Exploring the Power of Mindfulness with Rajiah Williams Leong

Columbia University, School of Professional Studies

Please join us to experience one or more of the innovative Mindfulness seminars!

<h2>Exploring the Power of Mindfulness with Rajiah Williams Leong: Mindfulness Facilitator and Faculty in the SPS Enterprise Risk Management Program</h2>ERM Mindfulness is an online program designed with positive psychology insights and neuroscience research to help participants to experience the present moment with increased acceptance, nurturing curiosity and promoting collaboration.Our minds have a natural tendency to wander. Now with the challenges that come from increased time spent at home and away from in-person activities, we have an opportunity to develop a greater sense of wellbeing and interconnectedness by training our minds to become more aware and less judgmental.By cultivating awareness of emotions while reinforcing positive values and goals, students will have an opportunity to practice mindful listening and meditation in 3 sections:<ol><li>Clarity: focused attention and open monitoring guided meditations</li><li>Compassion: active listening and self-compassion for collaboration</li><li>Creativity: leadership communication and visualization</li></ol>

<h3>Session Dates</h3>Sessions run from 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EST on the following Thursday mornings:January 21January 28February 4February 11February 18February 25March 11March 18March 25April 1

<h3>Workshop Descriptions</h3>January 21 Clarity: The Science The science behind mindfulness and how practicing focused attention and open monitoring meditations can promote clarity, emotion regulation and decision making. January 28 Clarity: Mind &amp; BodyWe will practice noticing how the breath, heartbeat, and bodily sensations are tools to help us connect our minds and bodies. February 4 Clarity: Everyday Awareness Taking notice of each moment and everyday situations are opportunities to become more aware of your emotions and intentions. February 11 Compassion: The Science The science behind the power of kindness and how self-compassion increases resilience as an active, prosocial skill promoting motivation and good health. February 18 Compassion: Building Self-Compassion We will explore the concepts behind non-judgmental awareness to increase our capacity to accept challenges as opportunities. February 25 Compassion: Positive IntentionsBuilding on our compassion toolbox, we will practice meditations for expressing positive intentions and increasing our ability to relate to ourselves and those around us. March 11 Creativity: The ScienceBy developing new ways to turn on the brain’s frontal lobe, the brain’s creative center, we will explore how to harness our awareness of our intentions to create a positive vision of the future. March 18 Creativity: Building a Creative Mind Mindfulness meditations to help improve creativity and prepare you to solve challenges in new and creative ways. March 25 Creativity: Intentional Vocabulary We will explore the words and phrases proven to lower anxiety and increase happiness and empathy, to support us towards our goals and motivations. April 1 Recap All concepts will be revisited and participants will have an opportunity to share their insights and favorite practices.<h3></h3><h3>Facilitator Bio</h3>

Our facilitator is Rajiah Leong, Associate Faculty – ERM Program, and Founder of Hygge Hooga, a mindfulness firm focused on joyful awareness. Leong is also a referral partner for the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.Prior to founding Hygge Hooga, Leong enjoyed a decade-long career managing global communications and partnerships for HBO content and licensing deals.Rajiah is also a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and received her MS in Strategic Communications from SPS’s Strategic Communications program.

<h3>Additional Information </h3> Each Mindfulness workshop will address the role of attention training in building clarity and developing connections with our classmates and colleagues. As a safe space to calm the mind, we welcome an online environment which fosters creativity and self-compassion.Workshops are free of charge and available to students, alumni, faculty, and staff of the ERM program, as well as all Columbia University.

For more information or questions about registration, please contact Jay Hirsch, jh3975@columbia.edu.For additional information about program offerings at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, please contact an Admissions Counselor at 212-854-9666 or inquire@sps.columbia.edu.

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