Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Practice
In our busy and overwhelmed lives as students, staff, and faculty, it can be a great kindness to sit down and offer ourselves a moment of peace and relaxation through practicing mindfulness. The basic technique taught in this session is grounded in Buddhist meditation practice, but it is secular in orientation and open to all. Undertaken as a steady practice, meditation allows the mind to relax and settle. It encourages our inherent qualities of stability, clarity and mental strength to emerge. This session will offer a short talk on the view of mindfulness practice – what it is and why we might do it – but will mostly be a practical instruction session actually trying mindfulness practice out, with time for questions and discussion.

Registration is required. To register, please visit: http://carleton.ca/healthy-workplace/cu-events/mindfulness-meditation-workshop/

About the Instructor
Alexis Shotwell is a certified meditation instructor and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. She has taught Buddhist theory and meditation practice for the last fifteen years, and currently serves as the director of practice and education at a local Ottawa meditation centre. She is also a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton, teaching social theory and classes focusing on race, gender, sexuality, and disability.