by Amelia B | Jul 28, 2021 | Workshops
Many scientific studies show that meditation and volunteering support good health for the heart, brain, and whole being. Combined, they foster positive neuroplasticity. In this course, participants study discoveries of the “Neuroscience of Meditation” and learn...
by Amelia Barili | Jul 10, 2015 | Art and Spirituality, Bridging University and Community, Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Science and Spirituality, Transforming Education, Workshops
Fritjof Capra and Amelia Barili share thoughts about Science and Spirituality in this “Emerging Consciousness” seminar at Mount Madonna Center, in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Below is a description of the seminar. The troubled times we live in...
by Amelia Barili | Jul 7, 2015 | Bridging University and Community, Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Older Adult Courses, Transforming Education, Workshops
Amelia Barili presents her new course Each One Helps One: Neuroplasticity and Volunteering at the UC Berkeley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (Spring 2014) What does helping others have to do with the healthy, progressive functioning of our brains? In this class, we...
by Amelia Barili | Jun 6, 2015 | Bridging University and Community, Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Older Adult Courses, Science and Spirituality, Transforming Education, Workshops
Practitioners of ancient healing traditions of India and China have known for thousands of years something that recent medical studies are just now confirming: the body is not simply a biological machine but a vast energetic network. Drawing from the healing...
by Amelia Barili | Jun 6, 2015 | Art and Spirituality, Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Science and Spirituality, Transforming Education, Workshops
Science tells us that we have more neurons in our body than stars in the Milky Way. This gives us a sense of our enormous potential for feeling, sensing, and intuitive knowing. We can use this vast power to heal ourselves and to find creative solutions to our...
by Amelia Barili | Jun 6, 2015 | Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Science and Spirituality, Workshops
Have you ever wondered how you would live once you realize that the way you think, feel and act shapes your inner reality and the world you inhabit? The science of neuroplasticity shows us that our experiences shape the structure and functioning of our brain and of...
