Events Calendar
02
Oct
Wellness Event
Student-Led Yoga Monday
Student-Led Yoga is intended as a means of making the mental and physical benefits of asanas readily available to all, regardless of where you are on your yogi journey. Expect to move with your breath: this well-balanced Vinyasa flow class intends to get you out of your head and into your body, and modifications will ...
03
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information is available at flu.stanford.edu
03
Oct
Group Coaching
Group Wellness Coaching
Are you eager to make lasting changes in an important area of your well-being? Join a 6-week small group coaching series guided by Stanford wellness coaches. During these interactive sessions, you can share...
03
Oct
Wellness Event
Gentle Yoga Tuesdays
Gentle Yoga Class with Diane Saenz. Suitable for beginners and taught in a precise yet simple manner, gentle yoga is perfect to start or renew a yoga practice. Come and practice yoga foundations such as traditional warm-ups, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and fundamental postures. Learn everything you need to know for a confident self-practice. Open ...
03
Oct
Wellness Event
Food for Thought: Giulio De Leo on Triple Win Planetary Health Innovations in Africa
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by water-borne parasitic worms. More than 250 million people are currently infected, with 90% of cases in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially hosted by water snails, the parasite’s larvae infect people when they come into contact with the contaminated water that rural and poor populations rely upon for their irrigation, washing and ...
03
Oct
Wellness Event
Reflections on Dignity in Palliative Care: The Human Side of Medicine, 33rd Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture, featuring Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov
Join The Center for Biomedical Ethics for the 33rd Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture (hybrid) on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 at 5:30 pm (PT) featuring Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, founder of Dignity Therapy. This year's lecture, titled Reflections on Dignity in Palliative Care: The Human Side of Medicine, promises to be an insightful and edifying event. Dr. Chochinov is a world-renowned expert in ...
04
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center and Vaden Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees, and spouses/domestic partners of students. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information ...
04
Oct
Wellness Event
Parenting the Well-Balanced Child
The webinar has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. We will notify you of any rescheduling as soon as possible. Thank you. Today’s high-pressure, fast-paced culture can interfere with healthy child development. When we are too focused on test scores, rote answers, ...
04
Oct
Wellness Event
Student-Led Yoga Wednesday
Student-Led Yoga is intended as a means of making the mental and physical benefits of asanas readily available to all, regardless of where you are on your yogi journey. Expect to move with your breath: this well-balanced Vinyasa flow class intends to get you out of your head and into your body, and modifications will ...
05
Oct
Wellness Event
Climber Coffee
Join us for our monthly climber coffee meet-up at the Outdoor Center! Meet fellow climbers, enjoy free coffee, and talk about current events in the climbing world. This event is open to all, regardless of experience, on the first Thursday of every month. Bring your own mug!
05
Oct
Wellness Event
Connecting Within Your Stanford Community: Facilitated drop-in LGBTQIA+ groups
This group is for staff, faculty, and post-docs who are Queer-identifying and/or Questioning. We ask that loved ones/family members of LGBTQIA+ access resources specifically available to allies including PFLAG, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, GLSEN, and The Trevor Project. Based on the availability of Help Center staff, group facilitators may or may not be Queer-identifying and/or Questioning. What these ...
05
Oct
Webinar
Science-Based Strategies to Support Your Immune System
The immune system is a marvelously complex set of organs, cells, and chemicals that fight microbes every day. While there are many products, plans, and pills on the market claiming to boost the...
05
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information is available at flu.stanford.edu
05
Oct
Wellness Event
Guided Meditation Thursdays
Evening Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times. All sessions are led by Andy Acker. Open to Stanford Affiliates. Free, no pre-registration is required.
06
Oct
Online Class
Introduction to Yoga Nidra
Learn how to experience a profound state of awareness through the practice of yoga nidra. In this online class, you will be introduced to this ancient form of mindfulness meditation and experience its...
07
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Conservation Program: Volunteer Workday
Help the Stanford Conservation Program improve wildlife habitat by removing invasive stinkwort! Bring a water bottle, clothes you don't mind getting dirty, long sleeves/long pants/closed-toed shoes. We will provide tools and gloves. Meet at the Stanford Avenue entrance to the Dish Hiking Trail.
