Community Involvement
Center for Mind Body Health is here for the community. In addition to offering our own programs, we get involved in other community events. This page chronicles our past endeavors.
Dr. James Doty at The Compassion Imperative Breakfast
Center for Mind Body Health joined with Compassionate Houston in hosting Dr. James Doty for The Compassion Imperative Breakfast. The breakfast was held at the Briar Club where Dr. Doty spoke about the importance of compassion, the effects it has on the brain and the neuroscience behind meditation and compassionate action.
Compassion for the Holidays
CMBH and Compassionate Houston along with ISH and other organizations hosted Dr. Alejandro Chaoul for The Gift of Compassion, Dec. 6, 2016.
Compassion Week Houston 2016
Dr. Kristen Neff, professor at University of Texas and researcher in self-compassion kicked off Compassion Week in Houston in 2016 at our luncheon.
9/11 Memorial Experience
To commemorate those who lost their lives on 9/11 Compassionate Houston set up a memorial experience involving art related to compassion around the terrible experience of that day in 2001. A poster project with specific untold stories of compassion was presented and the poet laureate spoke shared a poetry reading.