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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.