07
Oct
Wellness Event
IUC 60th Anniversary Event: Interpreting a Changing Japan
Join us on October 7th, 2023 at 10am to celebrate the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC)'s ?? – our 60th Anniversary! You can look forward to an engaging symposium featuring talks from our alumni in a variety of academic areas and professions. Connect with fellow attendees over the latest news from Japan, in ...
07
Oct
Wellness Event
OCD Awareness: Virtual Fireside Chat with Author & Filmmaker Jim Callner
Join us as we converse with Jim Callner about his lived experiences with OCD and the free videos he has created to share ideas about what has helped him personally. A retired college instructor in filmmaking and theatre arts, Callner has received over 35 national and international film festival awards as well as critical acclaim ...
07
Oct
Wellness Event
Interactive Workshop – When Cancer Visits
This interactive workshop will be offerred in person or online streaming. When Cancer Visits is an interactive workshop for cancer patients, their caregivers, healthcare providers, family, and friends. Cancer turns your world and that of your loved ones upside-down. A recent diagnosis, current treatment, recovery from treatment, or adjustment to living with illness all come with ...
10
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information is available at flu.stanford.edu
10
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Cancer Institute Breakthroughs in Cancer: Jennifer Grandis, MD
The Stanford Cancer Institute Breakthroughs in Cancer seminar series is one of the highest-profile seminar series for translational and clinical scientists in oncology. The series brings national leaders in cancer research to Stanford’s campus and highlights innovations across the spectrum of basic, translational, clinical, and population science. The series will be held in person on the second ...
11
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center and Vaden Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees, and spouses/domestic partners of students. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information ...
11
Oct
Online Class
Happy Gut, Happy Life
Are digestive issues interfering with your life? If so, you may be suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disorder that affects your intestines. Signs and symptoms of IBS can include cramping...
11
Oct
In Person Class
Creative Exploration in Nature
The key to developing a closer connection with nature is deliberately enhancing your powers of observation and wonder. A nature journal is a place to grow your thoughts, record your observations, explore your...
12
Oct
Wellness Event
Black Mental Wellness Group
Co-sponsored with the Black Staff Alliance The BSA and the Faculty Staff Help Center extend the theme of wellness throughout the year with the offering of monthly, mental wellness drop-in groups for faculty, staff, retirees, and postdocs who self-identify as African, Black, or of Caribbean descent. The groups aim to be a source of support for Black employees of ...
12
Oct
Webinar
Move More, Sit Less
Research has linked prolonged sitting with a number of health concerns, from obesity and higher blood pressure to an overall greater risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The good news is...
12
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Global Health Fall Kickoff
Please join us for the 2023 Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health Fall Kickoff Event! This annual event brings together the Stanford Global Health community, including students, Global Health Faculty Fellows, and Postdoctoral Affiliates, to celebrate the upcoming year. This is a great chance to reconnect with old friends of the center and meet ...
13
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Conscious Cooking Class on Exploring the Delights of Mumbai Chowpatty Bhel: A Perfect Blend of Flavors
Stanford Conscious Living invites you to our famous "Conscious Cooking" class – a hands-on cooking experience with our celebrity chef & culinary experts – Radha Vallabha. Discover the vibrant flavors of Mumbai Bhel with our exclusive cooking class! Join us for an unforgettable culinary experience where you'll learn to create the iconic street food dish that ...
13
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information is available at flu.stanford.edu
13
Oct
Online Class
Contemplative Skills to Cultivate Individual, Relational, and Community Well-being
Join us for a contemplative practices workshop to deepen your resilience and contribute to the health and well-being of yourself and your community. This online class is offered in conjunction with Stanford’s...
16
Oct
Online Class
Navigating Challenges at Work with Skill and Compassion
The workplace can be a stressful place, as employees juggle competing priorities, race to meet deadlines, and have difficult interactions with managers and co-workers. Although workplaces have traditionally emphasized productivity over all else...
16
Oct
Online Class
Food Trends
Should I still be avoiding carbs? What is the perfect diet - intermittent fasting or the Mediterranean diet? Should I be supplementing with collagen in my smoothie for my protein needs? If you...
16
Oct
Online Class
Traditional Oriental Medicine
This practical introduction to the ancient wisdom of Traditional Oriental Medicine (TOM), also often called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is a five-session online class series in which knowledge and practical self-care skills are...
