Colloquia
The Mind and Space colloquium
Miki Nakura with Yoko Kawai
Designer’s Mind Session 2: The Influence of Body and Posture
This session examines the profound interplay between body, posture, breathing, and creative cognition with Miki Nakura, Buddhist minister of the Jodo-Shinshu Shin-Buddhist New York Sangha.
This session will elucidate how aligning the body through practices such as Seiza (non-religious meditation practice) can foster mental tranquility, resilience, and creative liberation. It includes a short practice of Seiza. Join us to experience and understand how physical discipline can fundamentally transform your design perspectives and personal well-being.
The Mind and Space colloquium, organized by Yoko Kawai and taking place across a series of four events throughout the academic year, explores important questions including how our mind perceives space and whether our spaces can influence mental health. The events reflect on contemporary academic conversations on Mind and Space from the conceptual, such as the cultural definition of the self and space, to the scientific, which can be measured. Accordingly, invited speakers join from the fields of philosophy, religion, neuroscience, cognitive science, environmental psychology, and behavioral science.
