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Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar 2022-10-18 13:00:00 2022-10-20 13:00:00 Mindfulness Matters Week Event Description Mindfulness Matters Week returns Oct. 18–20. The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ community will have opportunities to learn about and practice mindfulness with Zoom presentations from mindfulness experts from across the United States. Assistant Professor Marjorie Edguer is one of the faculty members involved with planning Mindfulness Matters. Meditation and the Brain Tuesday, Oct. 18 | 1 to 2 p.m. Sara W. Lazar, associate professor in the psychiatry department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will discuss how mindfulness practice helps with stress, pain, and fear. Lazar also will present study data on the effects of mindfulness on memory, attention and executive functioning.  The Basics of Mindfulness for Self-care and Stress Management Wednesday, Oct. 19 | 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Martin Belzer, adjunct associate professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, will lead a workshop that will include an overview of mindfulness and how we practice it in meditation, a brief guided meditation, and a discussion of how mindfulness can be used to deal with difficult physical and mental states. How Mindfulness Can Support Authenticity and Connection in Daily Life Thursday, Oct. 20 | Noon to 1 p.m.  Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak, independent mindfulness teacher, consultant and coach and the mindfulness coordinator for University Hospitals’ Connor Whole Health, will discuss how mindfulness helps build personal connections in her presentation. Online Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences America/New_York public