18
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center and Vaden Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees, and spouses/domestic partners of students. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information ...
18
Oct
Wellness Event
Joseph Gone, “Re-Counting Coup: Communicating Indigenous Vitality in the Age of Historical Trauma,” in conversation with Shashank V. Joshi and Jeremiah Simmons
Re-Counting Coup: Communicating Indigenous Vitality in the Age of Historical Trauma Contemporary American Indians suffer from disproportionately high degrees of psychiatric distress. Mental health researchers and professionals, as well as American Indian community members, have consistently associated these disproportionate rates of distress with indigenous historical experiences of European and Euro-American colonization. ...
18
Oct
Wellness Event
Quick Bytes+: Establishing External and Internal Base Camp: Healthy Achievement Needs Connection, Care and Contemplation
In this interactive presentation, participants will develop an understanding of the emotional regulation systems based on the work of Dan Siegel, Paul Gilbert and Rick Hanson. We will discuss how our neglect of one specific neural system, dubbed the “mammalian caregiving system,'' is at the root of much of our unmanaged stress and distress. Informed ...
18
Oct
Wellness Event
Cancer Early Detection Seminar Series – Dr. Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, PhD
The Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection is committed to fundamental discovery and translation of novel early cancer detection and prognostication strategies. We have brought together scientists, physicians, and engineers to think outside the box to create new solutions for cancer early detection. The Canary Center hosts a seminar series, CEDSS, that presents ...
18
Oct
Wellness Event
Asia-Pacific Digital Health Innovation: Technology, Trust, and the Role of APEC
This event is part of Shorenstein APARC’s fall 2023 seminar series Exploring APEC’s Role in Facilitating Regional Cooperation. Digital health technologies hold great promise to strengthen health systems in the Asia-Pacific region and provide affordable access for remote and vulnerable populations. But what is the evidence about how digital health initiatives work in practice in ...
19
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information is available at flu.stanford.edu
19
Oct
Wellness Event
Innovation and Discovery Expo
Stanford Bio-X and Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance invite you to join us for the inaugural Innovation and Discovery Expo at the Clark Center. Unique to this event is the interactive nature of the presentations, providing the opportunity to dynamically engage with the presenters and their research. Presentation formats include (apply to present): – demonstrations – ...
20
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Introduction to the 2023 Contemplation by Design Summit—Enhancing relationship skills for being a compassionate citizen, community member, colleague, and companion with Tia Rich, PhD
Join us to deepen your reservoir of skills that revitalize you and the people with whom you interact. Learn from leading contemplative science researchers and teachers, while also delighting in developing practices that develop resilience and wise compassion to support individual and societal healing and transformation. In this talk, Tia Rich, PhD, will provide an ...
20
Oct
Wellness Event
Growing Up In Science @ Stanford
Growing Up in Science (GUIS) is back for the 2023-2024 academic year! In most sessions, one faculty member shares the personal side of their individual journey through academia. Occasionally, PhD-holding speakers from outside the academic research environment may also present. The stories focus on the struggles, doubts, weaknesses, and failures we all face as young ...
20
Oct
Online Class
Flourishing Together
Decades of research in social psychology and positive psychology have uncovered two important lessons about happiness and well-being: people can intentionally cultivate these emotions through science-based practices, and social connection is a major...
21
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: In-person Interactive Workshop: “The Power of the Pause” Illuminates the Light Within to Transform Society with Tia Rich, PhD
This workshop is offered at two diferent times—giving you options for attending. Choose to participate from 8:30-9:30am OR from 10:00-11:00am. Location: To be announced Experience how contemplative practices strengthen our capacity to effectively engage in the complex work of creating health and well-being for all individuals, communities, countries, and the planet. “iPause to Thrive, Create, ...
22
Oct
Wellness Event
Contemplation by Design 2023 Keynote—See No Stranger: A Journey into Revolutionary Love with Valarie Kaur, JD, MTS
“The future is dark. Is this the darkness of the tomb—or the darkness of the womb?" Valarie Kaur reframes the present moment in history as one of transition and calls on us to show up in the labor of birthing a beloved community. Through her renowned storytelling, teaching, and embodied inquiry, Valarie will help us ...
