Contemplative
Solutions
Suffer Less. Flourish More.
mission
building a world with contemplative mind.
What we do
We provide mindfulness, meditation and emotional intelligence training programs for organizations.
We consult with organizations on a wide range of policy and culture issues.
Our two focus areas are:
Businesses seeking to create a culture that supports mental health
Meditation training for post psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
why we do it
From technological changes, to workplace demands, to rapid socio-economic-cultural change, the need for healthy regulation of emotional-mental states is paramount. Contemplative Solutions aims to address these systemic challenges. We offer empirically supported solutions for the mental health needs of individuals and organizations. We operate under a two-continua model of mental health, wherein reduction of suffering and enhancement of flourishing are not mutually exclusive.
The Problem: distress, distraction, and lack of purpose
Our Solution: mindfulness, emotional intelligence and meditation
Contemplative Practices: mind-body synchronization activities that train core cognitive-affective process of intention, attention, and awareness.
Organizations continue to adopt these practices to provide benefits to their stakeholders, creating change at three levels: individual, interpersonal, and organizational.
Individual: decreases in stress, anxiousness and burnout; increases in focus and overall wellbeing.
Interpersonal: improved collaboration; increased prosocial behaviors and communication.
Organizational: alignment with organizational values; improved retention and recruitment; positive changes in organizational culture.
Our vision
A world in which contemplative practices are integrated into modern society, and where resulting awareness and insights bear fruition in transforming systems to be more just, sane and secure for all.
WHo we are
Dylan Leigh
When noticing the conditions that are detrimental to flourishing are persisting, Dylan became aware that a systems level approach would be needed to ultimately alleviate suffering. Dylan is a trained mindfulness and meditation instructor. He has co-authored academic research articles on the cognitive-affective science of contemplative practices and emotion regulation through his work at cognitive science lab. Dylan's own journey through suffering led him to mindfulness many years ago. He founded Contemplative Solutions to help organizations and their people flourish. Over the years Contemplative Solutions has served customers from coffee shops to law firms and many in-between. Dylan believes in the inherent wisdom within people, and wants to build systems that bring that wisdom out.
Pamela Newman
Pamela French Newman is a practicing body psychotherapist. Before becoming a therapist she spent five years teaching meditation, yin, restorative, and trauma informed yoga in the Boston area in corporations and privately. Through her own personal mindfulness practice as well as through teaching, her curiosity around the healing powers of the mind-body connection grew. Pamela incorporates her first hand awareness of the mind-body connection as a tool to help others find their own power in discovering this connection.
Quddus Maus
Quddus has been practicing mindfulness meditation in various degrees for the past 15 years and has been deeply impacted by its transformative power. As part of his recovery from substance abuse Quddus discovered and integrated mindfulness practices into his daily routine and found them to be immensely helpful in his healing journey. He later attended Naropa University for his graduate studies where he further developed his practice and eventually became a certified instructor. As a psychotherapist, Quddus brings mindfulness techniques into his sessions with clients and has seen firsthand the positive impact they have on healing and flourishing. With his experience and training in mindfulness, Quddus is dedicated to sharing these transformative practices with others.
Fordam Murdy
Fordham Murdy is an ordained Dharmacharya recognized by Heartwood Refuge (an inter-faith inter-lineage Buddhist hermitage) and holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Wisdom Traditions Department at Naropa University. He is currently based in Boulder Colorado and works as a spiritual advisor and facilitator of spirituality groups at Harmony Foundation Addiction Treatment Center in Estes Park. He is also a Dharma teacher, a certified meditation and yoga instructor, a pastoral theologian, artist, musician, and writer currently working on his forthcoming book, A Sober Spiritual Warrior. He enjoys contemplating the universe and watching movies, going on tropical retreats, sleeping, eating good food, and spending time with the love of his life Lisa.
Dana Cohen
Dana is a Boulder-based psychotherapist and meditation coach who is committed to guiding individuals on their healing and self-actualization journeys. With a trauma-informed approach, somatic practices, and a foundation in mindfulness, Dana creates a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to explore their vulnerabilities and find collaborative paths to resolution. Drawing from her education as a graduate of Naropa's Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling Program, certification as a yoga teacher (RYT-200), and training as a Somatic Experiencing level I practitioner, Dana brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her work. Additionally, her coaching experience utilizing the Enneagram, a psychospiritual framework, allows her to assist clients in transforming their shadows and ego-fixations into valuable assets and gifts. More about her work can be found at livingmyth.co.
Contact us
Denver-metro: in-person
Nationwide: online
Get in touch
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