Mind Lab Projects
Projects within the CCR’s Mind Labs program fall into the following categories:
Infrastructure
Renovating existing structures, including mind lab dwellings to host contemplatives-in-training for full-time retreat, and shared community buildings
Construction of new dwellings
Maintenance and safety investments, ensuring conducive environment for contemplative science
Contemplative Training Curriculum
Curriculum development and implementation for long-term retreatants, tailored to support progression in advanced contemplative training
Operations
Refining retreatant support processes, ensuring the needs of contemplative practitioners are well met
Community Support
Collaborating with the Crestone community in protecting and nourishing our special environment
Active Projects
A renovation to create a mind lab dwelling for short-term retreat, available to visitors
Keep CCR Crestone’s dwellings, gathering areas, and infrastructure safe and optimally functional to ensure a supportive setting for contemplative science.
Repairing and expanding our communal practice and teaching building
A six- to eight-year training program in the theory and intensive practice of contemplative methods designed to reach a path of irreversible transformation
Related Resources
Get a PhD in Contemplative Science
Rationale for the Establishment of a Network of Contemplative Observatories
What is a Contemplative Research Observatory?
