To provide science with more replicable and high-resolution methods for studying the mind directly, the Center for Contemplative Research (CCR) has established a series of Mind Labs, land centers where professional contemplatives complete thousands of hours of full-time training to achieve exceptional attention skills and introspective acuity.
CCR’s primary location in Crestone, Colorado is a remote 110-acre hermitage near the Sangre de Cristo mountain range that holds a rich history of inter-faith tradition and is an exceptionally conducive environment for long-term retreat. All of the contemplatives have their own private cabins, far from any noise or distractions. The CCR is actively developing similar sites in other countries around the world.
CCR contemplatives are unique in that they’re engaged in full-time retreats, meditating 8–12 hours a day under world-class instruction, in contribution to the emergent field of contemplative science. Never before has there been an international community of contemplatives who have been engaged in full-time, multi-year retreats under expert guidance while being open to longitudinal collaboration with the scientific community.
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