Mindfulness & Education Conference
May 24th, 9am-2pm
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Name: Long Island Mindfulness & Education Conference
Date: May 24th, 2017 Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm Location: Holiday Inn Plainview, 215 Sunnyside Blvd, 11803 Fee: $97 Speakers: Cory Muscara & Bill Brennan |
*This workshop includes followup resources including: 5 guided meditations, book recommendations, app suggestions,
tips/hints to integrate mindfulness into your life, and Cory's 7-Page Mindfulness Starter Kit*
tips/hints to integrate mindfulness into your life, and Cory's 7-Page Mindfulness Starter Kit*
About This Workshop
Scientific research suggests that the practice of mindfulness (a technique for learning to live in the present moment) can help individuals to gain clarity, reduce stress, optimize performance, and develop a greater sense of well-being. In this one day gathering we learn the ways mindfulness can strengthen inner resilience and cultivate courage and confidence in the face of workplace challenges. We’ll explore how these tools can help us teach students with diverse backgrounds and cultivate mindful leadership and intentional practice.
Through inspiring keynote lectures, question and answer sessions, group exercises and instruction in practical application, we explore:
Through inspiring keynote lectures, question and answer sessions, group exercises and instruction in practical application, we explore:
- The science supporting mindfulness
- Supporting healthy and thriving school cultures
- Ways of integrating mindfulness in your classroom and school district
- How to heal the toxic workplace where anxiety and stress impede performance
- The start a personal meditation practice to develop your innate leadership talents
What are the benefits of mindfulness practice?
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Be More Present
Do you find it hard to be fully present for the most important things in your life? Mindfulness helps you work with distraction and emotions and hold intimacy with your partner, children, and friends. |
IS MINDFULNESS MEDITATION RIGHT FOR ME?
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Anyone can practice mindfulness. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what physical shape you’re in, whether you’re religious or not. These practices are all about helping you restore your natural clarity and ability to be present; they’re about giving you back what you already have, about helping you show up fully for your life.
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HOW MUCH CAN HAPPEN IN This short time?
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I have taught these practices to thousands of people, and what amazes me over and over is the kind of change I see happen in a very short time. Over the course of the workshop I see people settle down, begin to change their perspective on life, and acquire simple tools that can benefit them for a lifetime.
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"Cory Muscara is one of the nation's leading experts in mindfulness meditation.”
-Dr. Oz
-Dr. Oz
Mindfulness: Shifting from Surviving to Thriving
I often think of mindfulness meditation as a form of mental fitness. We go to the gym to work on our body, why would we neglect our mind? Mindfulness is a practice we can use to bring ourselves back into our lives, to optimize our mental function and improve our health, focus, clarity, relaxation, productivity and joy.
In this workshop, I will give you simple tools to help you:
In this workshop, I will give you simple tools to help you:
- Shift from living on “automatic pilot” to living with greater awareness, presence, and intentionality
- Work with difficult, self-defeating, and ruminating thoughts
- Communicate and listen with greater mindfulness to family and friends.
- Stop your work life from bleeding into your personal life, and vice versa.
- Identify the root cause of stress and how mindfulness helps us manage it
what participants have said about this workshop....
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I've been practicing meditation for years and now have an entirely new appreciation for the practice.
Thank you for rekindling my love for meditation. J.T. 
This workshop was life-changing. I cannot believe how much I
learned in this short period of time. M.R. |
Mindfulness scientifically Proven to be of benefit
I know the benefits of mindfulness first hand, but there is also scientific evidence to back up this subjective experience. A recent Forbes Magazine article, “6 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Mindfulness and Meditation, ” mentioned that mindfulness practice:
- Reduces Anxiety
- Prevents And Treats Depression
- Increases Body Satisfaction
- Improves Cognition
- Helps us Stay Focused and Reduces Distractions
About Cory Muscara
Cory is the founder of the Long Island Center for Mindfulness. He has extensive professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindful Schools, Search Inside Yourself, and Breathworks Chronic Pain, and in 2012 spent six months in silent meditation living as a Buddhist monk in Burma. He is a certified hatha yoga instructor and an Integrative Health Coach trained through Duke Integrative Medicine.
Cory currently serves as faculty at Columbia Teachers College where he teaches mindfulness to school leaders and principals, and is an assistant instructor for the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of Pennsylvania. He has lectured and taught mindfulness for a number of Fortune 500 Companies such as Prudential, Travelers, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate; Universities such as NYU, Wharton Business School, Columbia and Dartmouth; and many different schools and hospitals. Cory regularly appears on the Dr. Oz show as a guest expert in the topic of mindfulness meditation.
Cory currently serves as faculty at Columbia Teachers College where he teaches mindfulness to school leaders and principals, and is an assistant instructor for the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of Pennsylvania. He has lectured and taught mindfulness for a number of Fortune 500 Companies such as Prudential, Travelers, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate; Universities such as NYU, Wharton Business School, Columbia and Dartmouth; and many different schools and hospitals. Cory regularly appears on the Dr. Oz show as a guest expert in the topic of mindfulness meditation.
About Bill Brennan
Bill is a leading educator in the area of innovative leadership, teaching, and learning. Working with a team of educators in Farmingdale, Bill led an overhaul of professional practices related to organizational learning and successfully established Farmingdale Schools and the leadership team as an incubator for innovation in learning. Over the past decade he has delivered numerous keynotes and consulted in school districts across the United States on school transformation, professional learning, personalized learning, and leadership. Bill holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Fordham University and currently teachers in the Doctoral program.