Mindfulness at Ramapo College

In this presentation, Dr. Donna Rockwell will describe the how and why of mindfulness: how mindfulness works, why it has the power to change lives for the better, some potential pitfalls to avoid, and the growing interface between mindfulness as an ancient, contemplative practice and mindfulness in our hurried, modern-day, contemporary culture.

Geophilosopher, cultural ecologist and author. Dr. Abram’s essays on the cultural causes and consequences of environmental disarray are published in numerous magazines, scholarly journals, and anthologies. David is the author of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World and and Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology. David is an international lecturer […]

Dani is a bestselling author and esteemed teacher who was recently Oprah Winfrey’s guest and was chosen by Arianna Huffington to speak at the New York City “Thrive” conference. Not for writers only, she will speak about the relationship between meditation and writing and lead an experiential workshop that includes meditation and generative writing exercises […]

A SECOND MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION (MBSR) COURSE TO BE ADDED BEGINNING OCTOBER 15 FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK OCTOBER 13 Thursdays, October 15 to December 10 ( no class on Thanksgiving) from 7-930pm York Room, Birch Mansion. This course is a prerequisite for .b Mindfulness in Schools Curriculum training. Regularly $505, a special pricing is being offered […]

Members of Ramapo faculty will discuss mindfulness in the classroom and how they have applied this practice to their professional development and college classroom.

This free introductory session will briefly review the meaning and benefits of mindfulness practices, and then present an experiential introduction to breath-based meditation practice. Suggestions will be offered on how to integrate a simple, but effective, mindfulness practice into one’s everyday life. Wear comfortable clothing.

n this presentation we will be interrogating, for example, the following questions: 1. What is the connection between meditative practice and the phenomenon of breathing? 2. What is the connection between one’s self and breathing? 3. Why do so many meditative practices, for example mindfulness meditation, use breathing as the primary object of attention? 4. […]

This workshop is open to middle and high school faculty and staff who are interested in learning more about how to incorporate Contemplative Studies and Mindfulness into their classroom. .This workshop provides teachers of grades 6-12 with the opportunity to expand their understanding of mindfulness practices. The workshop will address teachers’ personal practices as well […]

Deep listening is crucial in the current health care environment where multiple distractions have been shown to undermine the ability for nurses to process what they may be hearing, or to be “present” for their patients. These multiple distractions may also relate to alarm fatigue, which has become such a widespread problem that The Joint Commission (TJC) […]

Deep Listening is a practice that encourages heightened awareness of the sounds in our environment. In this experiential workshop we will explore the difference between involuntary hearing and selective listening. Pauline Oliveros will engage the audience in her sonic (sound-based) meditations followed by a concert with composer, performer, Seth Cluett and Trumpeter, Ben Neill.