Most people practice mindfulness in a focused way—attending to their breathing, and returning to their breath when their attention has wandered. But there are actually many different ways to practice being aware.

In this workshop, we will learn about the Spectrum of Awareness Practices, which teaches us many different types of mindful awareness. We will explore focused awareness to natural awareness. Natural awareness is an effortless, radiant, and spacious state of being that includes awareness of awareness.

Through learning how expand our mindfulness practice, we will gain skills for meditating, as well as tools to access a fundamental sense of well-being, which is so needed in these challenging times.
This workshop will celebrate the publication of Diana’s new audio course: Glimpses of Being

Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) www.uclahealth.org/marc, the author of The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering your Natural Awareness, and the co-author, with Susan Smalley, PhD, of Fully Present, the Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness. Called by the LA Times “one of the nation’s best-known teachers of mindfulness,” she has taught mindfulness since 1999 in a variety of settings including hospitals, universities, corporations, non profits, and schools in the US and Asia. A sought-after speaker, she developed the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPS) curriculum and the Training in Mindfulness Facilitation, which trains mindfulness teachers worldwide. She is a founding board member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. She can be found at www.dianawinston.com and on the UCLA Mindful and Ten Percent Happier Apps.

Her work has been mentioned in the New York Times, O Magazine, Bloomberg, the Los Angeles Times, Allure, Women’s Health, and in a variety of magazines, books, and journals. She is also the author of Wide Awake for teens, and has published numerous articles on mindfulness. Diana is a member of the Teacher's Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989, including a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma. Currently Diana’s most challenging and rewarding practice involves trying to mindfully parent a pre-teen.

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FRI, 8/20 | 7:15pm-8:15pm | FREE EVENT