By Professor Eric Loucks, Director, Mindfulness Center at Brown
The Mindful College Student Book
Based on the popular Mindfulness-Based College (MBC) program at Brown University, this book offers powerful skills to increase academic success and boost mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health—now and for a lifetime.
Ever since I can remember, a part of me was highly drawn towards a spiritual existence, but I lived unconsciously for most of my life due to my deep conditioning.
Lynn Koerbel, MPH, and a team at the International Mindfulness Integrity Network (IMI Network) doing important work for Mindfulness Programs and Teaching.
Watch an excerpt, on “Mindful Politics”, from the Watson Institute Master of Public Affairs Speaker Series titled “Election Debrief with Congressman Tim Ryan.” The talk by Congressman Ryan was cosponsored by the Mindfulness Center at Brown University.
I am delighted to announce that Dr. Shufang Sun has joined the Mindfulness Center and the International Health Institute as an Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
It is a great pleasure to share that Patricia Holland, BSW, MS, has been promoted to Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
To ensure depth and fidelity in teaching for MBSR teachers, the Mindfulness Center at Brown is committed to high standards of training, assessment and integrity.
“I have to say to you… I have decided to stick to love. I know that love is ultimately the ONLY answer to the problems of humanity. I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love.”
– Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dear friends, colleagues, and members of the Mindfulness Center Community,
The Mindfulness Center at Brown recently received a National Institutes on Aging (NIA) grant (R24AG065174) designed to foster research to reverse/remediate the effects of early life adversity (e.g. abuse, neglect, poverty, racial discrimination, etc.) in mid- and later-life, and welcome scientists to apply for pilot funding through the Reversibility Network program.
I am delighted to share that Lynn Koerbel has been appointed Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health.
It is a pleasure to share that Florence Meleo-Meyer has received an appointment as Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
The Synergies between Mindfulness and Loving-kindness
Éowyn Ahlstrom, MEd, Assistant Director, Community and Online Programs and Instructor
“The starting place for a radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness,” according to renowned author and pioneering meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an effective, scientifically researched method for reducing physical and psychological suffering while building resilience, balance, and peace of mind.
Cultivating mindfulness offers possibilities and potential for living life in new ways; for learning new skills and wholly new ways of working with and befriending your mind.