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Note: The date for Class 5 on Emptiness in Neuroscience and Physics: Concluding Overview by Dr. Bushell is set for Thursday, October 28, 7PM to 9PM

Buddhist Emptiness: Meditation Practice, Psychotherapy, Neuroscience, and Physics.
Drs. William Bushell, Zoran Josipovic, Joe Loizzo, Miles Neale, & Neil Theise

Sessions will include lecture, discussion, power point presentation, meditation, and question-and-answer. Attendees may sign up for the entire series or individual classes; topics are as follows:

Class 1: Dr. Loizzo: Emptiness: Introduction and Overview

Class 2: Dr. Neale: Emptiness, Karma, and Psychotherapy

Class 3: Dr. Josipovic: Nonduality, Emptiness, and the Brain

Class 4: Dr. Theise: Emptiness, Complexity Theory, and the Nature of Reality

Class 5: Dr. Bushell: Emptiness in Neuroscience and Physics: Concluding Overview

click here to register for the Dr. Neale's class

click here to register for the whole series 

Thursdays, September 30, October 7, 14, & 21 & 28, 7PM-9PM

Price per class: General: $20/Members: $18
Series Price: General: $90/Members: $81

Presenters: 

Dr. William Bushell, PhD, Director of East-West Research at Tibet House US, has conducted scientific research on meditation and related practices around the world for decades.

Dr. Zoran Josipovic, PhD, is a neuroscientist and psychologist associated with the Center for Neural Science at NYU and is himself a long-time practitioner of meditation.

Dr. Joe Loizzo, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist in private practice, is on the faculties of Cornell, Columbia, and Tibet House, and Founder and Director of Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science.

Dr. Miles Neale, Psy D, LMHC, is a contemplative psychotherapist, a longtime practitioner and teacher of meditation, and has taught at Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell.

Dr. Neil Theise, Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel/Einstein Medical Center, is a stem cell biologist and philosopher of science, as well as a meditation student and teacher with 20 years of experience. 

William Bushell, Zoran Josipovic, Dr Joe Loizzo, Miles Neale and Dr Neil Theise