Mindful Mondays (4-week series 6:20-6:50AM MT or 7:00-7:30AM MT)
VIRTUAL EVENT
Mindful Mondays at Integrative Pulmonary Clinic
This isn’t meditation. It’s a different kind of mindfulness: the simple, active practice of noticing new things. Based on the work of Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer, each 30-minute session explores one way to break out of autopilot, see familiar situations with fresh eyes, and open up new possibilities for your health and your life. Then we’ll set one small goal for the week and check in on how last week went. No experience needed, and no sitting still with your eyes closed.
4 Mondays: Nov 16, 23, 30 and Dec 7
Choose your time: 6:20–6:50 am MT (8:20–8:50 am ET) or 7:00–7:30 am MT (9:00–9:30 am ET )
Space is limited, so please register.
Register: here for 6:20–6:50 am MT (8:20–8:50 am ET) and here for 7:00–7:30 am MT (9:00–9:30 am ET )
Cost: $40 for the 4-week series. Discount if you sign up early: $30 for the series if they register by Friday, November 13. Use the code: EARLYBIRD
Cost shouldn’t keep you away: If the cost is a barrier, email hello@integrativepulmonaryclinic.com
Your registration is part of your accountability. People who invest in showing up are more likely to follow through.
Full refund if you cancel before November 16.
The 4 weeks
Week 1, Nov 16: Noticing new things
Mindfulness is noticing what’s new and different, even in things we see every day. Langer finds that the act of noticing is itself energizing and engaging.
Week 2, Nov 23: Escaping autopilot and questioning “the rules”
Much of what we do follows habits and assumptions we never chose on purpose. Langer calls these “premature cognitive commitments.”
Week 3, Nov 30: “Could be” thinking and uncertainty
Words like “always,” “never” and “is” close off options. Changing “it is” to “it could be” opens new possibilities, and uncertainty becomes room to choose rather than a threat.
Week 4, Dec 7: The mindful body and making it last
Langer’s research suggests that our mindset and what we notice can affect our health. A good example is her Counterclockwise study, where older men lived for a week as if it were 20 years earlier.