About this Event
We are offering the opportunity to purchase a subscription to our entire series of programs for $130, a 20% discount on individual event registration fees for the season.
Our programs this year will be organized around the theme of “Finding Wonder and Meaning in Our Daily Lives.”
Finally, and most important, we are thrilled to announce the following line-up of speakers, dates, program formats, and times for the upcoming year.
Mirabai Starr, Thursday, November 21, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
An in-person conversation and Zoom
Registration fee: $25
“Your Life as Sacred Ground: Discover Meaning and Purpose in Daily Life”
In her new book Ordinary Mysticism (September 2024), internationally acclaimed author, teacher, and professor of world religions, Mirabai Starr makes clear how we can all experience the sacred in everyday events: weeding our gardens, an evening walk with a friend, our kitchen table surrounded by family, indeed even in our shortcomings, including the mess that we create of our lives. Mirabai will share experiences of her own life journey, as well as insights from spiritual teachers across the centuries, offering ancient and contemporary practices that will help us wake up to the daily miraculous.
Chip Conley, Sunday, January 19, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Zoom only
Registration fee: $15
“Why Life Gets Better with Age: Reframing Your 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s”
As a successful hospitality entrepreneur, Chip Conley had an epiphany while being a “modern elder” to Airbnb’s founders in their early days. Conley believes the world needs midlife wisdom schools to help people reimagine their lives in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. He is a bestselling author and TED speaker on the mainstage. Conley will share tips for charging up the middle stages of life with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
Dr. James Doty, Sunday, February 2, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
An in-person conversation and Zoom
Registration fee: $25
“How to Harness the Power of the Brain and Heart: The Neuroscience Behind the Body-Mind-Soul Connection”
A Stanford University School of Medicine professor, neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, compassion researcher (funded by the Dalai Lama), and bestselling author (Into the Magic Shop), Dr. Doty has been studying the mind-heart-body connection for decades. He will share the unusual twists and turns of his unusual life journey. He will also reveal the findings of neuroscience that confirm extraordinary things can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and heart. His latest book, Mind Magic (May 2024),documents the science behind how we manifest that which we hope for in our lives.
Matthew Croasmun, Saturday, March 1, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
An in-person workshop.
Registration fee: $40
“Life Worth Living: How to Create a Flourishing Life”
Matthew Croasmun co-teaches one of Yale University’s most popular undergraduate courses, Life Worth Living. Croasmun will offer a workshop designed to help participants begin to answer the questions that arise when we choose to consider what it means for a life to be lived well. The Life Worth Living course has been codified into a bestselling guidebook for defining and creating a flourishing life. This program will provide participants with jumping-off points, road maps, and habits of reflection for figuring out where their lives hold meaning and where things need to change.
Saturday, April 5, 10:00 AM, or Sunday, April 6, at 3:00 PM
Save the date for a meditation mini-workshop
Speaker TBD
Registration fee: $45
*Note: Some details for these events may change as we get closer to the date, so please check our website for the latest information.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
651 Pequot Ave, 651 Pequot Avenue, Fairfield, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 140.56