23
Oct
Wellness Event
YogaX Contemporary Topics in Yoga: Therapeutics in Healthcare
This advanced training will broaden yoga trainees’ knowledge of contemporary yoga professional topics led by yoga and healthcare experts. Each session will be two and a half hours, including didactics, experiential work and discussion. The purpose of this section of the 300hr training is to introduce yoga teachers to the range of settings and demographics ...
23
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Moral Ecologies and Social Change with Anne Snyder, MPS
What creates a new era? We’re familiar with change induced by outside forces: a technological advance, a natural disaster. But when we as mere mortals wish to shift the norms of a society towards a regenerated common life (less a devolved one), what’s at play when it works? Anne Snyder, editor-in-chief of Comment Magazine and ...
24
Oct
Wellness Event
Precision Psychiatry, Personalized Neuroscience & the Future of Mental Health Treatment
Please join us for the 3rd Annual Precision Mental Health & Wellness Symposium. Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Register here for this in-person event by October 19. We invite Stanford Faculty, Staff, Students, and Affiliates to join us. We have designed an in-person event to facilitate interaction between speakers and attendees. All ...
24
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information is available at flu.stanford.edu
24
Oct
Online Class
Heal Your Posture, Heal Your Back
Do your back, shoulders, and neck hurt during the day and leave you exhausted in the evening? Did you know that the same guidelines that improve your posture can also cure your back?...
24
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: ???????The Power of Self-Compassion with Chris Germer, PhD
Most people are more compassionate toward others than themselves when things go wrong. However, a large body of research shows that self-compassion is broadly associated with well-being, including emotional resilience, healthy life habits, motivation to succeed, and more satisfying personal relationships. What is self-compassion? How does it work? Can it be learned? This talk will ...
24
Oct
In Person Class
Autumn in the Garden – Preserving for Mocktails
Looking for ways to liven up your non-alcoholic drinks? Excited to craft a signature mocktail with ingredients you made yourself? Join us for this hands-on mocktail workshop where we'll discuss principles of drink-making...
24
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: The Mental Health Benefits of Breathwork and Self-Hypnosis with David Spiegel, MD
Traditional stress-management exercises have emphasized a top-down approach—deal better with the stressors and the body will feel better. Breathwork and Self-Hypnosis approach the problem from the body up—change the negative interoception that amplifies stress by focusing on calming the body first. Research has shown that straightforward brief daily breathwork exercises such as cyclic sighing improves ...
25
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Lessons from the ReSource and CovSocial Projects: Ways of addressing a mental health crisis with Tania Singer, PhD
In this talk Tania Singer, PhD will present how to train brain, mind, heart, and social connections taking a social neuroscience perspective and show which benefits the mental training of compassion, mindfulness and other human qualities can have on mental health, resilience, and cooperation. She will present the ReSource Project, a large-scale year-long longitudinal study ...
25
Oct
Wellness Event
Quick Bytes+: The Doing of Being Well – Practicing Skills for Flourishing
A state of well-being is not something you simply get or have. Like a garden, it is something that is cultivated over time AND must be maintained. And like gardening, well-being (aka flourishing) results over time when we practice a variety of health and wellness skills. Join this session to nourish yourself with some yummy ...
25
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Compassionate Wise Action: Cultivating Presence from Cushion to Corporation to Chamber Floor with Michelle Maldonado, JD
As we navigate our environments, form our world views, and create impact, we have choice and agency about how we show up. Our presence, mindset, and heartset matter. In this session, we will explore how to notice, pay attention to, and cultivate our ways of being with intention so that we connect compassion with wisdom and ...
25
Oct
Wellness Event
Free Flu Clinic
Free flu vaccination is available for the Stanford community through the Stanford University Occupational Health Center. Free vaccination eligibility: faculty, staff, students, postdocs, retirees. Spouses/domestic partners of faculty and staff may be vaccinated at cost ($40 fee, cash or check). Bring your Stanford ID More information is available at flu.stanford.edu
25
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop: Practicing Self-Compassion in Daily Life with Chris Germer, PhD
Anyone can become more self-compassionate. We can cultivate self-compassion with contemplative practices like meditation and also by simple acts of kindness in response to stress. What are common obstacles to practice? What are two hidden factors that determine whether self-compassion practice will succeed or not? Participants will learn key principles and practices to bring self-compassion ...
