{"id":153889,"date":"2020-01-17T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T18:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=153889"},"modified":"2020-01-23T14:32:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T19:32:27","slug":"mindfulness-course-jump-start-program-begins-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2020\/01\/17\/mindfulness-course-jump-start-program-begins-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness Course & Jump Start Program Begins Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Introduction to Mindfulness & Meditation Course<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>

Learn the practice of mindfulness in a 7-week, non-credit course led by Bill Brooks, a certified meditation teacher through the Meditation Teacher Training Institute. This experience is $15 and participants who attend six or more sessions will receive that money back in the form of a UMW bookstore gift card. Our lives are often overly stimulated. What would happen if we gave ourselves a few minutes each day to stop, and be fully silent and still – to meditate? Research has shown that the practice of mindful meditation can lead to a calm and focused mind. Such a practice helps to reduce stress, enhances self-awareness, and offers a greater sense of inner peace and connectedness with life. This 7-week introductory course is being offered to UMW faculty, staff, and students. It will answer the basic question: What are we doing when we meditate? You will learn about meditation through instruction, discussion and guided practice. Specific training will be provided on obstacles to meditation and how to work with them. Upon completion of this course, you will have the tools and experience needed to continue an independent practice of mindfulness meditation.<\/p>

Spring 2020:<\/strong> Mondays *New day of the week, different from previous semesters!
\n6pm-7:30pm
\nFebruary 10 – March 30 (Excluding Spring Break on March 2)
\n<\/em>Leidecker Center, Trinkle B-39
\n<\/em>Cost:<\/strong> $15 (but get that money back if you attend 6+ sessions!)
\nSign up on our registration site under “Courses”<\/a>.<\/p>

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Jump Start Program<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>

For Your Information: A new collaborative program between Campus Recreation, the Talley Center for Counseling Services, the Student Health Center, and the President’s Council on Wellness is beginning January 27. This is a student-focused program. Learn more about the Jump Start Program in case you know a student who may benefit from this program:<\/p>

This 5-week program is designed to provide students a slow, guided introduction to fitness facilities and programs at UMW. Students will have the opportunity to be introduced to exercise in a less intimidating way by a peer who works for Campus Rec, socialize with others, and get assimilated in a new environment with other UMW students who have similar levels of exercise-familiarity. The group is limited at 12 people, so please register when you are ready to commit.<\/p>

Students from the Talley Center and Health Center can be referred to the Jump Start Program by their clinician. Otherwise, the program is available for any UMW student to join for $15 per 5-week session. Students can sign up at campusrec.umw.edu under “Courses”<\/a> or at the Fitness Center front desk.<\/p>

Once a week, for five weeks, students will meet with their Jump Start Program leaders (two Campus Recreation fitness instructors, Brenna and Sasha) who will spend 60 minutes doing an activity, learning a lesson and having a discussion surrounding the topic of the week. Each lesson will include a worksheet with fitness education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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