Reducing Stress and Increasing Connection

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U of T Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education

Mindfulness has been shown to enhance personal well-being including developing ability to adapt moment to moment.

The study and practice of the law requires high and intense cognitive functioning and performance. One way to to sustain a heavy cognitive demand is to increase efficacy and efficiency by using mindfulness daily. It’s a proven way to help deal with the impact of ongoing cognitive intensity.During these unprecedented times, we each face a broad set of challenges that span across our professional and personal lives. The complexity and uncertainty of the situation has led to an increase in individual distress and burnout. Therefore, it is crucial at this time to explore knowledge and skillsets that can support each of us to effectively develop and maintain resiliency and wellbeing. In this session, we will explore the scientific perspective that is driving the current interest and popularity of mindfulness practice in the public sectors of healthcare, education and workplace. This exploration will be grounded in a mixture of 1) didactic presentation (focused on the research &amp; evidence base for mindfulness) and 2) practical hands-on mindfulness based activities that be applied right away to daily life. This is the fourth a in a yearlong series of sessions focused on learning and experiencing mindfulness. Each session is focused on a specific topic that will inform the science and practices explored that week.A secure link and password will be emailed to everyone registered 24 hours before the session.

Dr. Elli Weisbuam has worked internationally facilitating mindfulness workshops and retreats within the sectors of education, healthcare and business. She is currently an Assistant Professor (teaching stream) at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the Buddhism, Psychology &amp; Mental Health program. She completed her PhD through the Institute of Medical Science in the Faculty of Medicine at UofT, with a focus on applying mindfulness to physician wellbeing. Since 2015, she has been a member of the Mindfulness Project Team at The Hospital for Sick Children. She has collaborated with UofT’s Faculty of Law, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Engineering, Rotman School of Management, Physical Therapy Department, the Ontario Hospital Association and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to integrate mindfulness into ongoing programming for factly, staff and students. She attended her first retreat with Zen Master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh at the age of ten and has continued training with his international Plum Village community. Elli’s novel background in both academic research and traditional mindfulness practice provides a distinct approach to her ongoing work teaching and researching in the field.

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