25
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Compassionate Communication: The Art and Science of Getting Along with Thom Bond
Between each observation we make and each thought that we think, there is a moment. With training, we can stop, become aware, and transform a moment of conflict into a moment of understanding. Grounded in the work of Marshall Rosenberg, Werner Erhardt, and Albert Ellis, Thom will share how we can differentiate between disconnecting habitual ...
26
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: From Chauvet Cave to Star Wars: Art, Myth, and a Spiritual Futurism with Netanel Mile-Yépez, DD
Today, as we are often compellingly called to acknowledge the horrors of humanity’s past and the probability of our extinction, we are frequently frightened or shamed into inactivity and despair. However, the exquisitely important call is the one that supports us to recognize what we are, and acknowledges the spiritual import of our evolution, looking ...
26
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #1 Giving and Receiving Compassion with Chris Germer, PhD
This guided meditation uses the in-breath as a reminder to include ourselves in the circle of our compassion. It can be practiced as a formal meditation or in daily life, especially in the midst of challenging relationships. Another name for this meditation is, “In for me, out for you,” and it is one of three ...
26
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #2, Breathing Practices for Mental Health and Well-being, David Spiegel
Brief breathwork exercises such as cyclic sighing and self-hypnosis stress management exercises will be demonstrated. The capacity to rapidly regulate somatic response to stressors by inducing self-soothing physical responses — ‘rest and digest’ rather than ‘fight or flee’— will be explored. A cognitive mindset of focusing on what you are for rather than fighting what ...
26
Oct
Wellness Event
Quick Bytes+: The REST of Your Life: Why The Soothing System May Be the Key to Increased Intelligence, Creativity and Compassion
When you're not working, do you feel “lazy?” Do you remember when the “break” in Winter Break or Summer Break meant something? Did you know that there is more than one type of rest and ironically, not all of them leave you feeling rested? Join us to gain a deeper understanding of the integrative nature ...
26
Oct
Webinar
Breathing to Reduce Anxiety and Improve Health and Well-Being
The simple act of breathing is something we all do every day, yet most of us give it little to no thought. Both ancient wisdom and modern research indicate that breathing is much...
26
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop: The Art and Science of Getting Along: The Experience, Thom Bond
This informative, inspiring workshop introduces a revolutionary way of thinking and speaking that is spreading around the world, bringing peace and connection to relationships everywhere. In this workshop Thom will guide us through a process of learning, understanding, and slowing down to ultimately experience the beauty and practical application of needs awareness. This workshop ...
27
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #3 Charis Meditation (Charis, Greek for “Grace”), Netanel Miles-Yépez, DD
Charis Meditation is a two part meditation process that is meant to serve as the foundation of one's spiritual life, especially for those without a specific religious or spiritual affiliation. Charis (care-iss) is the Greek for 'grace,' and refers here to the receptive openness of the technique in which grace is emphasized over effort. This ...
27
Oct
Webinar
Exploring the Benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA)
Are you looking for a smart, tax-advantaged approach to safeguarding your finances against medical expenses? A Health Savings Account, or HSA, allows you to save pre-tax dollars to pay for qualified medical expenses...
27
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: The Courage of Contemplative Connections with Furyu Nancy Schroeder
By drawing on the insights that have come from living my adult life in a Zen Buddhist community, Schroeder will be addressing the value of intimate relationships in discovering how we can live in harmony together on this precious Earth. She will draw on teachings from the Buddhist tradition for the cultivation of intimate relationships ...
27
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: The Bodhisattva with Boundaries: The Paradox of Selflessness and Self-Care with Mei Elliott
This lecture is part one in a two-part series that uses Buddhist teachings to explore the interface between a healthy sense of self and the experience of "not-self" that is grounded in emptiness. This lecture will use Nagarjuna’s two truths to provide foundational teachings on the Bodhisattva’s selfless activity and how the Buddha himself presented ...
27
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #4 Practicing with the Emptiness of Self, Mei Elliott
During this meditation, participants will be guided through a simple practice that points to the selfless nature of present moment experience. This workshop is part of a five-session series on Buddhist teachings offered by Mei Elliott and Kodo Conlin as part of the annual Stanford Contemplaion by Design Summit. Attendees are encouraged to reigster for ...
