Contemplation By Design: Monday, November 3

(The following information cites time of event, event name, location - and sponsoring organizations.)

12:00 p.m. - Contemplation: the Power of the Pause for Calm Compassionate Competence, Building 320, Main Quad (Geology corner), Room 105 - BeWell and HIP 

Experience renewal, peace of mind and well-being by pausing to quiet the thinking mind, engage the senses, relax and replenish.  This workshop will explore the fundamental role of the contemplative pause in creating a life of sustained excellence, joy, compassion, wisdom and health — a life lived fully. Learn practical skills as well as the scientific evidence that supports the value of enjoying a daily contemplative pause.

Tia Rich, PhD, Stanford Senior Specialist in Health Promotion, has been integrating mindfulness, compassion and meditation into stress management programs at the university and medical center since 1984. Dr. Rich’s creation of the Contemplation by Design program is the continuation of her dedication to the resilience and well-being of the Stanford community. Dr. Rich did her dissertation on stress and resilience among 1,000 Stanford employees. She applied the research findings by creating a skill-building course called C.A.R.E.S.TM, which focuses on Compassion, Awareness and Relationship skills to Ease Stress. It is offered through HIP. Tia is a psychotherapist and mindful yoga and meditation instructor.
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5:15 p.m. – Mindfulness and Design Thinking, location change to: Lathrop Library (Bishop Auditorium) - The d.school and HIP

This panel discussion will illuminate how design thinking relates to and incorporates mindfulness and contemplation.

The panel includes Professor Bill Burnett, who manages both the undergraduate and graduate programs in design at Stanford — joint programs between the Mechanical Engineering department and the Art department. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Product Design at Stanford and has worked professionally on a wide variety of projects, ranging from award-winning Apple portable computers to the original Hasbro Star Wars action figures. Bill teaches the senior Graduate Thesis class, called “The Designers Voice,” and a somewhat mystical version of the only industrial design class taught at Stanford, called Formgiving. Formgiving is as much a guided meditation, self-reflection, and group therapy exercise as it is a class about design. One student said that learning formgiving this way was like learning to use “the Force.” (Bill could not have said it any better.)
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9:00 p.m. - Contemplation Breaks for Stanford Students, Residence Halls - Office of Student Affairs: Residential Education, CAPS, IThrive, PHEs

Students are invited to gather in the common room of their residence to enjoy a 30-minute contemplation break facilitated by their Resident Assistants and CAPS staff or IThrive peer health educators. 
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