Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam
Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences
Status: Course is open for application
Semester: Fall 2024
Application deadline: 23/09/2024
Cancellation deadline: 23/09/2024
Start date: 07/10/2024
Administrator: Sututhi Perrananthasivam
Name of workshop:
Mindfulness training for PhD students
Course parameters:
Language: English
Time of year: Fall 2024
No. of contact hours/hours in total incl. preparation: 4
Capacity limit: 20 participants
Two workshops, each with a duration of 2 hours
First workshop: Focus on meditations to enhance focus, concentration, and body awareness.
Content:
- Introduction to mindfulness, including fundamental attitudes in mindfulness training.
- Training conscious presence through practical mindfulness exercises, such as body scanning, gentle yoga exercises, and seated meditations.
- Homework training agreed upon for the time until the second session. Daily home training, lasting a minimum of 15 minutes, is tailored to each participant.
Second workshop: Continued focus on meditations to enhance focus, concentration, and body awareness. Introduction to compassion and insight meditations to clarify personal motives and values and increase compassion for oneself and others.
Content:
- Introduction to compassion and insight meditations.
- Follow-up on homework.
- Training conscious presence and compassion through practical mindfulness exercises, including insight meditation, compassion meditation, gentle yoga exercises, body scanning, and meditation on the breath.
- Review of the two sessions and discussion on how participants can integrate mindfulness into their daily lives.
The teaching will take place in groups of 10-20 participants, alternating between meditation exercises, gentle yoga, participant sharing, and instruction in the theoretical and philosophical background of mindfulness.
Name of lecturer:
Lykke Elisabeth Ramsdal
Place:
Fredrik Nielsens Vej 4, 8000 Aarhus C, the Conference Center, building 1420, room 218
Registration:
Deadline for registration: Monday, 23 September 2024
Please note that seats are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
For questions relating to the content of the workshop, please contact:
- Lykke Elisabeth Ramsdal, lyra@au.dk
For questions relating to administrative issues, e.g. registration or location, please contact:
- PhD partner Sututhi Perrananthasivam, sper@au.dk
- PhD partner Mathilde Skarum-Johnsen, matsj@au.dk
Course dates:
- 07 October 2024 09:00 - 11:00
- 21 October 2024 09:00 - 11:00