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Mindful Monday Archive

Start your week enjoying the benefits of mindfulness – calm focus, greater clarity, and positive energy! Past audio recordings of Mindful Monday sessions can be found below.

There is considerable evidence that the practice of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques builds resilience by training our attention and awareness on the present moment while acknowledging any thoughts, feelings, or sensations we are having. Mindfulness is a path to cultivate a calm, focused mind and offset the negative mental and physiological effects of stress, anxiety, and fear. An added benefit of mindfulness practice is the opportunity to offer kindness, empathy, and compassion to ourselves and others.

2022 Mindful Monday Recordings

Sessions were led by Autumn Mist Belk (Teaching Professor) and Zach McKinney (Lecturer), both faculty in University College.

Autumn Belk

Autumn has been teaching meditation as part of the practice of yoga since 2011. Her favorite meditation practices combine breathwork with simple intentions that can be interpreted in a variety of ways to fit each practitioner where they are in the moment. She also loves sharing narrative guided meditations, allowing practitioners to be fully enveloped in a meditative experience to allow for deep states of relaxation.

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Zach McKinney

Zach has been practicing yoga and meditation since 2009 to help navigate and manage the ups and downs of modern life. His practice relies heavily on breathwork to help focus thoughts and regulate the body to relieve stress. He believes that meditation is something that can be done anywhere and anytime, and his approach gives students the tools they need to live in a meditative state rather than it being something special they have to make time for.