COE Self-Care Activities Spring 2020 - Week 2

Dear Faculty and Staff,

As we begin our first week of self-care in the spring semester, I want to recognize that self-care can mean supporting others as well as ourselves. Several members of our COE family experienced a loss of a family member recently. Please extend your thoughts and support to Justine Su and Ellen Edeburn, who lost their mothers, Jan Fish, who lost her husband, and Wendy Murawski, who lost her ex-husband over the holiday break. Our hearts go out to these colleagues and friends. Please let me know if there are others whom we should also be recognizing.

We begin our spring COE self-care activities with meditation from 1:30-2PM this Thursday, January 30th, in the CTL conference room with our wonderful leader Josh Einhorn. Please note that this is the new time for weekly meditation this semester.

And be sure to mark your schedules for our first monthly presentation on Music for Healing  the Body, Mind and Emotion with presenter and musician Brian Lottman on Tuesday, Feb. 4^th, from 12-1 PM in Ed 1214. Brian plays the harmonium, an instrument known for reducing stress and rejuvenating the whole body. Come and listen to this soothing music. Lunch will be included.

Finally, as mentioned in last week’s email, we are proud that our COE self-care program will be a featured presentation at the Critical Teaching in Action Conference with the theme “Health, Wellness and Social Justice: Teaching and Practicing Resilience” on Saturday, Feb 15, 2020 from 1:00-2:15PM at Mount Saint Mary’s University (conference cost $20).

http://www.msmu.edu/departments/education/center-for-cultural-fluency

Our program also will be featured at the AERA 2020 conference in the Stress, Coping, and Resilience SIG entitled “Toward a Culture of Self-Care” at 6:15PM on Monday, April 20, 2020. 

https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting

We will also be presenting at the October 2020  California Conference on Teacher Education entitled “Lives of Teachers” SIG! More information to come!

Please look for weekly emails on upcoming self-care activities, and keep checking the website at http://www.csun.edu/eisner-education/self-care

Below is the Spring self-care activity schedule:

• Jan. 30th Thursday, from 1:30-2 PM in CTL Conference Room. Meditation Moments: Come take advantage of regular mediation sessions from 1:30-2 PM this semester, learn more about the benefits, and discover new ways to meditate.
• Feb. 4th Tuesday, 12-1 PM in Ed 1214 Music for Healing the Body, Mind and Emotion Presented by Brian Lottman, an energy healer, spiritual guide, and yoga instructor at the Soul Center in West Hills, CA. Brian plays the harmonium, an instrument known for reducing stress and rejuvenating the whole body. Come and listen to this soothing music. Lunch will be served.
• Feb. 6th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• Feb. 13th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• Feb. 20th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• Feb. 27th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• March 3rd, Tuesday 12-1 PM in ED 1214 Earthquake Preparedness. Lisa Curtis, CSUN Emergency Manager, will present on earthquake preparedness. Lunch will be served. 
• March 5th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• March 12th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• March 19th SPRING BREAK. Enjoy!
• March 26th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• April 2^nd, Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• April 7th Tuesday 12-1PM in Ed 1214 Care and the Hero/Heroine Journey. Howard Teich, Ph.D., psychologist, will explore Self-Care through the lens of Joseph Cambell’s hero/heroine’s journey. Lunch will be served.
• April 9th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• April 16th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• April 23th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room
• April 30^th Thursday, 1:30-2 PM Meditation Moments in CTL Conference Room

So glad to have each other.

Warmly,

Shari