by Amelia Barili | Jul 9, 2015 | Bridging University and Community, Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Older Adult Courses, Science and Spirituality, Transforming Education
The Embodied Mind. UC Berkeley lecture by Dr. Amelia Barili (2012) It was long believed that the connections in our brain became fixed with age. Recent research shows that new experiences can change our brain, supporting learning and optimal mental health well into...
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 | Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Older Adult Courses, Science and Spirituality, Transforming Education
In this workshop we learn how to integrate the most recent findings about neuroplasticity, with the pragmatic teachings of Buddhism on how to cultivate wisdom and compassion, and with the empirical sciences of Classical Yoga and Taoist Qigong. Practitioners of the...
by Amelia Barili | Jun 6, 2015 | Articles, Bridging University and Community, Integrating Body, Mind and Spirit, Transforming Education
To read full article, please click on this link: Learning to Learn: Neurobiology and Cognitive Science as Basis of Autonomous Learning
