— About Art of Human Being —

At Art of Human Being, our mission is to help wake up the world through inner exploration and self-transformation. We aim to plant seeds for each of us to develop new ways of understanding ourselves and relating to our lives, in the hopes of strengthening our connection with ourselves, others, and the natural world.

Incubated in Columbia University’s Spiritual Wellness Lab, Art of Human Being offers teachings that blend together meditation and ancient contemplative wisdom with cognitive science and behavior change research. We believe that as we come to know ourselves on deeper levels, we are more able to live lives of purpose, passion, connection, and true fulfillment.

— About Gigi —

— About Kayla —

I discovered meditation in 2015 during my sophomore year of college. I had stumbled into a class on the history and psychology of buddhist meditation, and I was introduced to a way of seeing and being in the world that completely changed my life. There was a mysterious, but unmistakable sense of familiarity with the ideas I was uncovering, which made this time in my life feel more like a homecoming than a new discovery. Something deep inside me was beginning to wake up. The world shimmered with beauty, connection, and life, and the pull to explore this mystery more fully was so strong that I decided to spend that summer on my own sort of pilgrimage… (Continue Reading)

Through my studies and explorations, I have found myself investigating the human condition through the lenses of public health, cognitive science, movement, and contemplative practice. As an undergraduate student, I studied global challenges and change-making through my Public Policy & Global Health courses by day while exploring the nature of my own mind and inner experience through yoga, meditation, and Buddhist philosophy by night. Diving deeper into both, I spent 2 years working at the forefront of health-tech at IBM Watson Health… (Continue Reading)

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