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.
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.