# Meditation Artifacts, Full Site Content for LLMs > Meditation Artifacts is The Meditation Research & Innovation Ecosystem, supporting initiatives at the intersection of contemplative practice, science, technology, and culture. We incubate residencies, host symposia, publish a monthly newsletter, 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 What: An annual interdisciplinary symposium on meditation's role in science, culture, and society. Who it's for: Researchers, practitioners, founders, students, chaplains, and anyone working on the future of meditation. When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET. Where: 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 to 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 and registration. - 9:20 AM: Opening Remarks. Luca Del Deo, Executive Director, Meditation Artifacts. - 9:30 AM: Keynote, "Advanced meditation and the third wave of meditation research". Matthew D. Sacchet, PhD (Meditation Research Program, Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School). - 10:00 AM: Panel I, Defining Meditation Across Perspectives. Moderator: Monica Sanford (Harvard Divinity School). Panelists: Francis X. Clooney, SJ; Sarah Eagger; Rev. Rita Powell. - 11:15 AM: Lunch and Community Workshops. - 12:20 PM: Panel II, Building the Future Meditation Institutions. Moderator: Luca Del Deo. Panelists: Kathryn Devaney; Susan Pollak; Andrew Olendzki. - 1:30 PM: Featured Presentations. - 1:30 PM, Sarah Eagger (Janki Foundation): "The Raj Yoga Method of Meditation as Taught by the Brahma Kumaris" - 1:50 PM, Rev. Rita Powell (Harvard Episcopal Community): "Wisdom from the Desert: Modern Approaches to Contemplation Informed by Monks of 4th Century Egypt" - 2:10 PM, Andrew Olendzki (Lesley University): "The Science of Meditation and the Ethics of Technology" - 2:30 PM, Blair T. Johnson (University of Connecticut): "How Much Do Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Interventions Actually Reduce Stress?" - 2:50 PM: Break. - 3:00 PM: Open Call Presentations. - 3:00 PM, Matthew McCarthy (Complexity Science and Contemplative Studies Consortium): "The Dao that can be Named is not the Eternal Dao" - 3:10 PM, Stephanie D'Angelo (Polyvagal Institute): "Polyvagal Informed Embodied Mindfulness: Safer Contemplative Practice for High Adversity Populations" - 3:20 PM, Paul Kernfeld: "300 Hours with a Meditation AI" - 3:30 PM, Paige Scanlon (Harvard Divinity School): "Clapping Toward Clarity: How Nuns Use Tibetan Buddhist Debate as a Practice of Care" - 3:40 PM, Mitch Abblett, PhD: "Nexting: Dopamine, Digital Culture, and the Contemplative Problem of Anticipatory Mind" - 3:50 PM: Closing Remarks. Luca Del Deo. - 4:00 PM: Reception and Mingle. The Foundry, Cambridge. - 6:00 PM: Speaker Dinner. Sumiao Hunan Kitchen, Cambridge. Patron ticket holders welcome; directly across from The Foundry. ## Tickets General admission and student tickets are sold 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 ## Volunteer Help run the symposium: https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26/volunteer ================================================================================ 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. Who it's for: Founders, scientists, artists, contemplatives, protocol designers, and institution-builders working at the intersection of consciousness, meditation, technology, and human flourishing. When: May 30 to June 27, 2026. Where: Healdsburg, California, USA. Host: Meditation Artifacts. Contact: futurative@meditationartifacts.org Apply: https://meditationartifacts.org/futurative (rolling basis; typical response within 72 hours) 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 is arranged separately in Healdsburg; accepted residents can talk with the team about renting a room in shared accommodations when space is available. - Participation requires a paid Edge Esmeralda community membership purchased via Edge City's platform; Edge City's refund policy applies. ## FAQ (summary) - Cost: Joining Futurative is free on top of an Edge Esmeralda membership. Edge Esmeralda one-week tickets currently start at roughly $1,050 and rise as the event approaches. - Length of stay: A few days, a single week, or the full month all work; Edge Esmeralda memberships are sold by the week. - Housing: Not included; arranged on your own in Healdsburg. - Travel: Most residents fly into SFO or OAK and drive ~90 minutes north. STS (Sonoma County) is closest. - Schedule: Emergent. Residents propose collaborations and events; leads host private salons, meals, and gatherings. - Work: Yes, residents can keep working. Wifi and coworking-friendly spaces are provided. ================================================================================ MONASTERYX, MEDITATION-WORK RESIDENCY ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx Plain HTML mirror: https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/monasteryx.html What: A month-long residency for meditation, deep work, and creation. Combines structured contemplative practice with focused individual work and shared community life. Who it's for: Meditators, founders, scientists, artists, and writers who want to explore contemplative life as a foundation for impactful work. Where: Northern Thailand. Tracks: - Resident, general application: https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/apply - Fellowship, senior contributors (requires headshot + CV): https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/fellowship Demo Day (public showcase): https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/demo-day 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. ================================================================================ MONX, 4-DAY MICRO-RESIDENCY ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/monx Plain HTML mirror: https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/monx.html What: A 4-day micro-residency for builders, founders, creatives, and writers to work, meditate, and reset together. Who it's for: Up to 20 participants per cohort. When: August 3 to 6, 2026. Where: AKERA, in the Catskills (NY). Pricing: $2,000 early bird (through June 15, 2026 or first 10 spots), $2,400 full price. Private room, all meals, and all programming included. Contact: residency@meditationartifacts.org ================================================================================ THE ARTIFACT (MONTHLY NEWSLETTER) ================================================================================ Submit page: https://meditationartifacts.org/submit Subscribe / read past issues: https://meditationartifacts.substack.com What: The Artifact is a monthly field dispatch from Meditation Artifacts, sharing what's happening at the intersection of contemplative practice and technology. Each issue surfaces opportunities, announcements, events, and writing from across the ecosystem. How to contribute: Anyone can submit an update at https://meditationartifacts.org/submit. If a submission is a fit for an upcoming issue, it appears there. Submissions are reviewed before inclusion. How to subscribe: Free via Substack at https://meditationartifacts.substack.com. ================================================================================ ECOSYSTEM ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/ecosystem The Ecosystem page lists every initiative and partner organization across the Meditation Artifacts network and includes a live calendar of upcoming events (sourced from Luma). Community submissions for the calendar and newsletter are accepted at https://meditationartifacts.org/submit. Active ecosystem programs that do not have standalone routes include: - Boston Meditation Forum: A monthly community gathering hosted in Cambridge, MA. See the Ecosystem page for the current calendar entry. - Mindful Makers: Boston-based hackathons at the intersection of meditation, contemplative practice, and technology. See the Ecosystem page for upcoming events. ================================================================================ 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 allies, and the four pillars of the organization. ================================================================================ DONATE / FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ================================================================================ URL: https://meditationartifacts.org/donate Donations are processed via Givebutter (campaign ID r5dy8DRsEslkQj35). 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Proceeds support our initiatives across research, practice, and culture. ================================================================================ ARCHIVE ================================================================================ - The Future of Meditation '25: https://meditationartifacts.org/fom25 (archive of the inaugural symposium; superseded by FoM '26) ================================================================================ 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.