What if Bias is an Evolutionary Process? How do you get rid of it?

For readers of Caste, Sapiens, and The Dawn of Everything, a page-turning deep-dive into how bias is learned—plus a strikingly original and highly effective set of tools to un-learn it.

Imagine a world without bias. A world where all human beings can truly be just as they

are and unleash their full potential. Take a moment to imagine how you feel in such a

world—not what you think about it, or whether you believe it's possible, but how you feel.

This is the proposition that opens Breaking Bias. It’s your invitation to embark on a

journey that will radically change your experience and show you how you, in turn, can help

reshape our world.

Blending ancient Buddhist wisdom with modern scientific evidence, Anu takes us on a

deep-time journey to explore human identities and identity-based biases and to recognize

that breaking bias is the key to unlocking multiple crises in our world—from racism,

sexism, classism, and other -isms to burnout, loneliness, and climate change. Then he

offers his signature PRISM toolkit—a science-backed, somatically informed set of

contemplative tools—to help us dismantle learned bias within ourselves and in the world

around us, moment by moment, with probing questions and writing prompts throughout

the book that invite us to put these tools to use right from the start.

Join us for this uplifting and enlightening evening as Anu shares with us how to unravel bias from the inside out. The ticket price includes a copy of the book and a glass of Prosecco, water, coffee or tea.

Unable to attend you can get a copy of Breaking Bias .

Anu Gupta

Anu Gupta is the author of Breaking Bias (Hay House 2024) with a foreword from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Trained as a lawyer, scientist, and meditation teacher, he is a sought after speaker and bias expert. In 2014, he founded BE MORE with Anu, an e-learning company that trains professionals across corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors to advance inclusion and belonging by breaking bias.

He has trained 80,000+ professionals in mindfulness-based tools impacting over 30 million lives. As a queer immigrant of color, he became a dedicated meditation practitioner after almost ending his life due to lifelong experiences with racism, homophobia, and Islamophobia. The realization that bias is learned and can be unlearned helped lead him out of that dark point and inspired a lifelong mission to build a global movement for social healing based on principles of mindfulness and compassion. 

A student of Buddhism and Kriya Yoga, Anu also trained as a meditation and yoga teacher and has spent over 10,000 hours on silent retreats in the US and Asia. He is a lifetime fellow of the Mind & Life Institute and an active member of the B Corp and Penn State Law’s Antiracist Development Institute networks. He is a graduate of NYU School of Law, University of Cambridge, and NYU. He lives in New York City with his partner and their two dozen plants. Learn more at anuguptany.com or bemorewithanu.com and @anuguptany. 

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Ground Central Coffee Company, 1166 6th Avenue, New York, United States