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Conscious Money with Patricia Aburdene

Patricia Aburdene discusses Conscious Money with David Germano, director of the U.Va. Contemplative Sciences Center.

When
March 19, 2015 (4:00pm to 5:00pm)
Where
CitySpace-Piedmont Council for the Arts
See map: Google Maps
Speaker Series: Curbing Attentional Lapses with Mindfulness Training with Amishi Jha

Amishi Jha is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Miami, and director of contemplative neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, prior to which she was an assistant professor at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.

When
February 18, 2015 (3:00pm to 4:30pm)
Where
Gilmer Hall 190
See map: Google Maps
The 2015 Wisdom & Well-Being Speaker Series
The recent explosion of research in improving well-being and life satisfaction can help us create a more meaningful life, more enjoyment from work, and communities that foster wisdom & well-being for all.
When
January 16, 2015 (12:00pm to 1:00pm)
Where
Jordan Hall Conference Center Auditorium
See map: Google Maps
Speaker Series: Catching the Wandering Mind: Using Meditation to Investigate Neural Shifts between Attention and Distraction

This talk will describe a basic model of naturalistic cognitive fluctuations between mind wandering and attentional states derived from the practice of focused attention meditation. 

When
November 20, 2014 (12:30pm to 1:30pm)
Where
Claude Moore Nursing School Room G010
See map: Google Maps
Health and Healing from Within on Nov. 17 with Hiromi Johnson

 Free Pop-up T'ai Chi Classes with Hiromi Johnson of Hiromi T'ai Chi

When
November 17, 2014 (3:15pm)
Where
Health and Healing from Within on Nov. 10 with Hiromi Johnson

 Free Pop-up T'ai Chi Classes with Hiromi Johnson of Hiromi T'ai Chi

When
November 10, 2014 (3:15pm)
Where
108 Sun Salutations: Yoga for a Cause

Pop-up yoga session in the Ampitheatre benefitting "Help Save the Next Girl."

When
November 7, 2014 (3:00pm to 4:00pm)
Where
Ampitheatre
See map: Google Maps
Speaker Series with Cliff Saron: Scientific Investigation of Contemplative Practice: What Can We Capture and What Does the World Make of it?

This talk will summarize our ongoing investigation regarding the ways in which attentional, emotional and physiological processes are modified over the course of three months of intensive full-time training in meditative quiescence (Shamatha) and emotional balance (loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity) taught by Alan Wallace, in a longitudinal randomized wait-list controlled study known as “The Shamatha Project.”

When
November 3, 2014 (12:00pm)
Where
Tentative: Claude Moore Nursing School Room G120
See map: Google Maps
Live Sonima Tour featuring Caroline Jones and Stedman Graham

U.Va. 's McIntire Department of Music and Contemplative Sciences Center present the Live Sonima Tour. 

When
October 23, 2014 (7:00pm)
Where
Old Cabell Hall
See map: Google Maps
Speaker Series: Jhanas - Buddhist Meditative Absorptions in Modern Times with Leigh Brasington

This talk will discuss these altered states of consciousness as described in the suttas of the Pali Canon, present basic instructions for entering them, discuss their role, and contrast the Sutta Jhanas with other jhanic schemes found in later Theravadan literature.

When
September 29, 2014 (4:00pm to 5:30pm)
Where
Monroe Hall 118
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