The Herbert Benson, MD Course in Mind Body Medicine 2023 (Videos + Slides)

The course is held live, in-person November 9-11, 2023, at the Renaissance Waterfront Hotel in Boston, MA and live-streamed to participants around the world.

“The Herbert Benson Course in Mind Body Medicine is an opportunity for clinicians, researchers, scientists and mind body enthusiasts to explore the latest research and learn the best techniques in mind body medicine. Our work – providing patients with skills to build resilience and improve wellbeing – are essential as we rebound from the pandemic and face a multitude of other stressful challenges at home and abroad.

We are so pleased to be able to meet each other again in person this fall, and to provide online streaming to participants around the world. The course provides a wonderful opportunity to connect and collaborate with colleagues around the world,” said BHI Director Gregory Fricchione, MD.  “We have an impressive line-up of keynotes and experts in the field, and this year we are offering an exciting new optional half-day course on delivering mind body medicine in group visits.”

Keynote speakers are renowned social scientist and best-selling author Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH of Yale University; Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, psychology and neuroscience researcher and author of How Emotions are Made; Fr. Laurence Freeman, OSB, the worldwide leader of the World Community for Christian Meditation and a Benedictine monk; Thupten Jinpa, PhD, founder of The Compassion Institute and principal translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama; and Jacque Salomon, co-founder of the Seeds to Inspire Foundation of Arizona and an advocate for plant-based nutrition and education in marginalized communities.

Participants will get

• The latest clinical approaches and integrative models of care
• Cutting-edge research into the linkages between the brain and the body
• Education on genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics ad how to leverage recent advances in the neuroimaging of contemplative states
• Current data on stress, stress management and resilience enhancement, and their impacts on patient health and treatment options