[vc_row overlay_dotted=”” css=”.vc_custom_1500899970367{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SUMMIT KEY ORGANISERS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%23222222|line_height:26px” google_fonts=”font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2345″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Dream of the Good (Norway)<\/strong><\/p>\n Aiming to inspire young students to reflect on and access their potential to be good human beings. In 1996, more than 8 000 young students age 16-18 were given the opportunity to listen to His Holiness Dalai Lama speak in Stockholm, an event that gave birth to the Dream of the Good. The Dream of the Good was initiated by Anna Bornstein and has been active for more than 25 years in schools and kindergartens in Sweden. The successes in Sweden have been replicated in Norway in recent years.<\/p>\n The Dream of the Good provides training in simple and secular mindfulness-based methods for teachers and kindergarten employees, who in turn practice with their students in classroom settings. The methodology is based on four types of methods \u2013 stillness, peaceful touch, contemplative movement and reflection. These are different doorways to access calm and peacefulness. Stillness strengthens the contact with oneself, peaceful touch connects oneself with others, reflection allows communication at a deeper level, and contemplative movement connects oneself with nature.<\/p>\n These methods have been researched and tested through a number of studies in Sweden, and also in Norway by Centre for Peace Studies at University of Troms\u00f8, which was then chaired by\u00a0<\/em>Ole\u00a0Danbolt Mj\u00f8s, previous leader of The Norwegian Nobel\u00a0Committee and also long-time Advisory Board member of The Dream of the Good.\u00a0<\/strong>In 2019 the Dream of the Good was chosen by Alta Municipality in the north of Norway to implement its methodology through a publicly funded R&D project on life-mastery skills. More than 300 hundred teachers and supporting staff in Norway have received training in the methodology of the Dream of the Good.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2374″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n CALM: Centre for the Advanced Learning of Mindfulness (U.K.)<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Kumanga C. Andrahennadi is the founder of CALM (U.K.).\u00a0Through her Ph.D. research at the University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K., Dr. Andrahennadi developed the Mindfulness-Based Design Practice (MBDP), a novel learning framework incorporating methods of Mindfulness, Water and Bohmian Dialogue in support of 21st Century Higher Education.\u00a0 With a focus on the significant lack of and the need for integrating contemplative methods within Higher Education, the Mindfulness-Based Design Practice (MBDP) is the first contemplative framework in the world that has been developed specifically for the field of Higher Education. Further, with extensive experience in lecturing, presenting, as well as consulting within the fields of \u2018Mindfulness\u2019 and \u2018Design\u2019, Dr. Andrahennadi is adept at establishing new professional approaches such as MBDP as well as the Advanced Mindfulness-Based Practices (AMBP) Teacher Training Programme in the U.K.<\/p>\n Currently, Dr. Andrahennadi is also a Consultant\/Senior Lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, and is in the process of developing a new Degree Programme titled BSc (Hons) in Applied Mindfulness.\u00a0 As the Founder of CALM: Centre for the Advanced Learning of Mindfulness (U.K.), she runs specialist mindfulness-based programmes for children, young people and adults, as well as for public and private sector organisations. As a founding member of Bodhicharya Sri Lanka, Dr. Andrahennadi continues to work internationally to help promote the message of how developing inner peace can inspire peace within families, communities and nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator]