PURSUING EXCELLENCE AND WISDOM WITH GRACE AND EASE

MINDFULNESS: A PATH TO WISDOM AND AWAKENING IN OURSELVES AND SOCIETY

3 Tuesdays, October 9, 16 & 30, @ Newton South HS - 7 pm Monday, November 26 - Congressman Tim Ryan Special Presentation @ Newton North HS - 7pm $50/series (Course ID X700) $15/talk (701, 702, 703) $10 Special - Tim Ryan (704)

Monday November 26 - Newton North HS @ 7pm - Special Price $10

“Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will �nd, knock, and it will be opened to you.” To have Excellence and Wisdom you must seek them and it is possible to do so with grace and ease.

mindfulness lecture series

George Mumford is a sports psychology consultant, personal and organizational development consultant, executive coach, and an insight meditation teacher. As a sports psychology consultant and mindfulness coach he worked with the LALakers and Chicago Bulls as part of Phil Jackson’s support sta�. During that time, Jackson’s teams won six NBA WorldChampionships: the Bulls three (1996-98) and the Lakers three (2000-2002).

BEING WELL (EVEN WHEN YOU ARE SICK)

Mindfulness is a quality of attention that combines awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is. �is re-quires a �erce but loving attention especially if we don't like what is arising--like illness. �e simple techniques Elanawill present here are the same ones she uses with the people in her practice of mindfulness-based psychotherapy and stressreduction - and uses herself as a cancer survivor. �ese are methods that o�er proof positive that it is indeed possible not only to “have a life” while you’re seriously ill, but that the life can include satisfaction, ease, and happiness.Elana Rosenbaum, M.S., L.I.C..S.W., is a psychotherapist, cancer survivor and long time teacher of mindfulness-based practices She has worked directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a pioneering teacher of mindfulness-based stress reduction that has helped thousands of people world wide cope with physical and emotional di�culties. Her personal experience andprofessional expertise has inspired many to live well regardless of the circumstances of their lives. She is an internationallyknown speaker, consultant and workshop leader as well as author of Here for Now: Living Well with Cancer throughMindfulness and "Being Well (even when sick): Mindfulness Practices for People Living With Cancer and Other Serious Illness.

“SECRETS OF TIBETAN MINDFULNESS: NOWNESS-AWARENESS IS THE ULTIMATE THERAPY, FREEDOM, AND AWAKENING”"If you are not here now you won’t be then," says the American Lama. �e Dzogchen masters of Tibet say that now-ness-awareness is the authentic and unfabricated natural Buddha within. Mindful living is renowned as an extra-ordinary way of loving and more fully accepting ourselves, befriending oneself and befriending the world-- openingthe way for compassionate action. "Remembering to remember to catch yourself before things catch you and tochoose how, when and if to respond, -- rather than just blindly react--is the very essence of mindful anger manage-ment and emotional balance, equanimity, restraint and detachment."Lama Surya Das, who the Dalai Lama a�ectionately calls the “American lama”, has spent over forty years studying with the great spiritual masters of Asia. He is an authorized lama in the Tibetan Buddhist order, and the founder of the Dzogchen Center. Surya Das is the author of the international bestseller Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the WesternWorld and twelve other books, including his latest release, Buddha Standard Time: Awakening to the In�nite Possibilities of Now. His blog “Ask the Lama” can be found at www.askthelama.com. For more information please visit www.surya.org.

Americans have experienced tough times lately—economic difficulty and uncertainty, the damaging effects offighting two wars, a fractious political climate, and more. Amidst these tough times, though, a quiet revolution has been gathering momentum. People all over the nation have been searching for and finding ways to live more mindfully. And they are bringing the proven beneficial effects of the practices that cultivate mindfulness intoschools, hospitals, doctor’s offices, the military, and other vital institutions in our country. Congressman Tim Ryantalks about how this revolutionary work can help our citizens reduce stress, improve their performance, and recapture the can-do American spirit. We are building a more mindful nation.( see back cover for Tim’s Bio)

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: BUILDING A MINDFUL NATION WITH CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN

George Mumford Tuesday Oct 9, X701-F12-1

Elana Rosenbaum Tuesday, Oct 16 X702-F12-1

Tim Ryan Monday, Nov 26

X704-F12-1 This Special Presentation sponsored by The Center For Mindfulness, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Newton Community Education

Surya Das Tuesday, Oct 30 X703-F12-1

Newton Community Education is once again proud to be able to offer a series of talks by four leading practitioners and teachersof Mindfulness. Each speaker will talk about their personal journey and the insights they have gained through mindfulness practice.

This presentation is a benefit to support The Center For Mindfulness & Newton Community Education scholarship funds.