Stephanie Shorter

Stephanie Shorter PhD was trained as a sensory neuroscientist and cortical electrophysiologist, and has long been interested in perception, cognition and consciousness.

She is a seeker who embraces yoga as her tool of individual transformation on her path towards being an agent of social transformation. Stephanie left her career in traditional academia in 2006 to devote her science and writing skills to promoting contemplative practice.

She was recently named as the Director of Research and Publications for the Yoga Care Foundation, a research and service non-profit based in Austin, Texas.

Transformative Technology: A New Pulse

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Winslow Strong couldn’t resist the pull. He felt driven to use his knowledge of technology to help people improve their […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2016
By Nichol Bradford, Stephanie Shorter

The Gift of Life

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Awakening to life and becoming such a channel can often ask unexpected things in our own evolution. Along the way, somewhat like the butterfly in metamorphosis, we cannot yet see what we are becoming.

Published in Spring | Summer 2015
By Nancy B. Roof, Stephanie Shorter

Kosmos Global Ambassador Program

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Kosmos is pleased to announce our Global Ambassador program, a new outreach to educate and empower people to become socially engaged for the global common good. This small but growing group of volunteers—all international travelers in their careers—use our journal to start conversations and inspire others to contribute to the global commons movement. Much more than magazine distribution, this program is about sharing the hopefulness of a new world community. As you will see below, Ambassadors serve in their own unique ways, wherever their paths go.

Published in Spring | Summer 2010
By Stephanie Shorter

Building Bridges as a Kosmos Global Ambassador

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When you authentically connect with someone or deeply resonate with an idea, you touch in the center, like a bridge has newly formed. Sometimes these are external bridges—connections that others can see. At other times, they are internal rewiring, a revolution of thought. As a Kosmos Global Ambassador, in my own small way, I build bridges. Our current institutions are crumbling and we stand at the edge of radical change. Bridging our inner and outer worlds is critical to our survival and skillful transformation.

Published in Fall | Winter 2011
By Stephanie Shorter

Images and Voices of Hope World Summit 2009

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Images and Voices of Hope (IVOH) is an organization that celebrates media professionals who are bearers of hope and brighten the sense of possibilities in all of us. Their goal is to host reflective conversations—about 50 so far—on the impact of images and stories portrayed in the global media.

Published in Fall | Winter 2010
By Stephanie Shorter