Mindfulness and Meditation in Daily Living: Summer Book Club

Find quiet reflective moments in your life—and reduce your stress levels drastically. When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 1 million copies to date. Thirty years later, Wherever You Go, There You Are remains a foundational guide to mindfulness and meditation, introducing readers to the practice and guiding them through the process. The author of over half a ...

Orchestra of Life: Expanding Awareness Through Music

  Program Overview The Orchestra of Life: Enhancing Awareness Through Music is an immersive exploration of the masterpieces of the symphony orchestra. Not your usual music appreciation class, this course leads students through a series of activities designed to enhance their awareness of what they hear and how they experience music. Each class session will focus on one major orchestral work and one minor work. Students will discover how to develop their own music library and how to create playlists. This journey ...

Facing Our Mortality with Grace and Skill

Program Overview In our society, end of life is a difficult subject to discuss. Join Duke Integrative Medicine’s Medical Director, Susan Blackford, MD, and Jeff Brantley, MD, founder of Duke’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program, for a new program exploring the aging process, grief, loss, and how to face one’s own mortality with grace and strength.   Learning Objectives

• Understand Mindfulness and its impact on the natural human reaction to the end of life

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• Applicants must hold a minimum of an associate's degree (or higher), which may be in any field of study. Exceptions may be made for those with 3 or more years of experience in a medical or allied health field such as medicine, nursing, physical therapy, health education, exercise physiology, psychotherapy, or nutrition.
• Applicants are not required to have a healthcare background

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Sound Bath Meditation

Program Overview A Sound Bath Meditation is an immersive experience that uses resonant sounds to calm the nervous system and promote mind-body connection. A facilitator uses a variety of instruments - such as Crystal bowls, Himalayan singing bowls, gongs, drums, chimes, harps and more – shown to have restorative effects on the body. Like other meditation practices, a sound bath is generally experienced lying down or in an otherwise comfortable position. Participants often use various props to ensure their comfort, such as a bolster ...