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SUMMARY:Mindfulness and the Brain - Mike Bell
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DESCRIPTION:*Non-chemical ways of dealing with your emotional response to 
 life.*\n\nUniversity life can be stressful. We could all do with some non-
 chemical ways to improve our lives. Many people have found mindfulness to 
 be effective in reducing stress and dealing with painful experiences\, but
 \, how does it work?\n\nThis secular\, experiential session will explain w
 hat is happening in the brain during meditation and why it is effective. Y
 ou will get a chance to try different types of meditation for yourself and
  experience the benefits. It will use almost no jargon (either neuroscienc
 e of Buddhist)\n\n_Mike Bell is a science graduate (Selwyn)\, has worked a
 s a science teacher and staff trainer and has created teaching materials o
 n the ‘brain and learning’. He has practiced meditation for over 20 ye
 ars._
LOCATION:McCrum Lecture Theatre\, Bene't Street\, Next to the Eagle Pub
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