Introduction to mindfulness. What is it and how can we cultivate it?
November 20, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free
When: Wednesday, November 20th, 3:15-4:15pm
Where: Windsor Central Supervisory Union’s Conference room on the campus of the Woodstock Union High School
Cost: FREE and open to the public
Mindfulness is a quality the all humans naturally possess. By cultivating our mindfulness, we learn to use our mind’s natural ability to place itself and remain focused to help us achieve our goals. Meditation teaches us to stop looking outside of ourselves for solutions to challenges and discomfort. Instead, we begin to cultivate our inner strength and wisdom in this very moment. We discover that we each have a natural confidence and resiliency that can be harnessed when we synchronize our mind and body with the present moment. These qualities can help us to cut through old assumptions and outmoded thought patterns and can help us tap into fresh and creative ideas.
About Bruce McClelland
Bruce has been a student of mindfulness meditation for almost four decades. He founded the Tuck Mindfulness Society at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business where he has taught mindfulness training for the last four years. He also teaches at Dartmouth’s department of Information, Technology and Consulting (ITC). He has served as director of practice and education at the White River Shambhala Center in White River Junction, Vermont and has participated as both a student and a teacher in hundreds of meditation classes, retreats and training sessions in Washington D.C., Boston, and Montreal.
This presentation is presented by the Ottauquechee Health Foundation (OHF) in partnership with the Windsor Central Supervisory Union as part of OHF’s Windsor Central Wellness Initiative.
When: Wednesday, November 20th, 3:15-4:15pm
Where: Windsor Central Supervisory Union’s Conference room on the campus of the Woodstock Union High School
Cost: FREE and open to the public
Mindfulness is a quality the all humans naturally possess. By cultivating our mindfulness, we learn to use our mind’s natural ability to place itself and remain focused to help us achieve our goals. Meditation teaches us to stop looking outside of ourselves for solutions to challenges and discomfort. Instead, we begin to cultivate our inner strength and wisdom in this very moment. We discover that we each have a natural confidence and resiliency that can be harnessed when we synchronize our mind and body with the present moment. These qualities can help us to cut through old assumptions and outmoded thought patterns and can help us tap into fresh and creative ideas.
About Bruce McClelland
Bruce has been a student of mindfulness meditation for almost four decades. He founded the Tuck Mindfulness Society at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business where he has taught mindfulness training for the last four years. He also teaches at Dartmouth’s department of Information, Technology and Consulting (ITC). He has served as director of practice and education at the White River Shambhala Center in White River Junction, Vermont and has participated as both a student and a teacher in hundreds of meditation classes, retreats and training sessions in Washington D.C., Boston, and Montreal.
This presentation is presented by the Ottauquechee Health Foundation (OHF) in partnership with the Windsor Central Supervisory Union as part of OHF’s Windsor Central Wellness Initiative.
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