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Aboutus
Mindfulness Meditation is a secular meditation method that harnesses the natural human qualities ofawarenessandkindness,bothforyourselfandothers.Ithasbecomeincreasinglypopularamongstudentsasithelpswithconcentration,productivityandstress-reduction.TheMindfulness Society provides a platform to help students to continue practicingmindfulness, or todiscoveritandlearnfromscratch.CambridgeUniversityisoneofthefirstUniversitiesworldwidetoofferfree mindfulness meditation courses to its student and the Mindfulness Society provides an ongoingcommunityforpeoplefromthosecourses,andelsewhere.Everyweekduringtermweofferameditationsessionsledbyanexperiencedteacher.Wealsohavevisitingexpertsinthefieldontopicsspanningfromneuro-science,luciddreaming,Buddhistphilosophy,andmore–aswellasincludingsocialactivitiessuchasmindfuldinnersandmindfulwalks.Atleastonesessionpertermisdevotedtopeopletakingmindfulnessfurther,butotherwise,it’sopentoall.Findus
• CambridgeUnion(BridgeStreet)everyWednesdaynight,7:00-8:30pm.Seetermcardbelow.• OnMoodle:MindfulnessSociety:Resources,EventsandPeople• OnFacebook:CUMindfulnessSociety
FREEMEDITATIONAPP!CheckoutthisMindfulnessappkindlyofferedFREEbyMindPilot.Registerathelp@mindpilot.comwithyourCambridgeUniversityemail
MichaelmasTermCard2017
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CAMBRIDGEUNION,(BridgeStreet)KennedyRoom
Wednesdays7pm–8:30pm
StartofTerm Wednesday4thOctober
The5GoldenPrinciplesforlivingaHappyLifewithDrElizabethEnglish
1 Wednesday11thOctober
Stress-freemeditation!
HowtomeditationmakeenjoyableandavoidextrastresswithDrElizabethEnglish
2 Wednesday18thOctober
PractiseSession:MindfulandEmpathicCommunication
withSimonMcKibben
3 Wednesday25thOctober
PractiseSession:PennyforyourThoughts
withSimonMcKibben
4 Wednesday1stNovember
PracticeSession:GoingDeeperwithSimonMcKibben
4Sunday5thNovember6pm-7pm
MindfulfireworkwalkLeavingfromoutsideTheUniversityCentre(‘Gradpad’)
6pm-7pmwithSuryaLayton
4Sunday5thNovember
7pm
PubSocialattheRoostCafé-Bar(JesusCollege)7pm–10pm
5 Wednesday8thNovember
“Can8weeksofMindfulnessChangeyourbrain?”withDrLeede-Wit
(andDrElizabethEnglish)
6 Wednesday15thNovember
PracticeSession:MindfulRelaxationPractisesforSurviveandThrivewithSimonMcKibben
7 Wednesday22ndNovember
PractiseSession:SharpFocusandPlayfulOpenness
withSimonMcKibben
8
Wednesday29thNovember
“Mindfulnessofsleepanddreams”LuciddreamingwithCharlieMorley
MichaelmasTermCard2017
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StartofTerm(Oct4th)The5GoldenPrinciplesforlivingaHappyLifewithDrElizabethEnglishExploretherelationshipbetweenanopenawarenessandabilitytoexerciseasustainedfocus.Greatforcompletingworkandengagingintasks.ElizabethistheCambridgeUniversityMindfulnessPractitioner,responsiblefortheMindfulnesscoursesofferedfreetoallstudentsattheUniversity(MindfulnessatCam).Week1(Oct11th):Stress-freemeditation!withDrElizabethEnglishEvenmeditationcanbecomeachore,somethingwe"should"do,or“we’renogoodat”.Soit’sreallyimportantthatmeditationisaplacetorelax,findourtruestrengthsandqualities,andlearnhowtochangethoseunderlyingattitudeswhichcreatestress.Discoverthisrefreshinglydifferenttakeonmindfulness.ElizabethistheCambridgeUniversityMindfulnessPractitioner–asabove!Week2(Oct18th):MindfulandEmpathicCommunicationwithSimonMcKibbenConnectwithothers,connectwithyourselfmorefully.Wewillbeexploringthekeycommunicationpractiseofempathy.SimonMcKibbenisaregularteacherwiththeMindfulnessSociety,ateacherofBreathworksmindfulness,andalsocontributestotheUniversityclasses.Week3(Oct25th):PennyforyourThoughtswithSimonMcKibbenLearnhowtofosterahealthyandopenrelationshipwiththinkingandthoughts,soyouhavealifeandarenotheldhostagetoeveryimpulsivethoughtthatarises!SeeaboveforSimon’sdetails.Week4(Nov1st):GoingDeeperPracticeSession(forthosewithsomeexperience)withSimonMcKibbenIfyouhavearegularmeditationpractice(orirregular,butyou'vepractisedforsometime),youmaywanttotakeadeeperandaskparticularquestionsaboutyourownexperience.Socomealongtothisdedicatedsession.SeeaboveforSimon’sdetails.
Week4(Nov5th):Magicalmindfulwalkamongstthefireworks[LeavingfromTheUniversityCentre‘Gradpad’6pm-7pm]Asspontaneousfireworkslightupthenight,walkinserenesilenceinLammasLand,lettingsightsandsoundscomealiveinanewway.Surya’smindfulwalkshavebecomeafeatureofourprogramasshebringsmanyyearsmeditationpracticeintothepracticeof‘Yatra’–mindfuljourneysthroughnature.Suryaisalong-termmeditator,MindfulnessteacherandpractitionerofKinesiology.Week4(Nov5th):PubSocialattheRoostCafé-BarJoinustothePubforsometimeofffromstudyingorresearching.Alsoagoodchanceforthosefollowingthe8WeekcourseattheUniversitytomeetupwiththeotherfellowstudentsattendingthecourse.WearegoingtomeetupatJesusCollegeat7pmtoexploreitsnewbar.Week5(Nov8th):Can8weeksofMindfulnessChangeyourbrain?TalkbyDr.de-Wit,meditationledbyElizabethEnglish.Howmindfulnessinterventionsarehelpingneuroscientiststostudytheplasticityofthehumanbrainbytestinghowextendedperiodsofmindfulnesscaninfluencethesize,activityandconnectivityofdifferentpartsofthebrain.Thisresearchcannotonlyhelpustounderstandhowmindfulnessinfluencesourattentionandcognitionbutalsohowthebrainisabletochangewithextendedperiodsofpractice.DrLeede-WitisTeachingFellowinLanguageandCognitionatUCL..Week6(Nov15th):MindfulRelaxationPracticesforSurviveandThrivewithSimonMcKibbenAddaplethoraofshortmindfulnesstechniquestoyourwellbeingtoolkit,especiallyforwhentimesarechallenging.SeeaboveforSimon’sdetails.Week7(Nov22nd):SharpFocusandPlayfulOpennesswithSimonMcKibbenExploretherelationshipbetweenanopenawarenessandabilitytoexerciseasustainedfocus.Greatforcompletingworkandengagingintasks.SeeaboveforSimon’sdetails.Week8(Nov29th):Mindfulnessofsleepanddreams.LuciddreamingwithCharlieMorleyHowtobemindfulwhenyouaresleepinganddreaming,whyit'soneofthemostfascinatingthingsyoucando–andpotentiallyoneofthemostbeneficial.Charlieisawell-lovedvisitingspeakertotheMindfulnessSociety,andinternationallyacclaimedasateacherofluciddreaming.CheckhimouthereorwatchhisTEDtalk.
