Mindfulness for the Arts
Broad Art Center, Rm 8260
Mindfulness sessions led by Jesse Fleming ’16, Design Media Arts
Open to students, faculty, and staff of the School of the Arts and Architecture who are interested in learning how to find wellbeing in daily living.
Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one's physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being.
The weekly "drop-in" sessions are led by Jesse Fleming who has been practicing mindfulness for over a decade and is certified as a mindfulness facilitator from UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center. His teaching style is playful and diversified, taught through the lens of an artist, meditation practitioner, and instructor who is intent on lowering the perceived boundary between self and other. Jesse offers a sensory-based tool kit for enduring and enjoying life, with simple techniques to anchor into our experience — creating an elasticity between self and transcendence so that we feel full in who we are but not stuck in it either!
Event Dates: Tuesdays, Jan. 31–May 9, 12:15—1 p.m.
Venue: Broad Art Center, Dean's Conference Room (Rm 8260)
Price: Free to UCLA Arts students, faculty and staff
No special clothing required. Beginners and long time practitioners welcome. The series will be offered on a drop in basis but attending the full series will also grant cumulative tools and the ability for consistent practice. The Dean's conference room has a limited capacity and these sessions are offered on a first-come-first-served basis.