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Mindfulness Lectures at UW
Approach 2016 Mindfully
Free public lecture
Mindful Cultivation: Growing Happiness, Compassion, Resilience, and Other Inner Strengths
Presented by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Tuesday March 22, 2016
7:00 – 8:30pm
Kane Hall 130
Dr. Hanson will sign books after his presentation
Abstract
We grow happiness, compassion, resilience, and other inner strengths in ourselves and our children by turning passing experiences of them into lasting changes in the brain. Unfortunately, most beneficial experiences wash through us like water through a sieve, while stressful, painful experiences “stick” due to the brain’s negativity bias. Mindfulness of passing mental states is not enough: this talk will explore how to deepen an embodied intimacy with beneficial experiences – without clinging to them – to increase their encoding in neural networks. Then daily life at home, at school, and in clinical settings is full of opportunities for lasting healing, growth, and transformation.
About the Presenter
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books include Hardwiring Happiness (in 14 languages), Buddha’s Brain (in 25 languages), Just One Thing (in 14 languages), and Mother Nurture. He edits the Wise Brain Bulletin and has several audio programs. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he’s been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. His work has been featured on BBC, CBS, and NPR, and he offers the free Just One Thing newsletter with over 110,000 subscribers, plus the online Foundations of Well-Being program in positive neuroplasticity.
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Be in the moment with your child
Mindfulness in Parenting: Infusing Everyday Parenting Moments with Mindfulness
Presented by Liliana Lengua, Ph.D.
4 weekly sessions, 1.5 hours each
Monday 2/22, 2/29, 3/7, 3/14 2016 6:30-8pm
Cost $70 before Feb 1; $75 Feb 1 and after
Meet the Instructor
Dr. Liliana Lengua, Child Psychologist, Psychology Professor and Director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being will lead this 4-week training on evidence-based mindful parenting, including tools for brining mindfulness into your everyday interactions with your child.
Using best practices in parenting is challenging for most parents, particularly when families are experiencing stress or disruptions from economic or work challenges, family conflict, mental health issues, divorce, bereavement, or other stressful life circumstances, or when dealing with temperamentally challenging children. Parents who can adopt mindfulness practices might be better able to engage in effective parenting and positive interactions with their children. Dr. Lengua will interweave mindfulness practices with best parenting practices that can be used in every-day interactions between parents and children to enhance parents’ effectiveness and satisfaction in interacting with their children.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn best parenting practices of warmth, consistency, and scaffolding
- Use mindfulness practices to increase use of best parenting practices
- Use mindfulness practices to be present, calm and wise-minded
- Combine specific parenting and mindfulness practices when interacting with children.
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Spring into mindfulness
Below are several upcoming classes for the spring and summer, registration opens mid-February.
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 8-Week Course, taught by Elizabeth Lin, MD, MPH
March 28 to May 16, Mondays 6:00 – 8:30pm, retreat on Sunday May 1 from 9:00am – 3:30pm - Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course; taught by Richard Berger, MD
March 29 to May 17, Tuesdays 6:30 – 9:00pm, retreat on Sat 5/7 (time TBD) - Mindfulness Self Compassion 8-Week Course, taught by Elizabeth Lin, MD, MPH
March 30 to May 18, Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:30pm, retreat on Saturday April 30 from 1pm – 5pm - Cultivating Happiness: A Mindfulness-Based Path; taught by Richard Berger, MD
March 31 to May 19, Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:00pm, retreat on Sat 5/7 (time TBD) - Mindful Body Awareness for Self-Care: Interoceptive Tools for Practicing Health Care Professionals and their Clients; taught by Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMP
April 15, 2016, 10:00am – 5:00pm - Mindfulness 101 for Teens; taught by Anne Hollar, M.Ed
April 24 to June 5, Sundays 4:00 – 5:15pm, no class on 5/29 - Compassion Cultivation Training; taught by Maya Nadar
July 7 to August 25, Thursdays 6:00 – 8:00pm
Stay tuned for more announcments and registration to open
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