Sharing the “gift of self-awareness,” Dr. Deepak Chopra, a pioneer in meditation and alternative medicine, and Dr. Rudy Tanzi, a professor of neurology at Harvard, offered insights on happiness, fulfillment and good health that they have gathered from researching the human brain. In presentations to students, faculty and parents for the Lower, Middle and Upper schools, Dr. Chopra urged students to consider self-reflection and meditation important parts of their education and growth. After becoming disenchanted with the Western medicine he studied and practiced, Dr. Chopra turned to transcendental and alternative medicine and, ultimately, to meditation. He believes that happiness, health and fulfillment can be found internally. Dr. Tanzi’s research career includes discovery and isolation of the genes that lead to Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Wilson’s diseases. The two have co-written two best-selling books, Super Brain and Super Genes, and are working on their third.
“Smart people don’t necessarily achieve great success if they are just smart. Smart people who also know how to connect emotionally; who know how to offer hope, or trust, or stability, or compassion—or are not ashamed of love—they are the people who reach their full potential and have great passion for life.” — Dr. Deepak Chopra