6 Week MAPs Classes: MARCH - APRIL 2010
Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) are the signature educational programs
of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. These six-week class series are open
to the public and to all UCLA staff, faculty, and students.
This is an educational program, not a clinical treatment.
3 ways to pay: 1-ONLINE 2-OVER THE PHONE: 310-206-7503 3-AT THE DOOR (pre-register first)
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MAPs I for Daily Living
This is an excellent introduction to mindfulness. You will learn mindfulness meditation practices including sitting, walking meditations, and how to work with difficult thoughts and emotions. These practices develop greater mind-body awareness and reduce stress. You will learn how to incorporate mindful awareness in to your daily life.
Choose one of five available class sections:
Section One (taught by Marv Belzer)
Day: Tuesdays, March 9 to April 13
Time: 7-9PM
Where: C Space (room 17-364), Level 1, Semel Inst., 740 Westwood Blvd,
Section Two (taught by Marv Belzer)
Day: Wednesdays, March 10 to April 14
Time: 7-9PM
Where: C Space (room 17-364), Level 1, Semel Inst., 740 Westwood Blvd,
Section Three (taught by Diana Winston)
Day: Thursdays, March 11 to April 15
Time: 10-12noon
Where: C Space (room 17-364), Level 1, Semel Inst., 740 Westwood Blvd,
Cost: $165,
Discounts: $125 UCLA Staff & UCLA 50Plus Program; $85 student & seniors; $135 KCRW subscriber
CEUs: $50 add'tl for BBS
Registration now open!
 
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Section Four (taught by Diana Winston)
Dates: March 8 to April 12
Where: ONLINE
The online course can be accessed from anywhere in the world. You can work at your own pace during this 6 week course. This online course is pre-recorded, participants will have access to audio and video materials as well as participate in a weekly live chat with the instructor and other participants.
For an overview of the online course please click here.
You will receive more information on how to sign-up AFTER you register. This information will be sent to you on March 4th.
Cost: $125 (no further discounts are applicable).
Registration opens Feb 8
Section Five (taught by Marv Belzer)
Day: Mondays March 8 to April 12
Time: 7-9PM
Where: UCLA Commons 1221 2nd Street, Santa Monica , CA 90401
Registration now open !
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MAPs II: Heartfulness
In this follow up class to MAPs I, we will learn how to cultivate loving kindness, compassion, equanimity, joy, gratitude, and forgiveness. A helpful expansion to your mindfulness practice.can arise in our practice.
Pre-requisite: Attendance in any introductory MAPs I or equivalent mindfulness introductory class with permission from our instructor.
*This class will be taught by Diana Winston.
Date: Saturdays, March 13 to April 17
Time: 10-12Noon
Where: C Space (room 17-364), Level 1, Semel Inst., 740 Westwood Blvd,
Cost: $165
Discounts: $125 UCLA Staff & UCLA 50Plus Program; $85 student & seniors; $135 KCRW subscriber
CEUs: None
Registration now open!
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Mindful Eating
Cultivate mindful awareness practices (MAPs) in the way your family eats and shares food. You'll discover a lot about your eating habits and explore how to bring more mindfulness into your family meals. Each session will include basic mindfulness exercises and a special focus on some aspect of eating. A small amount of "homework" will be assigned each week, to allow you to go deeper into the practices learned in class. For adults and children.
Day: Wednesdays, March 10 to March 24
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Where: UCLA Commons 1221 2nd Street, Santa Monica , CA 90401
Instructor: Marvin G. Belzer, Ph.D.
Cost: $85
1 child free when accompanied by an adult; $15 each add'l child
20% discount for additional adults from same family
Registration now open!
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Mommy and Me Mindfulness
Tap into your infant's natural capacity for mindfulness and discover how to bring it into your own life, even during the hectic first months of mothering. Learn the basics of mindful awareness, including meditation practices you can do at home while caring for your baby. Class will include practice and discussion.
For mothers and infants not yet crawling.
Day: Tuesdays, March 9 - April 13
Time: 1:00 - 2:30pm
Venue: UCLA Commons 1221 2nd Street, Santa Monica , CA 90401
Instructor: Diana Winston
Cost: $165 per family (6-week class)
Registration now open!
