{{Short description|American non-profit research institute}} {{Infobox organization | name = The Garrison Institute | formation = {{Start date and age|df=no|2003|||p=y}} | mapframe = yes | headquarters = Garrison, New York | leader_title = President | leader_name = Diana Calthorpe Rose | mapframe-length_mi = 100 | purpose = Research institute, political advocacy, and retreat | leader_title2 = Co-Chair | leader_name2 = Jonathan F. P. Rose, Rachel Gutter | board_of_directors = Kaira Jewel Lingo, Dan Siegel, Sebastian Zugman }} '''The Garrison Institute''' is a non-profit, nonsectarian research institute and social organization founded in, and operating out of, Garrison, New York.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/about-us/our-story-so-far/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> The Institute publishes research and reports authored by several scientists with a focus on social justice, sustainability, and diversity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Garrison Institute |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Garrison Institute. (2005). Contemplation and education: A survey of programs using contemplative techniques in K-12 educational settings: A mapping report. Garrison, NY: Garrison Institute.</ref> The organization also hosts retreats, symposia, and other social gatherings with the goal of fostering social and environmental change.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pathways Symposia |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/programs/pathways-to-planetary-health/pph-symposia/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pathways to Planetary Health |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/programs/pathways-to-planetary-health/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Retreats |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/retreats/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Purpose == The Garrison Institute encourages the unity between spiritual teachers, students, organizations, and a diverse range of communities. The Institute aims to support the coalescence of contemplative spiritual teachers, academic scientists, and individuals that seek to develop social and environmental change.<ref name=":0" />
Since 2003, over 75,000 people have participated in the Garrison Institute retreats and programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scholarships |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/about-us/scholarships/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == The Institute's founders Diana Calthorpe Rose and Jonathan F. P. Rose purchased the headquarters from Open Space Institute on March 20, 2003 with the foundation of the organization. The site was formerly known as Glenclyffe, when it was the 19th century estate of New York Governor and U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Space Institute Sells Glenclyffe Friary |url=https://www.openspaceinstitute.org/news/open-space-institute-sells-glenclyffe-friary |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=Open Space Institute |language=en}}</ref> It is now a renovated version of the 77,000 square foot stone and brick monastery and seminary built by the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Mary in 1923.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facility & Grounds |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/retreats/being-here/facility-grounds/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2004, the Hudson River Project was launched to discuss social science and the humanities relating to environmental issues. The Hudson River Project became the Initiative on Transformation Ecology (ITE), now Climate, Mind and Behavior (CMB). In 2005, the Women's Wellness Project was created, a five-year pilot program conducting contemplative-based training for women working to end domestic violence. This was the basis of what became the Initiative on Transforming Trauma (ITT), which is now the institute's Signature Program on Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
The Dalai Lama visited the Institute in the fall of 2003 and blessed it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Pete |date=2013-04-08 |title=Garrison’s ‘Monastery for the 21st Century’ Celebrates 10th Anniversary |url=https://highlandscurrent.org/2013/04/08/garrisons-monastery-for-the-21st-century-celebrates-10th-anniversary/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Staff and teachers == The Garrison Institute is led by executive director Johnathan Weisner. Teachers and presenters at the Garrison Institute have included Adyashanti, the Dalai Lama, Rajmohan Gandhi, Philip Glass, Daniel Goleman, Mikhail Gorbachev, Paul Hawken, Father Thomas Keating, Sharon Salzberg, Pete Seeger, Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, Peter Senge, Lama Surya Das, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and many others.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Who we are |url=https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/about-us/who-we-are/ |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=The Garrison Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Board of trustees == * Rachel Gutter, Co-chair * Jonathan F. P. Rose, Co-chair * Monica Winsor * Lisette Cooper * Will Rogers, Treasurer * Ruth Cummings * Paul Hawken * Diana Calthorpe Rose * Sharon Salzberg * Daniel J. Siegel * Susan Davis<ref name=":1" />
== External links == * [https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/ Official website]
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