Learn mindfulness meditation and other mindfulness skills that increase nerve connections in brain areas that promote focus, empathy and regulation of emotional reactivity.
Mindfulness means deliberately paying attention to our present experience — the events, sensations, thoughts and feelings that are happening right here, right now, without rejecting the parts that don’t meet our preferences. Mindfulness meditation is an exercise to train the mind to come back to present experience when it wanders off into worries about the future, rehashing of the past or criticism of the present.
The calm attentiveness resulting from mindfulness training can bring more effectiveness and satisfaction to work and relationships, greater ability to be attentively present to those we care about, more tranquility and greater enjoyment of life and our relationship with God.
As a bonus, it improves sleep!
This free workshop series is open to all and led by an experienced mindfulness teacher — John Testerman, MD, PhD, associate professor, department of family medicine, Loma Linda University.
Pre-registration is not necessary. The workshops will take place each Wednesday evening for seven weeks from Oct. 5 through Nov. 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Meetings will convene in the department of psychology building at the southwest corner of Anderson Street’s right-angle turn in downtown Loma Linda — 11130 Anderson St. in the Strutz Library room.
After 5:00 p.m., non-ticketed parking is available in the restricted lot on the corner. However, please enter the building from the front sidewalk near the large electronic time and temperature sign, rather than the parking lot entrance. The Strutz Library is the first door on the left after entering from the sidewalk.
Watch for the small posted signs. Meetings will start and end on time.
For more information, email John Testerman at jtesterman@llu.edu.