Featured Guest Speaker: Colleen Camenisch, MBA, MBSR facilitator, Founder of The Mindfulness Standard, and Executive Director of the Nevada Physician Wellness Coalition

Mindfulness is the everyday practice of strengthening awareness of our present-moment experience. One oft-cited definition of the word reads: “Mindfulness means paying attention on purpose to the present moment non-judgmentally.”

For many years, the practice of mindfulness meditation has been studied and scientifically examined with results that directly reduce everyday stress and increase overall happiness. Not only that, mindfulness is also a skill that brings awareness to patterns of behavior, making it easier to identify the signals of anxiety and depression even before they become problems. Notably, it is the eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program established in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD., that has been the gold standard of mindfulness training and the basis of the scientific data that we have today.

But how exactly does mindfulness work? And how should one begin to practice the techniques in order to increase everyday wellbeing?

In recognition of National Mental Health Awareness Month, please join us on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023, at 12:00ET as Colleen Camenisch, a 15-year MBSR facilitator and founder of The Mindfulness Standard, walks us through the foundational practice of mindfulness meditation.

In this special interactive edition of BioBites, you will:

Learn the history and foundation of MBSR Examine the benefits of practicing mindfulness regularly
Explore mindfulness as both a formal meditation practice and a way of life
Find out how mindfulness can rewire neurocircuitry in the brain Discover resources for starting your mindfulness practice
Practice a brief session of mindfulness meditation to feel it for yourself!

If you have any questions you would like answered during this event, please email them to Jessica Frank, BioMed Program Manager, at [email protected].