MIND, BRAIN & MEDITATION: Insights from the Nervous System

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Event description

An exploration of the brain, mind, and nervous system to show how mindfulness and meditation can help to reduce stress and heighten empathy.

About this event

A FOUR-PART ONLINE WORKSHOP

Teacher: Cornelia Santschi, PhD

On-demand access: Access for each video starts at 1pm each Thursday, October 1, 8, 15, and 22 on our YouTube Channel, available 24/7. Access to all videos will end on October 29.

Length: 50 minute sessions

Platform: NCMC YouTube Channel

FEE SCALE

Individual fee: $40 for access to series

Group rate: $100 for access to series

Purchase series: $150 to own files and reuse (not for resale or distribution). NOTE: Allow two weeks from course end to receive the files.

Level: No background skills or knowledge necessary.

Summary In this series of on-demand video sessions, neuropsychologist and meditation teacher Cornelia Santschi will guide you in an exploration of the brain, mind, and nervous system to show you the potential that mindfulness and meditation can bring to reduce stress and heighten our empathic nature. Includes talks, guided meditations, practice exercises, and opportunity for questions to be answered. (Individual students or group representative can submit questions via an online form and receive a collective audio-file response from the teacher.)

SESSION TOPICS

Session 1: FOUNDATIONS – Using the Mind to Change the Brain | Avail. Oct. 1 thru Oct. 29.

Session 2: FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE – Polyvagal Theory and Self-Regulation | Avail. Oct. 8 thru Oct. 29.

Session 3: AWARENESS IN THE BRAIN – The Neural Circuits of Mindfulness | Avail. Oct. 15 thru Oct. 29.

Session 4: UPPER REACHES OF HUMAN POTENTIAL – Compassion, Kindness, and Empathy | Avail. Oct. 22 thru Oct. 29.

Teacher Bio-Note

Cornelia Santschi, PhD is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader Program through Spirit Rock and Insight Meditation Society and is now an insight meditation teacher. She has been a vipassana (insight) meditator and dedicated student of Buddhist psychology for over 15 years. She is the director of Neuropsychology at the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery in NJ, and founder/director of Anatta World Health & Education Outreach, a grassroots non-profit that creates and supports medical and educational programs in developing countries. Cornelia, co-founder of NCMC, also serves with them as the Lead Insight Meditation Teacher and MBSR Coordinator.

A fee-based program of Newark Center for Meditative Culture.