# Meditation Artifacts

> 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

## Core pages

- [Home](https://meditationartifacts.org/): Overview of the ecosystem, featured initiatives, and current programs.
- [About](https://meditationartifacts.org/about): Mission, team, board, advisors, and the four pillars of Meditation Artifacts.
- [Ecosystem](https://meditationartifacts.org/ecosystem): All initiatives, partner organizations, and a live calendar of upcoming events across the network.
- [Join Us](https://meditationartifacts.org/join-us): Ways to get involved, collaborate, contribute, or attend.
- [Donate](https://meditationartifacts.org/donate): Support the ecosystem via Givebutter. Fiscal sponsorship available for aligned projects.
- [Merch](https://meditationartifacts.org/merch): Books, prints, and limited-edition objects. Proceeds support our initiatives.

## The Future of Meditation '26 (Symposium)

- [FoM '26](https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26): Annual interdisciplinary symposium on meditation's role in science, culture, and society. May 13, 2026 at The Foundry, Cambridge MA.
- [Call for Proposals](https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26/cfp): Submit a 10-minute open-call presentation.
- [Sponsor FoM '26](https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26/sponsor): Sponsorship opportunities.
- [Volunteer](https://meditationartifacts.org/fom26/volunteer): Help run the symposium.

## MonasteryX (Residency)

- [MonasteryX](https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx): A month-long residency for meditation, deep work, and creation in Northern Thailand.
- [Apply (Resident)](https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/apply): General application.
- [Fellowship](https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/fellowship): Fellowship track for senior contributors (headshot and CV required).
- [Demo Day](https://meditationartifacts.org/monasteryx/demo-day): Public showcase from past cohorts.
- Contact: residency@meditationartifacts.org

## MonX (Micro-Residency)

- [MonX](https://meditationartifacts.org/monx): A 4-day micro-residency at AKERA in the Catskills, August 3 to 6, 2026, for up to 20 builders, founders, creatives, and writers.
- Pricing: $2,000 early bird (through June 15, 2026 or first 10 spots), $2,400 full price. Private room, all meals, all programming included.
- Contact: residency@meditationartifacts.org

## Futurative (The Contemplative Futures Residency)

- [Futurative](https://meditationartifacts.org/futurative): A four-week daytime-programming residency at Edge Esmeralda, Healdsburg CA, May 30 to June 27, 2026. For founders, scientists, artists, contemplatives, and institution-builders exploring the future of consciousness, meditation, technology, and human flourishing.
- Contact: futurative@meditationartifacts.org

## The Artifact (Monthly Newsletter)

- [Submit an update](https://meditationartifacts.org/submit): Share an opportunity, announcement, or event for an upcoming issue of The Artifact, our monthly field dispatch.
- Subscribe and read past issues: https://meditationartifacts.substack.com

## Ecosystem programs

These run as part of the wider ecosystem and are listed on the Ecosystem page rather than as standalone routes:

- Boston Meditation Forum: monthly community gathering in Cambridge, MA. See https://meditationartifacts.org/ecosystem.
- Mindful Makers: Boston-based hackathons at the intersection of meditation and technology. See https://meditationartifacts.org/ecosystem.

## Plain-HTML snapshots for AI crawlers (recommended)

The main site is a JavaScript SPA. These static mirrors contain the full text and image references for crawlers that don't execute JS:

- [Full site content (single text file)](https://meditationartifacts.org/llms-full.txt): Consolidated plain-text content covering every active program. Start here.
- [FoM '26 snapshot](https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/fom26.html): Full speaker bios, schedule, themes, venue, tickets.
- [Futurative snapshot](https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/futurative.html): Full residency description (the live page is an iframe and not crawlable).
- [MonasteryX snapshot](https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/monasteryx.html): Residency overview and tracks.
- [MonX snapshot](https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/monx.html): 4-day Catskills micro-residency at AKERA, August 2026.
- [Snapshot index](https://meditationartifacts.org/llm/): Directory of all plain-HTML mirrors.

## Archive

- [The Future of Meditation '25](https://meditationartifacts.org/fom25): Archive of the inaugural symposium. Retained for historical reference; superseded by FoM '26.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://meditationartifacts.org/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable URL index.
- [Robots](https://meditationartifacts.org/robots.txt): Crawler policy. All major LLM crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, anthropic-ai, Google-Extended, etc.) are explicitly allowed.