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Student Perspective: “How Mindfulness Can Enhance Student Life” Zachary Brook Bouder Pindar, BHS, OTS

I Begin With Gratitude “Angel Heart” - Jacqueline Stigman Sabine Grunwald, UF Mindfulness Founder Jan Snyder, Gainesvi lm e Shambhala Sangha Group Coordinator Members, Gainesvi lm e Shambhala Sangha Mom and Dad, Founder of Me! & A lm of Y ou!

W elcome, Students! Students of Academia, Mindfulness, Life… Class is Here, Now, & In Session

Mindfulness the discipline of presence

Invitation to Breathe Take 3 deep breaths Be Still Be Here Be Just Exactly Who Y ou Ar e “This is the Anchor”

Who Am I? Student of… Occupational Therapy Spirituality/ Divinity Diversity Compassion Service

Students at The Swamp Common UF Student Profile: W e are all high achievers W e all have passionate, driven work ethics W e hunger for A’s … or at least to pass W e experience anxiety , depression , doubt , sense of insu ffi ciency Don’t like the Seminoles

Potential Solution Release self judgment of your thoughts

Potential Solution Be Sti lm Love Y ourself Unconditiona lm y/ Be Y our Own Buddy So Easy… It’s Di ffi cult!

Potential Solution Breathe Fo lm ow the breath Fo lm ow the rhythm

How Do W e Accomplish This at UF? Practice Mindfulness Each Day Ponder… Where? Not just a cushion Why are you here? On the bus For whom are you here? W alking to class Who will you serve? Eating lunch Is your heart in the Sipping on Starbucks field?

How Do W e Accomplish This at UF? “BREATHE the BREATH” B e Still. B e Gentle R emember, R elease E veryone E xperience THE A t A cknowledge T imes Thinks, T rust H oly crap… H eal E nough!

Scientific Literature Straight from Harvard… Mindfulness Practice Leads to Increase in Regional Brain Gray Matter Density ( Hölzel BK, Carmody J, V angel M, et al., 2011 ) Specific Components A ff ected: Learning, Cognition, Memory, Emotion Regulation, Anxiety, Fear, Stress, Self - Awareness, and Perspective Taking Mindfulness meditation and the immune system: a systematic review of randomized control trials ( Black DS & Slavich GM., 2016 ) Suggest possible e ff ects on specific markers of inflammation, cell immunity, and biological aging American Mindfulness Research Association Support is growing exponentially!

Questions/Comments?

Namaste - The Light in me sees and honors the Light in Y ou -

Resources 1.Hölzel BK, Carmody J, V angel M, et al. Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Res. 2011;191 ( 1 ) :36 - 43. 2.Black DS, Slavich GM. Mindfulness meditation and the immune system: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016;1373 ( 1 ) :13 - 24. 3.Images taken from Google Images 4. Painting on slide 2 - “ Angel Heart” by Jacqueline Stigman, http://www.jacquelinestigman.com/the - power - of - the - heart - paintings.html