Saybrook University Mindfulness Moments

Dr. Cliff Smyth leads you though using attention and gentle mindful movements to develop awareness ease for your face. Relaxing the face, shifting the subtle tensions, can help relax the whole body. The ability to sense ourselves in our faces can help us respond appropriately in our day.

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Dean Donald Moss explores the theme of Gelassenheit, which can be defined as letting be. It is a German word with historical and spiritual origins, and Dr. Moss touches upon its contemporary existential meaning of release, acceptance, and redirection in today's meditative session.

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Description: In this session, Dr. Smyth takes us briefly though some of the basic steps of the mindfulness of breath practice found in Sattipahtana Sutta  from the Buddha’s time. Steps that you can benefit from in this recording, or take into more extended practice for yourself.

Dr. Gina Belton kicks off our Spring 2024 Mindfulness Moments program with a heartfelt practice. She guides us to connect with our heart space and tap into our capacity for loving kindness.

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Description: Autogenic Training is a self-regulation technique that produces profound relaxation and relief from the negative effects of stress. 'Autogenic' means 'generated from within.' The German Johann Schultz developed this procedure in the 1920s and 1930s and his colleague Wolfgang Luthe promoted Autogenic Training in North America. Dean Moss will guide the attendees in a brief experience of Autogenic Training.

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Description: In honor of personal and world peace, join Dr. Luann Fortune as she uses Metta meditation to guide us in exploring our inner awareness and projecting our loving kindness to the spaciousness of the cosmos.

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Description: Need a short break or a mindful intention to help set your day? Join Dr. Jenny DeDecker as she invites us to settle into our body and tune into our breath for the next 15 minutes together.

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Description: Join Dr. Gina Belton as she invites us to tune into our breath and drop into our own dew drop moment through the guidance of a haiku by Kobayashi Issa.

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Description: The solar eclipse is a powerful event that invites us into a relationship of reverence with life. As the moon momentarily covers the sun, it creates a unique shadow on our world and hints at new beginnings as the brightness dims for a short while, which can be a welcome and natural moment for reflection. This guided meditation invites a deeper look into the shadow side of our human experience, creating space for contemplation about where you've been, what you are healing from, and where you are headed next.

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In today's meditative practice, join Dr. Valerie Worthington as she creates space for us to honor Hispanic Heritage Month through a series of reflective quotes and poetry from notable Hispanic figures.

Description: Join us for today's Saybrook Mindfulness Moments as we rest in the buoyant depths of ocean mind and the expansive awareness of sky mind.

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Description: Dr. Selene Kumin Vega invites you to tune into your breath and explore how you are intimately connected with all the elements of life, from people and nature to the universe and beyond.

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Description: To conclude our summer mindfulness offerings, join Dr. Selene Kumin Vega in this somatic-based practice of moving with our breath.

Description: Centering and grounding are often used interchangeably, but they are slightly different from each other. The former begins with looking inward while the latter occurs by connecting to external supporting forces. Join Dr. Luann Fortune as she guides us through the process of centering and grounding in today's meditative practice.

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Description: Drop in for a gentle guided meditation practice grounded in the Kriya yoga tradition. Breathe the luscious air surrounding you, engage the work (kri) of the breath and soul (ya), and join in the union of yoga. The goal of Kriya yoga is to embody the breath and balance the mind and body as a pathway for deepening spiritual connection within yourself and the world around you.

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Description: When times are rife with confusion in the outer world, it is wise to build a calm sanctuary within. Dr. Donna Rockwell leads us in a Mindful Awareness practice to help cool the heat of fear and cultivate in its place equanimity and calm. 

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Description: As we navgiate the fluctuating weather changes of summer, Dr. Jenny DeDecker invites us to gently reconnect with our breath as a way to recenter into the root of our being.

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Description: In today's meditative space, Dr. Valerie Worthington invites us to reflect on her shared observations of spiritual and religious core tenets and traditions from cultures around the world.

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Description: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) guides the individual to perceive the difference between relaxed and tense muscles, and to develop a differential awareness of muscle tension, and a corresponding ability to release tensions. The presenter will introduce PMR and guide the attendees through a brief PMR experience.

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Description: Dr. Luann Fortune leads us through a metta practice, sending loving kindness and compassion to ourselves, others, and the world.