Frequently Asked Questions
General
- What is Mindful Awareness?
- How can I get involved in your research?
- What discounts does MARC offer?
- How can I find out more about work exchange, scholarships?
- What is your refund policy?
- I am not in the Los Angeles area. Where can I find mindfulness programs/communities where I live?
- I would like to to have MARC speak at my work, organization or school?
- I'm not recieving email from MARC. Is it my computer?
What is Mindful Awareness?
Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindful Awareness 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. Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) are tools and exercises such as meditation, yoga and tai-chi that develop greater mind-body awareness and promote mindfulness in daily life.
We currently have an ongoing need for work exchange in our classes and events. Some work exchange is clerical. With regards to research, we are finishing up several ongoing research projects and do not have an immediate need for volunteers.
MARC is developing a summer internship program for Summer 2010. If you want to learn about projects in 2010 contact marcinfo@ucla.edu ), later this year. In the meanwhile, you are welcome to explore research opportunites at the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). Research areas include: aging, alcoholism, cancer, infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, and mind-body interactions. PNI also actively recruits subjects for its studies.
Psychoneuroimmunology is an interdiscplinary field of resesearch including the behavioral sciences, neuroscience, physiology, pharmacology, and immunology. A major aim of the field is to examine interactions between behavior and the nervous and immune systems and how these interactions affect health.
ELIGIBLE GROUPS
Students - enrolled in a degree program, full-time or half-time at any accredited university or college. ID required.
UCLA Staff/Faculty - full-time or half-time employee. ID required.
Seniors - 65 years or older. ID required.
UCLA 50 Plus Program - Valid member
card required. Visit web or call 800.516.5323
KCRW Fringe Benefits - Valid member card required.
HOW TO PAY:
You may pay with an eligible discount with over the phone registration, 310-206-7503. Or, you may
pay at the door, at the first day of your class or event. To do the latter simply
complete the online registration and hit "SUBMIT". do not enter your credit card payment on
the second screen.You can pay by check or credit card at the door and will need to present
proof for any expected discount. Read our POLICY.
CURRENT RATES:
subject to change.
CLASSES:
reg= $165
UCLA employee= $125; senior/student= $85; 50 Plus Program= $125; KCRW= $135
DAYLONGS:
prices vary
WORKSHOPS:
prices vary
*rates do not include additional costs of CEUs, when offered
We offer some work exchange. A volunteer shall be considered as any individual, who assists with work done for MARC, without remuneration. Volunteers will have event costs waived. You will have to pay for your CME credits, or books, course material, etc. if applicable, however. You will have to pay for parking. You will need to pre-register for your class/event of interest. This insures your space in the class/event but does not necessarily guarantee work exchange. Please call or email to request work exchange, marcinfo@ucla.edu , 310-206-7503. After you request work exchange you will recieve an email confirmation. These opportunities are limited so be sure to ask sooner than later.
We offer some scholarships to help offset the cost of classes and events. We request you send us an "Ask Letter". This is paragraph or so explaining your need and why taking this class is important to you. These are granted in very limited numbers and are on a first-come first serve basis. You will need to pre-register for your class/event of interest. This insures your space in the class/event but does not necessarily gurantee your scholarship. The decision on scholarships will be made prior to the start date. You will receive a call or email confirming your scholarship. Please call or email for more information or to submit your "Ask Letter", marcinfo@ucla.edu , 310-206-7503.
An "Ask letter" is a statement of need. Please let us know how/why this class or event will be beneficial to you. Tell us of your financial need. Do not disclose financial data such as social security number.
MARC Registration & Refund Policy:
I am not in the Los Angeles area. Where can I find mindfulness programs/communities where I live?
MARC will continue to expand our online offerings. For local mindfulness communities you may visit This Link
I would like to to have MARC speak at my work, organization or school?
Our Director, Dr. Susan L. Smalley and our Director of Education, Ms. Diana Winston, give many community talks. If you are interested in introducing mindfulness into your professional, educational or community organization please call our office, 310-206-7503. You can also send us a written request letting us know what you have in mind (ie: a talk on practice; a talk on science; a combination or the two). It is also helpful to mention who the audience is and an idea on the length of time for your program/meeting. Please call or email your request/inquiry to: marcinfo@ucla.edu, 310-206-7503.
This March, UCLA MARC began using Constant Contact, a new Email marketing software that makes it easy to disseminate our monthly updates to
our growing membership list.
A growing issue is that many who have signed up on our mailing list are not receiving the issues. Why? In many cases, your email software or
service may have categorized the newsletters as spam. If you have not received our newsletters via Constant Contact, you will need to
“whitelist” us to ensure delivery. That is, add marcinfo@ucla.edu to your email address book to will ensure MARC newsletters get into your
inbox.
