An Appeal for Everyone
We’re on a mission to make mindfulness second nature in Jackson Hole.
Years ago, in a public meeting where tensions were high, I watched people talk at and over each other, dissolving any hope of better understanding. As I sat in the dense emotional contagion, I thought how different the room would be if everyone were armed with better tools for engaging with focus, empathy, and awareness.
We’re asking for your Old Bill’s donation of any size, for your continued partnership in walking this path. With your help, we can put mindfulness tools into the workplaces and the board rooms, the public meetings, and the operating rooms. Why does this matter? Because a mindful community functions more effectively with deeper compassion and better connection and greater resilience. Put simply, it’s a better place to live – for everyone.
Look at what you’ve helped achieve in our very first year of operation:
Our online audience opened more than 225,000 emails, newsletters, and blog posts.
We logged 7,500 minutes in live guided mindfulness practices.
100 local leaders from businesses and nonprofits, civic institutions, and social services organizations participated in four-weeks of intensive mindfulness training.
Eight trainees – from education, healthcare, business, the police department, the Latinx community, et al - spent six months learning to deliver mindfulness to their colleagues.
A first-of-its-kind research project conducted here by our chief science advisor, Dr. Amishi Jha showed our work works! Participants reported significantly better emotional balance, cognitive performance, and workplace productivity than the control group.
First Annual TRYathlon: Fitness for Body & Mind held at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort engaged nearly 300 local residents and business owners/managers committed to whole wellness for our community.
This fall we will begin an intensive and customized training for first responders and law enforcement and turn our attention to a two-day forum for the community in 2022, hosting global neuroscience experts and local leaders working to improve how we interact with each other and increase awareness of the value in those connections.
Let’s grow together, Jackson Whole. You’ve proven how far we can go if we go together. Thank you for considering Becoming Jackson Whole when you make your OBFR donation this year.
With gratitude,
Sara