Big Sur Mind Training 2026
Mind & Health Training Retreat was an intimate gathering for deep practice and wide-ranging conversation in Carmel Highlands. Over seven days, participants trained in meditation, explored the neuroscience of these practices with world-class researchers, and joined curated dinners and discussions with entrepreneurs, investors, artists, and innovators. The experience blended simplicity and rigor, quiet sessions, beautiful coastal surroundings, nourishing meals, and thoughtful community, creating a powerful container for clarity, insight, and connection.
New York City 2024
Inspired by the groundbreaking insights of our cohosts, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, in their best selling book "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us", this event was dedicated to exploring how the arts and aesthetic experiences measurably change the body, brain, and behavior. Participants awakened their senses through the perfect blend of theory and practice and immersed themselves in live artistic experiences where they not only witness, but actively participate in creative expression.
AI and Mind Science: Five Fire Pit Salon was a day of authentic connections and soaring conversations. Throughout this special gathering, we enjoyed intimate group discussions with experts in machine learning, neurofeedback, consciousness, connectedness, and more – along with cutting-edge neurotechnology demos, tasty treats, an invigorating rope swing, a babbling brook, towering redwoods, floating gongs, and a constellation of fireplaces and lanterns glowing around the grounds.
Rivendell Mind Training 2024 convened a small, curated group of practitioners, teachers, and seekers for immersive meditative practice hosted by Dustin DiPerna.
Attendees were invited into guided training, reflective inquiry, and community dialogue designed to deepen awareness, strengthen inner stability, and support real-world integration.
Participants were personally selected for their sincerity, commitment to practice, and readiness to engage with the work in a grounded, high-trust setting.
Big Sur Mind Training 2024
The BrainMind Summit convened the most innovative and prolific scientists, entrepreneurs, operators, investors, leaders, thinkers and philanthropists.
Attendees were invited to explore a curated collection of cutting-edge discoveries in neuroscience, engage with the scientists behind those ideas, and advise promising early-stage companies - all with the goal of bringing brain science to the world at scale.
Summit participants were personally selected for their brilliance, effectiveness, sincerity, and intent.
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A Look Into Mind Science Society:
Mindworks
The Mind Science Society at UChicago and Northwestern visited Mindworks, Chicago Booth’s behavioral science lab, to explore how researchers study decision-making, attention, and social behavior through interactive experiments. We discussed how experimental design can translate insights about the mind into real-world tools for learning, leadership, and wellbeing.
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
The Mind Science Society at University of Chicago and Northwestern University visited Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to explore innovative approaches in neurorehabilitation, brain-computer interfaces, and translational neuroscience. Members learned how clinicians, engineers, and researchers collaborate to develop technologies that improve recovery, mobility, and quality of life for patients with neurological conditions.
SBMT Conference
The Mind Science Society @ UCLA attended the SBMT (Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics) Conference at the LA Convention Center. Members networked with physicians and neuroscientists from around the world and attended lightning talks led by premier scientists in neurosurgery, neuroscience, digital therapeutics, and mental health.