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Introduction to Classical Mindfulness based Affective Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
(CM-CBT)
By Lobsang Rapgay, PhD
This classical mindfulness training will advance your current understanding and application of mindfulness by introducing you to the original teachings of mindfulness, as well as understanding the theoretical principles that underlie the practice.
This 2 day course is geared towards Psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and other mental health professionals.
Participants will be required to read the manual for the workshop describes the application of classical mindfulness as a complement of affective cognitive behavioral therapy. The purpose of the requirement is to ensure that the two days are devoted primarily to hands on demonstrations by the presenter of each major phase of application, followed with experiential sittings,clinical practice sessions among participants, and group review and discussions.
Addressing:
- Anxiety Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
When: February 26 & 27, 2010
Friday 26th: 2PM- 6PM and Saturday 27th: 9AM-6PM
Location: Conference Room, Level 1, Room #16-111, Semel Inst. UCLA
Cost: $275
CEU (12hrs): CME, BBS, RN
Registration opens Jan 12 and closes on Feb 12th!
About the instructor: Lobsang Rapgay, PhD is the Director of the Professional Clinical Training Program on Mindfulness based Affective CBT at MARC. He is also a research psychologist at the Department of Psychiatry as well as the Director of the UCLA Clinical Research Program in Classical Mindfulness based Affective CBT for Anxiety Disorders. He is associated with the Cogntive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology where he is working with Dr. Eran Ziadel to study the brain and behavioral correlates of focal and global attention in anxiety patients. Dr. Rapgay has studied Tibetan Buddhism extensively in India in Buddhist monasteries and centers. He is the author of Tibetan Book of Healing (2005).
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Sharing Support Group
Are you currently sharing mindfulness in your job, mental health practice, volunteer work, or with friends?
MARC will be starting a new "Mindful Awareness Sharing Support Group." Many of us, having developed our own mindfulness practice, have found ways to share it informally, in groups, or one-on-one. MARC would like to support you. We will be offering monthly meetings with the following goals in mind: creating collegial support with others who are also sharing mindfulness, practicing together, and exploring issues such as: maintaining mindfulness while teaching, responding to questions, how to share when your are beginning yourself, group facilitation and more. This is not a certification program. Diana Winston will lead the groups.
If you are interested, please send Rani an email stating how you are currently sharing mindfulness, when you started your own practice, and best times for a group meeting. Do you prefer the day, evening, weekend, etc?
Next Session: TBA
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Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at the Hammer Museum
When: Every Thursday
Time: 12:30PM-1PM
Location: Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd (Westwood)
Cost: FREE
Start the year off mindfully by joining us in a weekly guided mindfulness meditation at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
Beginning Thursday January 7 and every Thursday following - join in a FREE 30 minute guided mindfulness session during your lunch break.
Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one's physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being.
The weekly "drop-in" sessions on Thursday will be led by UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center's Director of Mindfulness Education Diana Winston and Dr. Marvin Belzer, a visiting professor from Bowling Green, a 20 year teacher/practitioner and our In-Resident Mindfulness Teacher.
This is open to ALL who are interested in learning how to 'live more presently' in life.
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024
Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) in the Ronald Reagan Hospital
When: Every Monday
Time: 12:15PM-12:45PM
Location: Room 1109, Meditation Room on the first floor of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Join us in a weekly guided mindfulness meditation from 12:15pm to12:45 pm in the Meditation Room on the first floor of the RR UCLA Medical Center, Room 1109.
Beginning Monday October 19 and every Monday following - join in a FREE 30 minute guided mindfulness session led by Dr. Marvin Belzer, a visiting professor from Bowling Green, a 20 year teacher/practioner, and our In-Resident Mindfulness Teacher.
This is open to ANY AND ALL STAFF, PATIENTS, STUDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, DOCTORS, and anyone else interested in learning how to 'live more presently' in life.
All are welcome.
Click here for details on other classes offered to UCLA Semel Institute and Hospital Staff, Faculty, and Residents.