27
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: The Healing Power of Embodied Connection with Oneself and with Other People with Elysabeth Williamson
Principle-Based Partner Yoga™ extends and builds upon the forms and principles of traditional yoga by incorporating the presence of another person as one’s partner while one engages in practice. This unique shared, mutually beneficial practice deepens the contemplative experience. This style of Partner Yoga awakens our human potential through the integration of universal principles ...
28
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop: The Paramita Pyramid: Practices for Cultivating Wisdom and Compassion with Mei Elliott and Kodo Conlin
This workshop provides participants with an opportunity to explore the dynamic union between the mature self and selflessness. Engaging the Buddhist practices of the six perfections (paramitas) through structured journaling and group reflection, participants will deepen their understanding of how to integrate these powerful practices into daily life. This workshop is part of a series ...
28
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop: Finding Your Seat as Self and Community with Furyu Nancy Schroeder
In this workshop, Schroeder will be offering foundational teachings from the Buddhist tradition that underlie communal living. In particular the teaching of the Two Truths…a relative truth and an ultimate truth. The relative truth gives us a structure for working together in the human world and the ultimate truth a pathway to release from the ...
28
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop Exploring Embodied Connection through Doing Partner Yoga with Elysabeth Williamson
We all want to truly see and be seen in our authentic nature. Invite a friend, family member or partner to join you in this nurturing practice that expands our definition of what true intimacy (in-to-me-see) is. As we are guided in new ways to experience embodied connection with others, our self-awareness expands. We experience ...
28
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Becoming Radiance: Six Practices for Selflessness and Compassionate Action with Kodo Conlin
Building upon Mei Elliott’s Oct. 27 lecture, The Bodhisattva with Boundaries, this lecture continues to use Buddhist teachings to explore the interface between a healthy sense of self and the experience of "not-self" that is grounded in emptiness. What practices are available for the development of a dynamic union between emptiness and a mature self? ...
28
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #5 Nourished by Tenderness: Practicing with Loving-Kindness for Self with Kodo Conlin
Practicing with Loving-Kindness for Self In this guided meditation with Kodo Conlin, participants will practice a gentle approach to metta (Loving-Kindness) meditation, emphasizing an attitude of care, sympathy, and well-being This workshop is part of a series on Buddhist teachings. Attendees are encouraged to reigster for one or all of the sessions: –The Bodhisattva with ...
28
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Ancient Wisdom, Present Freedom: How mindfulness becomes natural in meditation and in life with Will Kabat-Zinn, MA
You have learned many skills in your life that have become so natural to you that you may not even think about them as skills, few of these activities were natural or intuitive to you when you first started to learn them. In this lecture we will explore how mindful awareness, the liberating quality that ...
29
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: UPW: Love as Meditation: Devotional Poetry and the Contemplative Practice of Love with Kenneth Lee
Exploring meditation through the perspective of Bhakti (Hindu Devotional traditions), we delve into the aesthetics of devotional poetry and song as a contemplative practice. Utilizing poetic language to describe the object of contemplation and music to draw the senses, we explore the poetic writings of theologians from the Bhakti traditions focusing the mind and senses ...
29
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: UPW Guided Practice: Kirtan, bhajan and abhanga: An Introduction to the contemplative practice of Indian devotional music with Kenneth Lee
Kirtan, or keertan, is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story, specifically in Indian religions. It also refers to a genre of religious performance arts, connoting a musical form of narration or shared recitation, particularly of spiritual or religious ideas, native to the Indian subcontinent. With roots in ...
29
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #6 Back-to-Back Sacrum Connection (partner yoga), Elysabeth Williamson
We all want to truly see and be seen in our authentic nature. Invite a friend, family member or partner to join you in this nurturing guided practice that expands our definition of what true intimacy (in-to-me-see) is. As we are guided in new ways to experience embodied connection with others, our self-awareness expands. We ...
29
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop: Everyday Mindfulness with Will Kabat-Zinn, MA
Is it possible for mindful awareness to become an organic and natural ingredient in all that we do? Is it possible to live with awareness in such a way that it becomes as natural to us as reading or driving or tying our shoes? What about in moments of great stress, crisis, or habituation? In ...
