The name invokes Dalai Lama’s Mind and Life Institute. The character of Dalai Lama’s Institute may be defined by the list of scientists cooperating with it; among them there names of such calibre as Paul Ekman, Daniel Goleman, Richard Davidson, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Matthieu Ricard, B. Allen Wallace, Sona Dimidijan, Zindel Segal, John Teasdale, to mention just a few.

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alai Lama’s Institute is a benchmark for the Mind Institute. Science and Emotions are One. to follow; consequently the guiding maxim of the Mind Institute is ‘Science and Emotions are One’, a phrase taken from a poem written by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of Naropa University and the Shambala Trainings. The meaning of the quote is straightforward: science cannot be separated from life, and – what’s more – life needs science if its quality is to be improved. The two elements are complementary. In order to function properly human beings need both scientific scepticism and an open heart.

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he Mind Institute. Science and Emotions are One. has been created to achieve the following objectives:

1)      to disseminate and explore the knowledge and skills of the part of Buddhism that is currently used in the Western psychology (e.g. midfulness, compassion, etc.);

2)      to promote investigation into the pregnancy psychology (antenatal psychology, maternology, etc.);

3)      to work out its own techniques and programmes within the above-mentioned spheres;

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4)      to assist pregnant women that have some psychological problems during their pregnancy (antenatal depression, postnatal depression, etc.);

5)      to stimulate the integration of various therapeutic approaches;

6)      to organise workshops and trainings;

7)      to supply therapeutic services