# Meditation Artifacts — Full Site Content for LLMs > Meditation Artifacts is the Meditation Research & Innovation Ecosystem — a 501(c)(3)-aligned nonprofit supporting initiatives at the intersection of contemplative practice, science, technology, and culture. We incubate residencies, host symposia, and connect researchers, founders, teachers, artists, and institution-builders. Site: https://meditationartifacts.org Contact (general): info@meditationartifacts.org This file consolidates the public content of the site so language models can answer questions accurately. Plain HTML mirrors live at https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/. ================================================================================ THE FUTURE OF MEDITATION '26 (SYMPOSIUM) ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26 Plain HTML mirror: https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/fom26.html An interdisciplinary symposium on meditation's role in science, culture, and society. Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET Venue: The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA, USA (https://www.cambridgefoundry.org/) Format: In-person, single-day symposium Tickets close: May 10, 2026 Contact: info@meditationartifacts.org ## Major themes 1. Meditation, Peace, and Public Life 2. Science, Mind, and Method 3. Traditions, Transformations, and Technology 4. Institutions, Ethics, and Culture ## Confirmed speakers ### Matthew D. Sacchet, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director, Meditation Research Program — Mass General and Harvard Medical School Studies advanced meditation: states, stages, and endpoints of contemplative practice that unfold with mastery. 150+ publications, 170+ talks, 10,000+ citations. Associate Editor of *Mindfulness*; Research Fellow of the Mind & Life Institute. https://meditation.mgh.harvard.edu ### Monica Sanford, PhD Buddhist Practical Theologian & Chaplain — Harvard Divinity School One of the first fully-trained Buddhist practical theologians in the U.S. PhD from Claremont School of Theology; MDiv from University of the West. Ordained Buddhist lay minister in a Chan lineage. Author of *Kalyāṇamitra: A Buddhist Model for Spiritual Care* (2021), the first textbook for Buddhist chaplains. https://www.hds.harvard.edu/people/monica-sanford ### Francis X. Clooney, SJ Parkman Professor of Divinity — Harvard University Author of numerous books in comparative theology, including *Theology after Vedanta* (SUNY Press, 1993), *Comparative Theology* (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and *His Hiding Place Is Darkness* (Stanford University Press, 2013). https://francisclooney.hsites.harvard.edu/ ### Dr. Sarah Eagger Chair — Janki Foundation Retired consultant psychiatrist (MB, BS, FRCPsych), formerly at Imperial College London. Chairs the Janki Foundation (UK charity promoting spirituality in healthcare). Serves on the Religion, Spirituality, and Psychiatry section of the World Psychiatric Association. 45+ years of Raja Yoga meditation experience. https://www.jankifoundation.org/chair-dr-sarah-eagger-mbbs-frc-psych-london/ ### Rev. Rita Powell Chaplain, Harvard Episcopal Community — Harvard University Episcopal Chaplain at Harvard. Lived and worked in South Dakota, with the Taizé community in France, and at Trinity Church in Copley Square, Boston. Recently earned an MFA in poetry. https://chaplains.harvard.edu/people/rita-powell ### Kathryn Devaney Chief Science Officer — The Consciousness Foundation Neuroscientist and meditation researcher. Co-founded the SF Dharma Collective; designed "Meditation and the Brain" at Stanford. Former Executive Director of The Berkeley Alembic (2022–2025); science advisor at Jhourney.io; researcher at the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics. https://www.kathryndevaney.com/ (Additional speakers being confirmed.) ## Participating institutions - Harvard Meditation Research Program - Harvard Medical School - Harvard Divinity School - Harvard Buddhist Ministry Initiative - Harvard Memorial Church - CoFo: The Consciousness Foundation - The Janki Foundation - Lesley University ## Schedule (May 13, 2026) - 9:00 AM — Doors Open, Coffee & Registration - 9:30 AM — Opening Remarks & Keynote - 10:00 AM — Panel I: Defining Meditation Across Perspectives - 11:00 AM — Lunch & Community Workshops - 12:30 PM — Panel II: Building the Future Meditation Institutions - 1:30 PM — Featured Presentations - 2:30 PM — Open Call Presentations (10 min each) - 3:50 PM — Closing Remarks - 4:00 PM — Reception & Mingle ## Tickets General admission via Luma. Student ticket: $25 with valid .edu email. Sales close May 10, 2026. Buy: https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26#tickets ## Call for Proposals Open-call presentations (10 min each). Apply at https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26/cfp. Reviewed on a rolling basis. ## Sponsors The Divinity School; Meditation Research Program at Harvard MGH. Sponsorship inquiries: https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26/sponsor ## Past edition The Future of Meditation '25 archive: https://meditationartifacts.org/fom25 ================================================================================ FUTURATIVE — THE CONTEMPLATIVE FUTURES RESIDENCY ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/futurative Plain HTML mirror: https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/futurative.html What: A four-week daytime-programming residency (not live-in) at Edge Esmeralda 2026. When: May 30 – June 27, 2026 Where: Healdsburg, California, USA Host: Meditation Artifacts Contact: futurative@meditationartifacts.org Apply: https://meditationartifacts.org/futurative (rolling basis) Guiding question: "Can we transform ourselves from within to encounter a world that changes us from without?" ## About Edge Esmeralda Once a year, over a thousand of the world's most ambitious