Duke university is hiring Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teachers

Duke University is hiring instructors who will teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction class at Duke Integrative Medicine in the university.

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program at Duke Integrative Medicine is pleased to invite applications from qualified teachers of MBSR to join our team.

We are planning to add two (2) additional teachers—for part-time contract positions—within the next several months, and would like to invite interested individuals to submit their application for review.

[Conference] The Mindful Lawyer: Practices and Prospects for Law School, Bench and Bar

University of California at Berkeley School of Law will host a major national conference this fall, titled "The Mindful Lawyer: Practices and Prospects for Law School, Bench and Bar." The conference will be held Oct. 29-31 at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.

How to meditate on someone who keeps coming to your mind

If someone repeatedly or often keeps coming to your mind and your mind is distracted or lose calmness as a result, you can try the following techniques to restore calmness.

1. "I know I am thinking about the person."
2. "I know I am breathing in." (while inhaling)
3. "I know I am breathing out." (while exhaling)
4. "May the person be well." (while inhaling)
5. "May the person be happy." (while exhaling)

Tips:

• If you know the person's name, use the person's name in the above technique.
• General meditation tips

4 weeks mindfulness meditation increases well-being in adolescent boys

Researchers at the University of Cambridge taught students with 160 minutes of mindfulness training over 4 weeks and found that mindfulness training reduced stress, enhanced attention and emotion regulation for the students. The university press release says:

How to meditate in a bus or train (3)

The following technique may be more effective if you are familiar with the technique how to meditate on motion.
Basic

1. "I am aware that I am breathing in." (while inhaling)
2. "I am aware that I am breathing out." (while exhaling)
3. "I am aware of motion." (while inhaling)
4. "I am aware of motion." (while exhaling)
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4.

After getting familiar with the basic technique, you can try advanced techniques.

Optional practice

1. "I am grateful that I am riding a train." (while inhaling)
2. "I am grateful that I am riding a train." (while exhaling)

Tips: General meditation tips

Related links: How to meditate on motion

University at Buffalo provides Mindfulness course

University at Buffalo added mindfulness into their curricula. The university will start to provide a mindfulness course from coming semester for its Law School students. The course is named "Mindfulness and Professional Identity: Becoming a Lawyer While Keeping Your Values Intact.". Angela P. Harris and Stephanie L. Phillips will teach the course. Besides, University at Buffalo, other university law schools that have mindfulness into their curriculum are University at California at Berkeley, the University of Connecticut, the University of California at Hastings, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Howard University (Washington, D.C.), the University of Florida Levin College of Law, the University of San Francisco and the University of Miami.

How to meditate while closing a door

You can use the following technique while closing the door of a car, house or other facility. You can also use the technique when you are closing a binder cover.
Basic
Be aware that you are closing the door. For example, While you are closing a door of your room, you know that "I'm closing a door of my room".

After getting familiar with the basic technique, you can try advanced techniques.

Advanced practice 1
Notice disappearance of objects behind the door as you are closing the door.

Advanced practice 2
Before closing, be aware that your hand is touching the door handle (or knob).

Optional practice

Expand your awareness to one or more of the followings: your body posture, your eyes, your breath, your thought, your feeling.

Tips: General meditation tips

Related links:

• How to meditate while opening a door
• How to meditate while locking a door

The 3rd International Forum Buddhism & Medicine

The 3rd International Forum on Buddhism and Medicine will be held Oct 2 and 3, 2010 in Lerab Ling Institute of Wisdom and Compassion, located in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France.

How to meditate on gratitude to other drivers

You can practice the following techniques when you are walking pedestrian crossing or driving through an intersection or while other cars are waiting.

1. "I see other drivers are waiting for me."
2. "I am grateful to other drives for waiting."

After getting familiar with the basic technique, you can try advanced techniques.

Optional practice 1
"May the drivers be well and happy."

Optional practice 2
Synchronize each of the above steps to correspond with your breath.

Note: If you are not feeling grateful to other drivers, image a dangerous situation where the drivers continue to drive their cars without waiting for you.

Tips: General meditation tips

Related link: How to meditate on gratitude

Master's Degree in Mindfulness at the University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen starts to provide Master's Degree in Mindfulness. The University of Aberdeen is the 4th university in UK offering a mindfulness degree. The pioneers in mindfulness degree program in UK are University of Oxford, University of Exeter and University of Bangor.