event.
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Organizer
- The Self Compassion Community
- Contact: SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
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Jack Kornfield, PhD, is a pioneering Buddhist teacher who helped bring mindfulness and meditation to the West after years of monastic training in Thailand, India, and Burma. A clinical psychologist and cofounder of both the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, he has been a guiding presence in the global mindfulness community for decades. Jack is the bestselling author of 16 influential books including A Path with Heart, The Wise Heart, and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry which have reached millions of readers and shaped contemporary approaches to compassion, presence, and inner transformation.
Join Kristin for a conversation with Jack Kornfield as they discuss how themes of self-compassion have shaped his decades-long teaching, and how they inspired Kristin’s initial research.
