Meditation and Mindfulness

The pace and demands of our high-tech, multi-tasking, work-focused society regularly activate the body鈥檚 stress response and keep us in overdrive much of the time鈥攚ith and without our awareness. To combat this, Healthy You and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care offer meditation and mindfulness classes, which emphasize slowing down and uncritically focusing our attention on one thing at a time.听The health benefits are many: lowered heart rate, lowered blood pressure, relaxed body, calm mind, and improved focus.

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Fall 2024 Faculty/Staff Class Offerings

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, known as MBSR, was conceptualized and created by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the 1970s.听 MBSR is an established and well-researched form of mindfulness meditation. The practice of听 MBSR helps to cultivate self-awareness. It also encourages practitioners to change habitual听 patterns, to respond instead of reacting to stress, and to generally improve relationships听 with others.听

Program Details
  • The MBSR training is an 8-week long听program听beginning 9/26/24
  • Each class is 2.5 hours (classes 1 and 8 may be longer)
  • There is an all-day, silent retreat (8 hours) between weeks 6 and 7
  • There is a mandatory 2.5-hour Orientation one week before the start of听 the MBSR program
  • The Orientation and the 8 classes will be presented via Zoom
  • The all-day retreat will be in person on the Boston College campus - location TBD

Once you are accepted into the program, you will receive a Zoom link for the Orientation and the classes. If you are accepted you are expected to make every effort to attend most, if not all of the sessions to get the most out of this integrated program.

Program Facilitator:

Filippa Marullo Anzalone
Professor and Associate Dean for Library & Technology Services
Boston College Law School
Certified MBSR Instructor, Graduated from The Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Concentrating in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

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Weekly Meditation Sessions

Sessions are held virtually. Click on the Zoom link below to join a session. You are not required to register.

Weekly Meditation Schedule:

听Weekday听 听 听听听Time听Facilitator
听Tuesday听听8:30 - 8:55am听听听Filippa听Marullo Anzalone听
听Thursday听8:30 - 8:55am听听听Michael Connlly听听

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Program Facilitators:

Michael Connolly
Cambridge Consulting

Filippa Marullo Anzalone
Professor and Associate Dean for Library & Technology Services
Boston College Law School

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