Schedule
September 12 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
September 19 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
September 26 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
October 3 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
October 10 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
October 17 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
October 24 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
October 31 12pm-1pm COB 2 290 Judy Marks
For the first half hour, Instruction will be provided in the Science-based Practices for a Meaningful Life, from the Greater Good Science Center's Greater Good in Action curriculum. The second half hour will be a community practice, where all practitioners are invited to join and meditate in their own way. Mindfulness is a basic human quality, a way of learning to pay attention to whatever is happening in your life that allows you a greater sense of connection to your life inwardly and outwardly. Mindfulness is also a practice, a systematic method aimed at cultivating clarity, insight, and understanding.
More than three decades of scientific research at medical centers all over the world suggests that training in mindfulness can positively and often profoundly affect participants' ability to reduce medical symptoms and psychological distress while learning to live life more fully. In the context of your health, mindfulness is a way for you to experientially learn to take better care of yourself by exploring and understanding the interplay of mind and body and mobilizing your own inner resources for coping, growing, and healing.
From the basics of how to get started to dealing with distractions, this introductory course will acquaint you to meditation practice. You will learn how to incorporate this practice into your everyday life and discover how it can positively affect the quality of your life.
Instructor: Judy Marks
Judy has been practicing and training in mindfulness for over 10 years. She has studied Tibetan Buddhism extensively with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dr. Reggie Ray, and Lopon Chandra Easton. Since 2009, Judy has been teaching Mindfulness, Relaxation, and Yoga Courses, mostly in nature. She led mindfulness sections in UC Merced’s Build Your Network Program and yoga for New Employee Orientation. She has facilitated contemplative guided hikes and walks at Wanderlust Yoga Festival and retreats throughout the Sierra Nevada mountains and coastal counties, and has designed and implemented educational retreats and courses across California.