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Drop-in Classes at UCLA Family Commons in Santa Monica
The UCLA Family Commons is a new kind of wellness center that inspires families and communities to discover their unique potential for well-being. You'll find a welcoming environment filled with classes, events and one to one coaching on the topics that matter to you. Connect with others who are excited about creating healthy, engaged lives.
The UCLA Family Commons is in the heart of downtown Santa Monica, just behind the Third Street Promenade. With convenient free parking and a pedestrian-friendly storefront location, it's easy to fit into your busy life.
Drop-in mindfulness sessions at the new UCLA Family Commons offer a chance to quickly absorb mindfulness awareness practices (MAPs) that will help you stay centered and reduce stress . These sessions will be led by MARC instructor Marvin Belzer.
30 minute Drop-in Sessions:
- Mondays: 6:00PM - 6.300PM
- Wednesdays: 12Noon to 12.30PM
Cost: FREE
The UCLA Family Commons: a child grows, a parent discovers, a family flourishes, a community thrives.
The UCLA Family Commons: 1221 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Upcoming MAPs Class Series for 2010
January 11 - February 28
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CEU INFORMATION (for classes):
The Semel Institute at UCLA is also an accredited provider for continuing Education Credits (BBS) for LCSWs and MFCCs/MFTs (provider # PCE 378). This course meets the qualifications for 20 hours of continuing education credit as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS).
Please note, attendance at a 7th class titled "Clinical Applications of Mindful Awareness" (2hrs), and an additional fee of $50 will be required for those requesting CMEs.
The date for the 7th class for the Sept/Oct 2009 MAPs I series will be determined shortly. This class will be taught by Dr. Lidia Zylowska. If you are taking this class please email marcinfo@ucla.edu for the reading material.
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NOTE:
- This is an educational program not a clinical treatment.
- Please avoid wearing restrictive clothing or jewelry to our workshops, classes, and daylongs. Please mindful and avoid wearing heavy fragrances and perfumes too, as this may disturb the practice of others around you.
- BE GREEN: Bring your own mug for water and hot tea. Recycle paper cups.
DISCOUNTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, WORK-EXCHANGE:
CLASS REGISTRATION & REFUND POLICY
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education
Diana is the Director of Mindfulness Education for the UCLA Semel Institute's new Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). She has been teaching mindfulness since 1993, and has brought mindful awareness into schools, hospitals, and nonprofits as well as to adolescents, leaders, teachers, activists, and health professionals. At UCLA she has been teaching mindful awareness practices to the UCLA community and the general public, including ongoing classes and a weekly group for hospital staff and faculty.
Marvin Belzer, Ph.D, Instructor
Marv Belzer, Ph.D, has been a teacher of meditation for over fifteen years, teaching youth, adolescents, and adults. He has taught alongside Diana Winston for most of this time. He has spent many years developing programs and exploring how to bring mindfulness and meditation into the classroom. For the last ten years he has taught a semester-long meditation course for in the Department of Philosophy at Bowling Green St. University, where he is a professor of philosophy.
Gloria Kamler, MA, Instructor
Gloria is a holistic educator and practitioner who has worked with pain and stress relief for 33 years. She has offered her clients a range of therapies, including the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program, or MBSR. Gloria has been teaching MBSR in Los Angeles for the last 13 years, including teaching mindfulness meditation in several research studies at UCLA. She is a long-time student of several renowned teachers, including Shinzen Young, Ajahn Amaro, and teachers from the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness, including Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD.
Additional faculty, who will assist in teaching various classes, include:
Dr. Mike Irwin: Norman Cousins Professor and Director of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
Dr. Dan Siegel: Director of the Mindsight Institute and Co-Director of MARC
Dr. Susan Smalley: Professor of Psychiatry and Director of MARC
Dr. Lidia Zylowska: Psychiatrist and Associate Director of Professional Education, MARC
Dr. Lisa Flook
Dr. Janelle Haidefr
MARC event are co-sponsored by the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology.
The Mindful Awareness Practices discussed and offered on this website do not constitute professional medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for medical diagnosis, advice or services.
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