Mindfulness-Based Programs Offered at UCSD
For those in Southern California, UCSD offers a a diverse menu of options to explore and experience mindfulness:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): This is the “crown jewel” of mindfulness programs, both at UCSD and across the planet and consists of an initial orientation/information session, eight weekly classes and one daylong “mini-retreat) on a weekend. Read more about MBSR on our website. All participants receive a free copy of The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl and Elisha Goldstein.
Mindfulness for Teens: Adapted from the MBSR program and focused on the unique needs and demands on teens today, this 5-week program (each session is about 90 minutes) is intended to provide teens with the skills and attitudes to contend with their busy lives with practical and engaging exercises and practices suited to their unique lifestyles.
Mindful Eating, Conscious Living: Exploring the intersection of mindfulness, eating, food and physical health, this 4-week experiential workshop is intended to target this one aspect of our experience that poses particularly unique challenges and opportunities.
Mindfulness, Meditation and Yoga: This once-a-month 90 minute workshop (held on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 9-10:30 am) is an opportunity for people to explore how meditation and yoga relate to one another and how both facilitate and support a mindfulness practice. Each session will explore a different aspect of this complex and healing combination.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Schedule
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Day/Start Date |
Day/Time |
Teacher(s) |
All-Day Session |
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January 10, 2012 |
Tuesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Amy Holte & Lorraine Hobbs |
Sunday, February 26, 2012 |
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January 11, 2012 |
Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Allan Goldstein |
Sunday, February, 26, 2012 |
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January 12, 2012 |
Thursdays, 9-11:30 am |
Luis Morones |
Sunday, February 26, 2012 |
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March 13, 2012 |
Tuesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Steve Hickman & Allan Goldstein |
Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
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March 14, 2012 |
Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Lois Howland & Adele Josepho |
Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
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March 14, 2012 |
Wednesdays, 9:30-Noon |
Deborah Rana & Livia Walsh |
Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
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May 15, 2012 |
Tuesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Amy Holte & Lorraine Hobbs |
Sunday, July 1, 2012 |
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May 16, 2012 |
Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Allan Goldstein & Janice Goldfarb |
Sunday, July 1, 2012 |
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May 17, 2012 |
Thursdays, 9-11:30 am |
To Be Announced |
Sunday, July 1, 2012 |
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July 17, 2012 |
Tuesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Amy Holte |
Sunday, September 2, 2012 |
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July 18, 2012 |
Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Allan Goldstein |
Sunday, September 2, 2012 |
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July 18, 2012 |
Wednesdays, 9:30-Noon |
Steve Hickman & Livia Walsh |
Sunday, September 2, 2012 |
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September 18, 2012 |
Tuesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Luis Morones & Allan Goldstein |
Sunday, November 4, 2012 |
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September 19, 2012 |
Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm |
Lois Howland & Adele Josepho |
Sunday, November 4, 2012 |
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September 21, 2012 |
Thursdays, 9:00-11:30 |
Deborah Rana |
Sunday, November 4, 2012 |
Mindfulness For Teens Schedule
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Day/Start Date |
Teacher(s) |
Location |
Mini-Retreat |
Register |
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Teens |
Lorraine Hobbs |
To Be Announced |
Closed |
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Mindful Eating Program Schedule
2012 Schedule To Be Announced
Mindfulness, Meditation & Yoga “2nd Saturday” Workshops
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Day/Date |
Teacher(s) |
Location |
Register |
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Saturday, 1/14/12 |
Amy Holte |
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Hope you don’t mind this very different take on mindfulness and MBSR
In its essence, mindfulness changes how we ‘want’, but in spite of the explosion of research on the neuroscience of mindfulness, a neurological definition of wanting has never been incorporated in any of this research literature. A major reason may be the predominant use of brain imaging (fmri) to observe the minds of mindfulness practitioners. Since the fmri only measures brain activity through the proxy of changes in blood flow within the brain, it cannot measure the biochemical correlates to wanting that are independent of neural blood flow. Indeed, because ‘wanting’ processes in the brain involve small arrays of cells within the midbrain, the fmri is as useful in observing wanting as the Mount Palomar telescope is in observing sub-atomic particles. In other words, it’s the wrong tool for the problem at hand.
Below is a link to the first explanation of mindfulness that is derived from the neuroscience of wanting. Based on the work of and endorsed by the behavioral neuroscientist Kent Berridge of the University of Michigan, it provides a very short, simple and new explanation of mindfulness that justifies it in a most unusual way, as well as providing a simple explanation why mindfulness is so effective as an antidote to tension or ‘stress’.
I hope you find it of interest.
http://mezmer.blogspot.com/2011/11/mindfulness-and-wanting.html
Cheers!
A J Marr