Wendy Wood PhD and Thais Mazur PhD - The Karuna Center

The 7 Foundations of Mindful Engagement

  • Authenticity — Know Yourself

  • Skillful Communication — Open & receptive, without bias or judgement

  • Mindfulness — Balanced awareness of thoughts & emotions

  • Compassion — Engaging with the best interest of others in mind

  • Love — Ushers in the hope that anything is possible

  • Equanimity — Doing no harm with equal regard for all people

  • Responsibility — What happens to me happens to you, and what happens to you happens to me

Bring Mindful Engagement into your organization or community…

Mindful Engagement Transforming Action – META – was developed through the research of Wendy Wood, PhD and Thaïs Mazur, PhD as they sought to answer the question, “What personal qualities are required for us to work in ways that do not harm others or the planet?” As they interviewed exemplars throughout the world in the fields of health, education, organizational leadership, peace and reconciliation, and environmental and social justice, these 7 Foundational qualities consistently emerged.

We have been teaching, presenting and consulting on Mindful Engagement throughout the world in multiple contexts across cultures, across disciplines, and across religious and spiritual practices, engaging with a wide range of people and organizations. Working with business and community leaders, health care systems, climate change strategists and advocates, legal communities, first nation peoples, young women in Afghanistan, South Sudanese and Rwandese religious leaders, mediators and conflict professionals, rural communities, and social change organizations, we help build their capacity to engage mindfully, with compassion, and without harm to others or the planet.

META in Action – Do No Harm

The Karuna Center facilitates personal and professional workshops and retreats, dialogues, and individual compassion-based coaching. We are working with health care professionals, students, community organizers, indigenous communities, environmental and social justice advocates, religious and spiritual groups, conflict transformation practitioners, and political leaders. Motivated by the need to DO NO HARM, participants are able to integrate Mindful Engagement qualities and practices into their daily lives — recognizing the need to change the ways in which they engage with themselves, their families, their communities, and their work — as they navigate the current social, political and environmental conditions and challenges that continue to emerged.

An experiential, skills-based learning program designed to introduce participants to the qualities of Mindful Engagement—authenticity, mindfulness, compassion, skillful communication, equanimity, responsibility, and love for your work. This research-based practice has been developed by understanding the shared wisdom of people who work, internationally, in social and environmental justice, peace and reconciliation, healthcare, education, and indigenous rights. Develop personal insight, skills, and tools needed to build resilience, transform conflict, and create impactful and sustainable actions that do not harm others or the planet.

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