Opening Minds and Hearts in the Midwest
Cultivating Cultural and Intellectual Humility Through Contemplative Practices
Laura Crosby
Laura is a Contemplative Practice Facilitator at the Center for Mindful Living in Omaha, Nebraska where she facilitates meditation sessions and a mindfulness study group. She has been studying meditation, mindfulness and Buddhism for many years, taking courses with Mindful Schools, Omega Institute and Shambhala Publications. Laura enjoyed a 20-year career in communications and weaves that experience into her engagement with our meditation and mindfulness community. Email Laura
Nebraska, is a variation on the archaic Otoe words Ñí Brásge, pronounced [ɲĩbɾasꜜkɛ], or the Omaha Ní Btháska, pronounced [nĩbɫᶞasꜜka], meaning flat water, after the Platte River flowing through the state. Indigenous peoples, including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux) tribes have inhabited the region. Nebraska is now home to nearly 2 million people and has a large agriculture sector producing beef, pork, wheat, corn, soybeans, and sorghum.