researchers, entrepreneurs, and technologists gather in Healdsburg, CA for Edge Esmeralda — a month-long popup village convening founders, scientists, artists, and builders working across cryptography, neurotech, longevity, AI, and the protocols shaping how we live and learn together. Past participants have included voices from Protocol Labs, Anthropic, the Ethereum Foundation, Long Journey Ventures, Cradle, and Summer of Protocols. Vitalik Buterin (Co-founder, Ethereum): "Edge Esmeralda is one of the most interesting experiments in community building going on right now." ## About the Contemplative Futures Residency A new conversation forming around consciousness, meditation, technology, and human flourishing. Founders, scientists, artists, contemplatives, protocol designers, and institution-builders gather to explore not only what we can build next, but what kinds of minds and cultures are needed to build well. Futurative is Meditation Artifacts' home for this conversation. It brings together people working across mind science, transformation technology, religious traditions, AI, longevity, governance, culture, and education. Programming includes salons, talks, experiments, meals, walks, and practice across four weeks in Healdsburg. ## Major themes 1. Researching our future selves — empiricism and modern research, a more systematic approach to the mind, attention, and rigorous understanding of human thought. 2. Where the mind meets the machine — meditation technologies, AI and ontology, human agency at the frontier of practice and technology. 3. Feed the solutions and the problems will starve — new thinkers, new decisions, new ways to imagine a hopeful world. 4. How we become good ancestors of consciousness — new institutions, new systems, and the people to sustain them. ## Offerings - Daily Sound Baths & Meditations open to all of Edge Esmeralda - Futurative Workshops & Conversations with leaders, researchers, builders, creators - Curated community of aligned residents with private events and connections ## Important notes - Futurative is daytime programming, NOT a live-in residency. Accommodation arranged separately. - Residents can receive logistical support finding accommodations. - Participation requires a paid Edge Esmeralda community membership purchased via Edge City's platform; Edge City's refund policy applies. ================================================================================ MONASTERYX — MEDITATION-WORK RESIDENCY ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx Plain HTML mirror: https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/monasteryx.html A residency where meditators, founders, scientists, and artists live and practice together — exploring contemplative life as a foundation for impactful work. Combines structured contemplative practice with deep, focused work. Residents commit to a daily rhythm of meditation, individual project time, and shared community life. Tracks: - Resident — general application: https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/apply - Fellowship — senior contributors (requires headshot + CV): https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/fellowship Contact: residency@meditationartifacts.org Background reading: https://meditationartifacts.substack.com/p/the-monasteryx-residency-in-northern Past cohorts have included a memetics researcher and Open Research Institute founder; a Web3/wellness designer-founder; a writer on the spiritual dimensions of climate change; the founder of Banfield Forge Consulting; an AI-cybersecurity founder (BS/MS Physics, St Andrews); a Tibetan Buddhist meditation instructor with a Master's in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa; a breathwork teacher developing a program for athletes; an MTS in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School; an MDiv candidate at Harvard Divinity School; and a physics PhD from MIT who founded a 40+-researcher Complexity Science and Contemplative Studies community. ================================================================================ ECOSYSTEM ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/ecosystem The Ecosystem page lists all initiatives and partners across the Meditation Artifacts network, plus a live calendar of upcoming events (sourced from Luma). Community submissions accepted at https://meditationartifacts.org/submit-update. ================================================================================ ABOUT ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/about Meet the team and mission behind Meditation Artifacts — the ecosystem advancing meditation as a cultural technology through research, innovation, and education. The About page covers the mission, the board and advisors, ecosystem partners, and the four pillars of the organization. ================================================================================ DONATE / FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/donate Donations are processed via Givebutter (campaign ID r5dy8DRsEslkQj35). Meditation Artifacts also offers fiscal sponsorship to aligned projects. ================================================================================ JOIN US ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/join-us Ways to get involved with Meditation Artifacts: collaborate, contribute, attend, or apply to one of our programs. ================================================================================ CONTACT ================================================================================ - General: info@meditationartifacts.org - MonasteryX residency & fellowship: residency@meditationartifacts.org - Futurative residency: futurative@meditationartifacts.org - FoM symposium: info@meditationartifacts.org Newsletter: https://meditationartifacts.substack.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/meditationartifacts X: https://x.com/meditationartif YouTube: https://youtube.com/@meditationartifacts Last updated: April 2026.