Name: A Conversation About Mindful Democracy with Jeremy David Engels PhD
Start: 2026-02-14T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-14T17:00:00-05:00
Location: The Otto Bookstore

A Conversation About Mindful Democracy with Jeremy David Engels PhD

If you're looking for some sense of clarity and direction in these challenging times, join us for a conversation with Jeremy David Engels
About this Event

If you're looking for some sense of clarity and direction in these challenging times, join us for a conversation with Jeremy David Engels about his book On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World
About the Book: On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World
An antidote to political burnout and civic despair: drawing on mindfulness and modern wisdom to cultivate resilience, healthy engagement, and skillful presence in turbulent times AVAILABLE FOR PRE ORDER NOW

Jeremy David Engels, Ph.D., is the Liberal Arts professor of Communication and Ethics at Penn State University. He is also a longtime teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga and since undertaking a pilgrimage to walk in the footsteps of the Buddha in India and Nepal in 2018, a student of Thích Nhất Hạnh. He is an award-winning teacher and scholar, and has published numerous books and articles about democracy, community building, deliberation, and peace. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife Anna run a community yoga and meditation studio called Yoga Lab. Jeremy joyfully joins the Plum Village Beloved Community in practicing mindfulness as “the practice of peace.”