Free Drop-in Meditations
Mindful awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one's physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being.
The weekly "drop-in" sessions are led by UCLA Mindful's Diana Winston, Marvin G. Belzer Ph.D, and other UCLA Mindful-affiliated teachers.
Open to anyone interested in learning how to 'live more presently' in life.
Free Weekly Virtual Drop-In Meditation Schedule
Join UCLA Mindful teachers in Weekly Virtual Meditation Drop-In Sessions. These 30-minute sessions will offer an online community of meditation support and teachings. No need to register, come as you are.
You can access guided meditations at any time on the free app "UCLA Mindful".
There also are free guided meditation session recordings from UCLA's Hammer Museum.
Mondays- NEW ZOOM ROOM BEGINNING JULY 1
Time: 12:30-1pm PST
Location: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Rm 1109, Level 1, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles
For now these meditations will be held weekly via Zoom video conferencing. Please join us from home!
This drop-in is facilitated by Marvin G. Belzer as well as other UCLA Mindful teachers.
Join Zoom Room
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87911252126?pwd=dWoySWRRREs2RE4rSUZMbDZhc01Sdz09
Meeting ID: 879 1125 2126
Passcode: 2023
NEW ZOOM ROOM BEGINNING JULY 1
Join Zoom Room
https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/96456661655?pwd=hTPdZbVy8ei6ZHZXiG3jOUAJESs8Pb.1
Meeting ID: 964 5666 1655
Password: 123456
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd92zOdw0P
First Tuesday Monthly
Time: 12:30-1pm PST
Hammer Museum Meditation Catch-Up
For our virtual meditation participants, join us for a chance to meditate, catch up, ask questions and reconnect with Diana Winston or Allyson Pimentel. We will meet the first Tuesday of each month from 12:30-1pm.
May 7-Diana, June 4- Allyson, July 2- Diana, Aug 6- Diana, Sept 3- Allyson, Oct 1- Allyson, Nov 5- Diana, Dec 3-Allyson
Live-Online via Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81861231458?pwd=PDdjUc4n2VEL5kfoXBV58Usse4mn5f.1
Meeting ID: 818 6123 1458
Passcode: 2024
Thursdays
Time: 12:30-1pm PST
Location: Hammer Museum
Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
Admission to the Hammer Museum and all public programs are FREE
Starting January 12 you are invited to once again enjoy Mindful Awareness Meditation in person in the Billy Wilder Theater!
Every session will also be broadcast live on the Hammer's website.
Whether you participate in person or online, Mindful Awareness Meditation will continue every Thursday at 12:30 PM.
Meet the Drop-in Facilitators:
Diana Winston
Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at 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. She has taught mindfulness for health and well-being since 1993 in a variety of settings including the medical and mental health field, and in universities, businesses, non-profits, and schools.
Allyson Pimintel, EdD
Allyson Pimentel, EdD (she/her), is a psychologist, practitioner & teacher in the Insight meditation tradition who works at the intersection of mindfulness and mental health. Dr. Pimentel has been teaching mindfulness in university, medical, secular and spiritual settings for over twenty years. Formerly, the Associate Director of UCLA Campus & Student Resilience and the Program Director of Mindful UCLA, she is currently the Director of Mindful USC and UCLA Mindful instructor.
Marvin G. Belzer, Ph.D
Marvin G. Belzer, PhD, has taught mindfulness meditation for twenty years. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. For many years he taught a semester-long meditation course in the Department of Philosophy at Bowling Green St. University, where he was an Associate Professor of Philosophy. He teaches an undergraduate course at UCLA and teaches mindfulness in many different venues in Los Angeles.