Blake Hestir

Blake Hestir lives in Fort Worth, Texas, the unceded sacred ancestral land of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. He is professor of philosophy and the associate director of CALM Studies at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. He is director and co-founder of The Mind Body Ecology Institute and a member of the Flourishing Academic Network, and an advisor for the Dallas Movement Collective. His teaching and scholarship are in the areas of ancient Greek philosophy, philosophy of mind, and phenomenology, as well as ecology and contemplative research.

His current work is a philosophical inquiry into how inner transformation may be cultivated through expanding worldviews, mindsets, and values combined with nature-centered embodiment and meditation practices to deepen understanding of interdependence, foster equity, and promote collective flourishing.

He currently teaches the introductory courses Mind Consciousness Self  and The Art and Science of Flourishing, as well as Mindfulness and Modern Life. And he offers the upper-level courses Mind Body Ecology, Existentialism, and Self and Sustainability.