Flourish Foundation

Compassionate leaders program clp: having effective young leaders is an essential component for maintaining a vibrant world community. These young leaders are the next generation of policy makers, environmental stewards, innovators, and parents. The clp program prepares high school student to research, plan, and implement community service projects within local communities and abroad, and builds a network of leaders committed to uplifting themselves and the world around them. High school students received weekly contemplative education and guidance in fundraising and local community services projects. During the summer, they traveled to south africa to support local service projects within that community.

Public outreach: along with direct programming, Flourish Foundation provides the local community with educational opportunities through lectures and workshops. Minfulness-based childbirth & parenting: this workshop supports expectant couples in how to engage the mind to deal with the pain or fear associated with childbirth as a way to access deep physical and mental relaxation.

Education programs: Flourish Foundation offers school-based programs that introduce different forms of minful awareness training to students and teachers in the classroom setting in order to broaden the scope of education to include social and emotional skills, attentional training, and the development of virtues that support personal, social, and environmental health and well being.