Photo Gratitude Books due by Oct 26th
Must include a title page and 22 pictures with captions
Tuesday October 23rd
Warm Up: Hand Model of the Brain
Time to work on Photo Gratitude Books
Day 4 of 7 Days of Sleep (12 min)
Friday October 19th
Warm Up: A Time You Felt Afraid
Time to Read for Book Study
Thursday October 18th FLEX
Warm Up: The Insula
Time to work on Photo Books
Day 3 of 7 Days of Sleep
Tuesday October 16th
Warm Up: The Prefrontal Cortex
7 Days of Sleep Day 2
Time for Book study reading
Thursday October 11th
Warm Up: Implicit Memory
Time to work on Photo Gratitude Book
Tuesday October 9th
Warm Up: Paths in the Grass & Paper Folding
7 Days of Sleep Day 1: Preparing for Sleep (13 min)
Time to read for Book Study
21 Days of Calm Day 1: Non-reactivity Body Sensation
Friday Oct 5th
Warm Up: Three Gates
Screen Addiction: Tools for Change (18 min)
Thursday Oct 4th
Warm Up: Melting Ice
Time to work on Photo Gratitude Books
Calm: Screen Addiction - How it Impacts your life (13 min)
7 Days of Calm - Day 7
Tuesday Oct 2nd
Warm Up: Friendly Wishes for Difficult People
Book Study: Reading time
Calm: The Truth about Screen Addiction (18 min)
7 Days of Calm - Day 6 (10 min)
Friday Sept 28th
Warm Up: Counting Breaths
Share progress on Photo books
7 Days of Calm - Day 5
Close out question: What did you think of the yoga?
Thursday Sept 27th
Warm Up: Mindful Waiting
Time to work on Photo Gratitude Book and/or Book Study: time to read
Close out question:
Have you been able to use any of the strategies from class in your daily life yet?
Tuesday Sept 25th
Warm Up: Duck! Rabbit!
Book Study: time to read
Close out Question:
How far are you in your book? What is one thing useful you've gotten from it?
Friday Sept 21st
Thursday Sept 20th
Warm up: Mind-Body Connection with a lemon
Book Study: Time to read. OR Work on Photo Gratitude Journal
Day 4 from 7 Days of Calm (10 min)
Tuesday Sept 18th
Warm Up: Seeing Clearly
Book Study: Time to read. Be prepared to share with the group something from today's reading... something interesting, surprising, you disagree with, you question, etc.
Time to share with the class
TED Talk: The Happy Secret to Better Work (12 min)
Day 3 audio from 7 Days of Calm (9 min)
Friday Sept 14th
Warm up: Understand the Statement "Wherever you go, there you are"
Pick a book (from in class or online) to use for a book study
Thursday Sept 13th
RJ Circle (not enough people)
Warm up: Ask Yourself The Question...
Photo Assignment worktime: creating a photo book of gratitude
Audio: 7 Days of Calm Day 2
Tuesday Sept 11th
RJ Circle (not enough people)
Warm up: Let others Have the Glory
Check in on photo assignment; we will make a slide show next week
Audio: 7 Days of Calm Day 2
Ch 2 of Mindfulness book
Audio: The Wisdom of Pooh, part 1
Friday Sept 7th
RJ Circle
Warm up: Surrender to the Fact that Life Isn't Fair
Check in on photo assignment
Discussion - Chasing Your Tail reading from yesterday
Day 2 of "7 Days of Calm"
Thursday Sept 6th
RJ Circle
Warm up: Do Something Nice for Someone Else
Check in on photo assignment
Calm 7 Days of Calm audio (9 min)
Reading: Chasing Your Tail (Ch 1 of 8 week plan book) Audio version
Mindful walking
Daily Self-Evaluation question:
How did you feel after the meditation practice? What did you think of it?
Tuesday Sept 4th
RJ Circle
Warm up: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Reading together: Are You Emotionally Intelligent?
Photos of things you are grateful for --- take a picture each day, we will put them together later
Mindful walking (7 min around track one time)
Thursday Aug 30th
Warm up: Become A Better Listener
RJ Circle
Chapter Reading: Meditation is not for Sissies
Guided Practice: Mindfulness of Body and Breath
Tuesday Aug 28th
TedTalk: How Mindfulness Transforms Us