FREE WEBINAR: Protecting Our Precious Lives: Cancer Awareness October 18th 12-1pm and 3-4pm EST 11-12pm and 2-3pm CST 10-11am and 1-3pm MST 9-10am and 12-1pm PST This webinar examines the steps we each have to take toward becoming healthier, with a focus on prevention as the ultimate goal. We’ll round out the session with a…Continue Reading October EFAP News: Coping with Serious or Chronic Conditions
The libraries are pleased to support the Art and Science of Mindful Engagement during the Clifford Symposium and beyond. Dip into a few recommended books on display, let a podcast walk you through a guided meditation, and disconnect from daily stressors in the Unplug and Recharge Room. (Or, borrow meditation cushions from the Circulation Desk […]…Continue Reading Clifford Symposium at the Library – through October
As the Clifford Symposium on Mindfulness unfolds in Middlebury this weekend, the Institute community will be joining in from Monterey. The MIIS Mindfulness Working Group is sponsoring a number of coordinated “Clifford West” activities, including a group viewing of the live stream from the Middlebury keynote speaker, Amishi Jha, and a screening of the film…Continue Reading “Clifford West” activities from The MIIS Mindfulness Working Group
Jazzercise is a pulse-pounding, beat-pumping fitness program that gets you results…fast. It’s a calorie-torching, hip swiveling dance party with a hot playlist to distract you from the burn. Are you ready to try Jazzercise? Middlebury’s Jazzercise class is taught by Amy Collier, Associate Provost for Digital Learning at Middlebury, who has taught Jazzercise for 4…Continue Reading Have you tried Jazzercise yet?
Announcing- Whole Body Intelligence through Qi Gong with Lee Holden, includes three videos created for Middlebury College for classroom and personal use. Supported by the Fund for Innovation through faculty Andrea Olsen and Nukhet Kardam, this website is part of a Whole Body Intelligence project, encouraging self-management of stress levels and deepening awareness of mind-body connections. Offered in conjunction with the fall mindfulness symposia at Middlebury and MIIS, project events will continue…Continue Reading Announcing Whole Body Intelligence Website
Please join us on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, in the Davis Family Library 105B at 12:15 p.m. The stressors of academic life take their toll on our well-being, but could those stressors, and a lack of rest and contemplative practice, also be affecting our creativity and productivity? In this Academic Roundtable, Dr. Amy Collier, Associate…Continue Reading Academic Roundtable — Rest, Contemplative Computing, and Creativity: A Conversation with Dr. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Jazzercise Dance Mixx class with Amy Collier September 29 – November 12, 2015 (no class October 15 and 29) 3rd floor Gym, Athletics Complex Torch fat, sculpt lean muscle and crush calories with this high-intensity workout that mixes dance-based cardio with strength training. Fresh pulse-pounding music and body-blasting moves bring the intensity to transform your…Continue Reading Jazzercise Dance Mixx classes begin Tuesday, September 29
HOW TO DISCONNECT? Technology has provided new ways to stay connected to friends, family, and the workplace. But some studies have shown that all this connectivity may lead to more stress and sleep disturbance and make it harder to connect with people outside of the virtual world. By giving ourselves a rest from technology, especially…Continue Reading July EFAP News: Unplug to Recharge
Do you ever feel like the pressure and high stakes of college are weighing you down? The Counseling Center presents an 8-week interactive workshop that will give you tools and strategies designed to help ease your stress, quiet your inner critic, and enhance your personal wellbeing and academic success. Lessons, discussion and practical exercises will…Continue Reading Mindfulness, Stress Relief and The Art of Being Enough