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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">See attached and below for an 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course offered and subsidized by the UO over winter term.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">___________</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Please see the attached flyer for an
<b>8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course </b>hosted through the
<a href="https://www.wellbeingneuroscience.org/workshops" target="_blank" title="https://www.wellbeingneuroscience.org/workshops">
Center for the Science and Practice of Wellbeing</a> this winter term for graduate students, post-docs, and staff. </span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">What: </span>
</b><span style="color:black;background:white">MBSR is an empirically supported 8-week psycho-educational group intervention that involves systematic and intensive training in mindfulness meditation as a health intervention. MBSR is about developing a new relationship
to stress arising from chronic illness, psychological conditions, and everyday distress. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">(See attached flyer for more details and facilitator bio). </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">When</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">: Tuesdays from 5:30-8:00 pm, January 16<sup>th</sup> - March 15th plus a daylong retreat on Saturday, Feb 24th. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Cost: </span>
</b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">$75 for UO graduate students, post-docs, and staff.</span></u><b><i><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></i></b><i><span style="color:black;background:white">Note that the cost of the course is
<u>typically $495</u>, but has been subsidized by the Center for Translational Neuroscience and the Institute for Neuroscience.</span></i><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Want to learn more about the course?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Register for one of the <b>
orientation / info sessions</b></span><span style="color:#4A452A"> <b><a href="https://forms.gle/thTWu6oMiN839WUg7" target="_blank" title="https://forms.gle/thTWu6oMiN839WUg7">here</a></b>:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Thurs, Jan 4th at 5:30 pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Tuesday, Jan 9th at 5:30 pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Ready to register?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Complete the <b>registration form</b></span><b><span style="color:#632423"> <a href="https://forms.gle/SbNPGG3ysy66AHoo7" target="_blank" title="https://forms.gle/SbNPGG3ysy66AHoo7">here</a></span></b><span style="color:#632423">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Megan <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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