MEDITATION ON THE LAWN RETURNS!

MONDAY, JANUARY 11
7:50am (ET)
Free and open to the public. Registration required.

On MONDAY, JANUARY 11, we will commence a new series of Virtual Meditation on the Lawn with facilitator Anthony DeMauro. DeMauro is the Associate Director of Dalai Lama Fellows, CSC’s internationally-recognized contemplative leadership program for emerging social change leaders from around the world. Virtual Meditation on the Lawn is a 7-8 minute virtual meditation or short guided reflection offered by CSC and our University partners on Mondays at 7:50am ET. These meditations are led by inspiring members of the UVA community and special guests. Check out our list of past facilitators and access recordings of all previous sessions here.

*You must register for this new series of Meditation on the Lawn even if you previously registered for the Fall 2020 series. REGISTER HERE.

**There will be no session on Monday, January 18, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021, and no session on Monday, March 29, due to UVA's Spring Break holiday.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Whom would you like to see facilitate or guide an upcoming Virtual Meditation on the Lawn session? Contact us if you have suggestions or other comments or questions about this series or if you would like CSC’s assistance in organizing a guided meditation customized for a particular group, class, or event.

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community event: Contemplative Reading for Wisdom

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
11:00am - 12:00pm (ET)
Online
Free and open to the public. Registration required.

While people read for all kinds of reasons—for pleasure, to get information, to pass the time—in this session participants will explore what it means to read contemplatively. The workshop will provide an introduction to using contemplative reading as a powerful counter-practice to high-quantity and speed-based information consumption.

Participants will share their own experiences with contemplative reading and learn how contemplative reading can enhance a sense of creative agency and encourage new ways of seeing, thinking about, and compassionately engaging with the wider world.

CSC's Karolyn Kinane will facilitate this virtual discussion in partnership with the Jefferson Madison Regional Library (JMRL). You may access the event online through Zoom or via a toll-free phone number. Register to receive details.

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Attention students: new ACADEMIC COURSES

CSC is excited to announce three new academic courses we're offering to UVA students this spring:

Journeys Toward Purpose and Belonging — RELG 2559-002
CSC is offering this new 3-credit course for exploring topics of purpose, belonging, and resilience in relationship to well-being.

Racialized Trauma and Body-Based Justice — LPPP 2559
In this new 3-credit Leadership & Public Policy course offered by CSC in partnership with the Batten School you’ll explore the logic of systemic inequality based on social identities, such as race, class and gender, and its contribution to lasting physical harm including racialized trauma.

Contemplative Labs with English, Dance & Music — RELG 1559 [+ course]
Explore the connections between contemplation and the creative process with this new, 1-credit Contemplative Lab offered by CSC's Karolyn Kinane as a co-requisite to three 3-credit courses on Public Speaking, Dance Composition, and Sound Studies.

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