Mind and Life Europe

New episode of The Enactive Fold out now! Stephen Nachmanovitch delves into many resonances between his existential understanding of improvisation and several central questions animating the enactive approach. 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/V6NH50Yy5fi #PodcastEpisode

Get your tickets for our upcoming international conference, “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy”, exploring the mind, body, and the sociopolitical shaping of experiences on the second day with @UPFBarcelona Register now: ow.ly/QVoL50YwggG

For those of you who would like to carve out a bit of time and space for meditation and reflection, join us at our next Making Room for Contemplation session on Tues 31st March. Register now: ow.ly/giTN50YvcXT #Meditation #OnlineMeditation #MeditatingTogether

Reflecting on last year’s ESRI, we’re grateful to return to Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, Austria this summer for ESRI 2026. Surrounded by mountains, lakes & untouched nature, it’s the perfect setting for interdisciplinary dialogue & contemplation. Register now: ow.ly/4Rxy50YwnpY

Tickets are still available for our upcoming international conference, “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy”, the first day of which will explore the politics of life and the environment with a line-up of esteemed speakers. @UPFBarcelona

What might a focus on joy reveal about how people live, what they value, and how they relate to the world around them? Find out more at the next MLE Friends Talk with anthropologist Prof Joanna Cook on Thursday 26th March. Learn more: ow.ly/TN9n50YsmSm #OnlineSeminar

For anyone interested in attending our upcoming European Summer Research Institute, here’s a taste of the kind of dialogues that took place last year with Evan Thompson & Rebecca Todd on philosophy, neuroscience, and transdisciplinary dialogue. Watch now: ow.ly/QrbA50Ysjat

You’re invited to apply to this year’s ESRI & MLE Retreat! Addressing the sense of urgency felt by many in the face of climate catastrophe and conflict which calls us to critically reconsider our relationship to and understanding of time. Apply now: ow.ly/mApo50YsgpH

New episode of The Enactive Fold out now! Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser delve into the dizzying scope of their art-making, and the ethical-epistemological questions driving their work. 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/Kc1850YhMFJ #MindAndLifeEurope #PodcastEpisode

Calling all artists! 👩‍🎨 We are launching Hyphae, our new academic journal, and are welcoming submissions for a new logo inspired by underground connectedness and the hidden networks of hyphae: relational, interdependent, non-hierarchical. Apply now: ow.ly/pNyM50YlXP4

How can we create more plausible scenarios of hope for a greater number of people? Dr Kilian Jörg reflects on what it means to refuse the dualisms between thinking and acting and invoke the possibility of pluralism. 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/NEj650Y4cUN

Come along to the next Making Room for Contemplation session on Tues 24th Feb at 19:00 CET, in which we will carve out some time to slow down and be present with ourselves with a kind, open awareness, guided by Dr Edel Maex. Learn more and register now: ow.ly/vFSP50YbRLa

Mind & Life Europe is hiring! We are seeking a part-time editorial assistant for Hyphae, our new academic journal. A remote role ideally for PhD students with training and mentoring included. Apply by 15th Feb. Learn more: ow.ly/pbiV50Y8kiu #Jobs #Vacancy #AcademicRole

Join us on Thurs 19th Feb as Prof Ezequiel Di Paolo delivers an unprecedented MLE Friends Talk on the key features of enaction, its lesser known reliance on dialectics, and how language is understood from the enactive perspective. Learn more: ow.ly/tZ6850Y8Wa7

Calling all artists! We are launching Hyphae, our new academic journal, and are welcoming submissions for a new logo inspired by underground connectedness and the hidden networks of hyphae: relational, interdependent, non-hierarchical. Learn more: ow.ly/klG350Y8jCf

New episode of The Enactive Fold out now! Philosopher and artist Dr Kilian Jörg delves into some of modernity’s insidious problems: the climate crisis, polarisation, and ‘the hope gap’. 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/yXHA50Y4cVH #MindAndLifeEurope #Ecological #Activism

New episode of The Enactive Fold out now! Trapholt director Karen Grøn shares how visitors, guards, and artists all shape an “infrastructure of meanings” informed by enaction and resonance theory. 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/v6I850XG2Vt #MindAndLifeEurope #Podcast

Join us on 17th December for a special live event with Dutch artist Louwrien Wijers, as she guides us through her award-winning exhibition and reflects on art shaped by dialogue, science, and spirituality. Register now: ow.ly/nJXl50XG1At #FranciscoVarela #ArtAndScience

🧘‍♀️ Needing a moment for mindfulness?🧘‍♀️ Join us for our next Making Room for Contemplation session next Tuesday 16th December at 18:00 CET! Learn more and register now: ow.ly/tzOY50XGmoe #Meditation #Community #SelfCare #ContemplativePractice #Mindful

Join us for Dr Enara García’s talk this Thursday 11th December exploring the enactive approach to psychotherapeutic practice and research. Available to all MLE Friends! Learn more and register now: ow.ly/3AOn50XFRKl #MindAndLifeEurope #EnactiveApproach #Psychotherapy