For your convenience, here are whitelisting tips for Microsoft Outlook, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, and Mozilla Thunderbird to ensure that
your UCLA MARC newsletters arrive each and every month. The tips may not work with all versions of existing email programs. You should refer
to the “Help” option of your email program for troubleshooting.
Have questions? Email marcinfo@ucla.edu or call 310-206-7503.
You can unsubscribe an old account and subscribe a new one, too.
Microsoft Outlook
Add MARC's From address, marcinfo@ucla.edu , to your Safe Senders list:
1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Preferences tab, click Junk E-mail.
3. On the Safe Senders tab, click Add.
4. In the Add address, put marcinfo@ucla.edu
5. Click OK.
America Online (AOL)
New Subscribers:
Please add our "From address", marcinfo@ucla.edu , to your AOL address book:
1. Click the Mail menu and select Address Book.
2. Wait for the "Address Book" window to pop up, then click the Add button.
3. Wait for the "Address Card for New Contact" window to load.
4. Paste marcinfo@ucla.edu into the "Other E-Mail" field.
5. Make our From address the "Primary E-Mail" address by checking the associated check box.
6. Click the Save button.
Existing Subscribers:
If our newsletter is in your AOL Spam Folder, please open the issue and then click the This Is Not Spam button. Next, please add
marcinfo@ucla.edu onto your Address Book as described above.
Yahoo!
New Subscribers:
You will need to set up a filter to redirect our newsletter into your inbox:
1. Open your mailbox and click on Mail Options (upper right hand corner).
2. Select Filters (bottom left corner).
3. Click the Add link on the Filters page.
4. Update the "From header:" rule with the following 2 pieces of information: "contains" and marcinfo@ucla.edu . (This tells Yahoo to
identify our newsletter based on its “From address”.
5. Click the Choose Folder pull down menu and select inbox.
6. Pick the Add Filter button.
Existing Subscribers:
If our newsletter is getting stuck in your Yahoo Bulk Folder, please open the issue and click the Not Spam button. Next, check to see if the
newsletter's email address is in your "Blocked Addresses" list. If you see marcinfo@ucla.edu on this list, select it and click the Remove
Block button. Lastly, please set up a filter as outlined above.
Hotmail
New Subscribers:
You will need to add our From address, marcinfo@ucla.edu , to your Hotmail Safe List:
1. Open your mailbox and click “Options” (upper right hand corner).
2. Click the “Junk E-Mail Protection” link (top of page).
3. Select the “Safe List” link (2nd from bottom).
4. Copy and paste marcinfo@ucla.edu into the dialog box titled “Type an address or domain”.
5. Click the “Add” button next to the dialog box.
Existing Subscribers:
If our newsletter is in your Junk E-Mail Folder, open the issue and click the Not Junk button. Next, check to see if our email address is in
your Blocked Senders list. If you see marcinfo@ucla.edu on this list, select it and click the Remove button. Finally, if you have not done
so, add marcinfo@ucla.edu into your Safe List as outlined above.
Gmail
New Subscribers:
Please add our From address, marcinfo@ucla.edu , to your Gmail Contacts List:
1. Click Contacts along the left side of any Gmail page.
2. Click Add Contact.
3. Copy and paste our From address, marcinfo@ucla.edu into the primary email address dialog box.
4. Click Save.
Existing Subscribers:
How to check if our newsletter is in the "Spam" folder:
1. Click Spam along the left side of any Gmail page.
2. Check mark the box next to our newsletter.
3. Click Not Spam button along the top.
Mozilla Thunderbird
New Subscribers:
You will need to add our From address, marcinfo@ucla.edu , to your Thunderbird Address Book and configure your Junk Mail Controls to
whitelist your address book.
1. Click the Address Book button.
2. Make sure the Personal Address Book is highlighted.
3. Click the New Card button. This will launch a New Card window that has 3 tabs: Contact, Address & Other.
4. Under the Contact tab, copy and paste our “From” address, marcinfo@ucla.edu into the Email dialog box.
5. Click OK.
Whitelist your Personal Address Book:
1. From the main drop down menu, select "Tools -- Junk Mail Controls"
2. This will launch the Junk Mail Controls window that has two tabs: Settings and Adaptive Filter
3. Under the Settings tab, update the "whitelists" module by selecting Personal Address Book from the pull down menu and then check mark the
box next to "Do not mark messages as junk mail".
4. Click OK.
Existing Subscribers
Please check your Junk folder to see our newsletter have been mistakenly placed there. To prevent this from happening in the future, you need
to mark our newsletter as not junk. Do this by right-clicking on our newsletter and choose "Mark -- As Not Junk."
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