legal sanity
our nation's capital - and some of its lawyers - take a week-long look at meditation
A recent entry from Dan Pink's blog alerted me to a great companion piece to my recent post about meditation and lawyering. The Council of the District of Columbia has recognized this week (November 6-13) as the District of Columbia Meditate DC Week. According to the official Web site, as part of the week's events "churches, synagogues, meditation and yoga centers around the metropolitan area will be sponsoring lectures, workshops, and open houses to explore the benefits of contemplative practices." This Washington Post article provides a nice overview of Meditate DC's offerings and happens to open with one DC lawyer's remarks that meditation has "improved her conflict resolution skills." That same lawyer, Susan Green, has organized a workshop for Saturday, November 12, 2005 at which a "panel of legal experts will discuss how meditation can help lawyers and mediators by boosting their 'mindfulness' -- the inner capacity of being fully aware of the present moment." You can learn more about that workshop here (pdf).