Welcome to Mindful Lebanon
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Welcome to Mindful Lebanon
For more information about our courses and events, please register now.
World Meditation Day- Dec 21, 2024
A time to practice mindfulness!
On December 21, 2024, the United Nations' World Meditation Day, I wish you a peaceful and meaningful moment to meditate and reflect on well-being and kindness. This day is also a chance to focus on inner peace, global harmony, and the many benefits of mindfulness, including stress reduction, enhanced focus, and emotional resilience.
As we reflect on the challenges of this past year, let’s take a moment to ground ourselves and prepare for brighter, more mindful days ahead.
Visit https://mindfullebanon.com/mindful-exercises, where you’ll find a variety of guided exercises to support your meditation practice.
Stay tuned for announcements about our special webinars and in-person gatherings to celebrate this significant day. Together, let’s make World Meditation Day a step toward a more mindful and peaceful world.
Recent LAM Conference highlights on Oct 15, 2022
MINDFULNESS AND WELLNESS AT WORK AND IN SOCIETY
The Lebanese Association of Mindfulness, in partnership with LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, held its second conference, "Mindfulness & Wellness at Work and in Society." The conference was hybrid, free, and open to all health care providers, policymakers, and the general public and was attended by more than 200 participants from 13 countries.
We were honored to host this year three international speakers.
Session I explores 1) the psychology and physiology of wellbeing, 2) neuroscience and the biology of mindfulness, 3) emotions and mindfulness, and 4) mindfulness in society. Session II explores 5) mindfulness at work, 6) Enhanced Stress Resilience training program for residents and medical doctors, and mindfulness and play therapy. We concluded with a mindfulness practice and resolutions for next-year event.
LAM Conference highlights Oct 23, 2021
FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
We were honored to inaugurate LAM activities with Prof. Rebecca Crane, director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University, to be the Keynote Speaker for the Conference. More than 100 attendees online and another hundred over Zoom participated in the Conference. Prof. MA El Khoury presented mindfulness and the brain, Dr. S. Obeid spoke about mindfulness and anxiety, and Ms. W. Charounti presented mindfulness and recurrent depression findings. Ms. Nadine Zakaria presented the effects of mindfulness and art on psychotic patients and D. Matta his experience of teaching mindfulness to college students, academics, and staff at USJ. Then there was a mindfulness breathing session before ending with an announcement about future mindfulness courses at CFP and LAM activities.