Class Dates: Tuesdays, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 19, Feb. 26, March 5, March 12 (No class on Feb. 12.)
Time: 7:00pm-8:15pm
Fee: $95. Financial assistance is available upon request. Email: opsdirector@imeditation.org
Location: Albemarle High School, 2775 Hydraulic Rd., Map
Course Description: In this course we will develop skills in mindfulness, defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn as "paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally." Through presentations by the instructor, class discussion, and experiential practices, we will explore the benefits of mindfulness meditation. These include self-awareness, reduction of reactivity, enhanced awareness of embodied experience, and recognition and contemplation of emotions. We will also study practices to develop compassion.
About the Instructor: Fred Maus is a faculty member at UVa with many years of teaching experience, including experience guiding contemplative explorations. In May he will graduate from a 2-year professional-level training course for meditation teachers, taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
He taught an Introduction to Mindfulness last fall at the Central Library, with an enrollment of 20 students, and received uniformly positive feedback from students:
Email: fredmva@gmail.com.