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Join Office of Sustainability and more than 30 campus partners for the annual Celebrating Sustainability Activity Fair on April 19, from 11-1pm at Ford Plaza! This annual Earth Day celebration will feature numerous activities and demonstrations for energy, water, transportation, waste, food and sustainable living. Open to staff, faculty and students, the fair provides lunch, activities, and entertainment to all those who wish to learn more about sustainability at Stanford. 

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Do you often lose patience with your kids? Do your kids trigger intense emotions in you? Have you often wished that you could have dealt with the situation in a better way? Children often learn emotion regulation skills from watching how their parents deal with their intense emotions. So if you are someone who struggles with regulating your intense emotions, please attend this informative workshop and learn some evidence based strategies for emotion regulation in you and your children. In this workshop, topics covered include:

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Come and meditate with us! We will begin with a few minutes of settling and discussing the practice. We will then sit for twenty minutes, with gentle guidance for less experienced practitioners. Those with their own established practices are welcome to ignore the guidance and simply do their thing. After twenty minutes there will be an opportunity to debrief and share anything that arose during the practice.

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A one-day conference for parents, educators and care providers of children with an autism spectrum disorder. This annual update will focus on new research, therapies and insights to living with autism.

Keynote speakers:

Catherine Lord, PhD "DSM-5: Rationale and Impact of the new Criteria"

Peter Mundy, PhD "Autism and Joint Attention: Assessment and Intervention Fundamentals"

Stanford researchers will also be presenting their latest work in the field of Autism and there will be an option to attend a breakout session in the afternoon

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Do feelings of overwhelm and stress interfere with your enjoyment of life? Have you noticed your health, sleep, and energy affected by life or work stress? This research and evidence-based course gives you practical tools and technology to generate a simultaneous state of relaxation, readiness, and revitalization called coherence. Each participant receives a fun and innovative self-monitoring technology for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch called Inner Balance.

Last modified Fri, 5 Feb, 2016 at 7:54

We have received significant interest in the March 8 event, in addition to several recent ideas for how to expand the symposium for even greater impact. We are therefore postponing the symposium until October 14, 2016.

The extended timeframe will allow us to implement these new ideas and accommodate additional participants, ensuring that the symposium achieves the highest levels of success.

MATERNAL AND NEWBORN SURVIVAL: Research, Technology Driven Innovation, and Action

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In this public dialogue, world renowned mindfulness teacher and author, Jon Kabat-Zinn will engage in conversation with CCARE’s Founder and Director, Dr. James Doty, to celebrate the release of Dr. Doty’s book, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover Mysteries of the Brain and Secrets of the Heart. During this conversation, Jon Kabat-Zinn will be asking Dr.

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University Ombudsperson David Rasch and Medical School Ombudsperson Jim Laflin will discuss a range of issues related to resolving conflict in an academic institution like Stanford. Through exploration of a series of questions they will describe how the Ombudsperson uses informal and confidential means to assist faculty, staff and students with the broad range of problems, conflicts, and misunderstandings that are commonly brought to the office. The presentation will include a variety of strategies and resources for resolving concerns and disputes at Stanford.

Last modified Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 at 8:47

Do you have a solid exercise routine but you are not seeing results? Come explore how food and exercise should work together. While the answer to losing weight and getting healthier is technically "eat less and move more" - it is not necessarily eat very little and workout a lot. The key is to find that balance.

In this class, you will learn how to fuel your workouts properly to lose weight, build muscle, burn fat and workout appropriately so every minute at the gym is used efficiently.

Last modified Fri, 15 Jan, 2016 at 0:45

Rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit with yoga instructor Rebecca Snowball as you engage in sacred gestures on the labyrinth to meditative music in the tranquil ambiance of Memorial Church.

Please bring your yoga mat.

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