What is The Dragon Lab?
Healing the Healers
In Zen tradition the Blue Dragon represents this deepest wisdom, transformation, purity of practice, and the living fire of firsthand experience.
The Dragon Lab offers a new model for healing the healers—uniting science, art, Zen insight and exercise in humanity within a framework of exploration, reflection, and meaningful and creative self-expression. It is a place where the modern physician may once again become present as stewards for mortality’s most intimate moments, no matter how difficult, and build community with other doctors through the sharing of their sacred stories.
The Lab provides a safe space for the exploration of innovative methods and practices to bring healers back to purpose, value, meaning and fulfillment.
Core Streams within The Dragon Lab
DRagon Zen for Doctors
Meditation, and Zen practice designed specifically for physicians and surgeons.
This practice is rooted in the deepest intention for awakening, including breath awareness, mindfulness practices, koan introspection, and subtle art of just sitting. We are also committed to the continuing work of integrating Zen practice into everyday life.
Bringing together the leading minds to present their state-of-the-art methodologies to better manage physician wellbeing and long-term career sustainability. Visionaries from the fields of narrative medicine, reflective medicine, contemplative medicine, and will join with the Lab to share their solutions and insights.
The Counsel of Dragons
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Research projects that experiment with new methods and solutions for meeting the challenges of a disrupted healthcare landscape, and physician burn out.
The Healer's Journey
Through interviews, anonymous submissions, and live gatherings, these stories are transformed into reflections, performances, and podcast episodes that remind us we are heroes of our own healer's journey.
A regular gathering of healers who share their stories of triumph and of defeat, and offer their insights on how to cope with the unique pressures of medicine.
The Dragon Circle
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Retreats & Workshops for the Art of Healing
Dragon Medicine
Workshops, retreats, and educational programs that emphasize creative self-expression, reflection, and reflective writing in order to better understand the human impact of healing on doctor and patient
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