29
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Mindfulness, Indigenous Prophecy, and the Time of the Sixth Sun with Brenda Salgado, MS
Indigenous traditions of mindfulness, sacred relationship, and working with breath and energy are precious gifts from our Ancestors. In this talk, Brenda Salgado will share about the Time of the Sixth Sun, and Toltec teachings and calendar to help us better understand and navigate the turbulence and change we now are experiencing as a human ...
30
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #7, Practicing Finding Your Seat as Self and Community with Furyu Nancy Schroeder
Seated meditation is the cornerstone of Soto Zen Buddhism as taught by San Francisco Zen Center’s Japanese founder, Shunryu Suzuki-roshi. The instruction is simple and yet… This iPause Guided Practice is the third part of a three session series taught by Furyu Nancy Schroeder. Attendees are welcome to register for one or all three sessions ...
30
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Embodying Beloved Community with Gabriel Wilson, MEd
This talk will explore the spiritual and personal development dimensions of Beloved Community, as particularly espoused and lived through the example of late US congressman John Lewis. We’ll inquire into (1) our polarized culture (2) beloved community as an antidote to us-them dynamics (3) practices that can grow us into instruments of beloved community. This ...
30
Oct
Webinar
The Art of Giving Back
Many people participate in volunteer efforts to support the causes they care about and make a positive impact in their communities. But did you know that serving as a volunteer can also positively...
30
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me with The Very Rev. Michael Battle, PhD
Westerners may find Ubuntu—an African concept of personhood— a strange word with perhaps an even stranger meaning. Emphasizing the communal and contemplative dimension of human identity, the concept of Ubuntu (pronounced oo-BOON-too) of necessity poses a challenge to persons accustomed to thinking of themselves as individuals. Contemplate a fish trying to understand what it means ...
30
Oct
Online Class
Relaxing Into Sleep
Discover how the simple practice of mindfulness can help transform your lifestyle habits in order to set the stage for a peaceful night's sleep. In this three-session online class, we will review core...
30
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #8, Inclusive Awareness and the Open Way with Will Kabat-Zinn, MA
There are two ways to find inner stability in meditation, one is by letting one’s attention be absorbed in a single object, the breath, or an inner image. The other way is to allow all experiences to be welcomed in awareness so that there is no tension that comes with trying to stay with an ...
30
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop: Evolving Worldviews with Gabriel Wilson, MEd
Gabriel will guide you through the Evolving Worldview’s process, a tour of four key worldviews: the ego centric, the ethnocentric, the world centric and the cosmic centric worldview. You’ll learn about the genius and limitations of each worldview, and how it can help you navigate the perspectives operating in yourself as well as in the ...
30
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause #9: Cultivating your Inner Wisdom and Intuition with Helen Weng, PhD
Learn meditation practices to access your inner wisdom by compassionately listening to your inner voice and body. Come to this practice with a certain question or issue in mind, and see if creating the space for deep listening to your body provides clarity and guidance. This keynote is part of a two-session series featuring Helen ...
31
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #10, Practicing Ubuntu with The Very Rev. Michael Battle, PhD
In this guided meditation using the spiritual practice of Ignatian Examen, we contemplate the most basic elements of Ubuntu. We begin by recalling our personal identity (i.e. personal characteristics, racial and cultural identities and socio-economic abilities) in the presence of God. We then move toward recalling our interpersonal identity in the presence of God, how ...
31
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Self-transformation through Contemplative Experience: A Neurobiological Perspective with David Vago, PhD
Evolutionary, contemplative, neurobiological, and clinical perspectives inform the phenomenology and function supporting the act of being a self in the world. Together, we will explore the multifaceted nature of the 'self' and its role in our interactions with the world around us. The 'self' is not a singular, unchanging entity, rather it is a dynamic, ...
31
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2023: Healing with the Ancestors – Toltec Practices for Intergenerational Flourishing with Brenda Salgado, MS
Toltec and indigenous traditions have a deep understanding of the importance of cultivating relationships with our Ancestors in order for us and future generations to heal, flourish and thrive. For many in modern society, we don't always know how to work with ancestors, may not know their names or stories, yet we still carry strong ...