The Columbia Law School Mindfulness Program invites you to a meditation for faculty, staff, and students, held via live-stream on Wednesday, October 20th from 12:15 - 1 pm. These sessions are oriented to beginners and also open to those more experienced with mindfulness practices, and they include guided meditation as well as discussion of mindfulness meditation. Participants are also invited to bring lunch to these sessions and enjoy their meal in community. This week's session will be led by Lynn Koerbel (bio below).
This session offers an introductory training in a practice -- interpersonal mindfulness -- that targets the ability to connect and listen more effectively around giving and receiving feedback. It will address topics like: How might mindfulness support the process of both giving and receiving feedback? What qualities from mindfulness support impactful feedback? And how do we situate and embrace vulnerability within the feedback process? These are skills not only useful for lawyers, but helpful to all of us during these times of disconnection. Interpersonal mindfulness is also an engaging way to practice mindfulness, with its broader benefits for improving focus and emotional self-regulation and reducing stress.
Lynn Koerbel serves as the Assistant Director of MBSR Teacher Training and Curricula Development at the Mindfulness Center at Brown. She oversees the MBSR teacher-training pathway and other Mindfulness-Based Program curricula. Prior to her MBSR teaching and training, Lynn spent over 25 years as an integrative bodywork therapist with a focus on supporting individuals who had experienced early trauma and assisting in the integration of the body in healing. This work influenced Lynn’s deep trust in the body’s wisdom, the nature of resilience, the power of presence, and the inspiring human capacity to meet injury, trauma and stress with resources reflecting the inherent wholeness in each person.
