In this workshop, students will learn how to use mindfulness to regulate their stress response.  Mindfulness refers to awareness of moment to moment experience with an attitude of open acceptance.  It is an innate capacity that persons can cultivate with simple, easy-to-understand, exercises. I will teach students some of these exercises. Students will experiment with them and discuss their experiences.  

Evidence shows that mindfulness can be effective for improving concentration, emotional stability and a sense of optimism.  

I have studied and practiced mindfulness meditation for over twenty years.  I am a certified compassion cultivation training teacher with a program that Stanford developed.  I have trained with the Mindful Awareness Research Center at the Stempel Institute for Neuroscience and behavior at UCLA.  I also have a PhD in philosophy and am a professor in the philosophy department at SSU.  For More Information contact, andy.wallace@sonoma.edu