Florida Atlantic University’s Peace Studies Program presents the Peaceful Mind/Peaceful Life series.
Now in its 8th year, it offers workshops and lectures to help calm the mind and lift the spirit. Three workshops will be offered this year along with a lecture presented by Dan Baker, author of “What Happy People Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better.”
The workshops are built around “The Practice,” a set of practical tools developed by Barbara Schmidt that can be used throughout the day to guide us in our lives. These tools are intended to help us cultivate a peaceful mind so that we can lead happier, more loving, more mindful and more peaceful lives.
The first workshop, titled “Waking Up, Tapping into Our Inner Source of Strength and Wisdom,” will take place on Tuesday, December 4, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 8, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. These workshops will be held in the Senate Chambers of FAU’s Student Union on the Boca Raton campus.
The second workshop is “Living Present, Carrying Our Inner Peace throughout the Day” and will take place on Tuesday, February 26 from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
The final workshop is “Letting Go, Reflecting on the Day and Making Peace with ourselves,” on Saturday, April 20 from 9:30 a.m. to noon and Tuesday, April 23 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Both of these last workshops will take place in the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center at 201 Plaza Real, 2nd Floor, in Boca Raton.
All seminars will be facilitated by Barbara Schmidt and coffee and beverages will be served. The cost is $15 per session and registration is required at fauf.fau.edu/peaceful or by calling 561-297-2337.
The Baker lecture will take place on Saturday, February 9 at 2 p.m. in FAU’s University Theatre on the Boca Raton campus. Baker has been at the grass roots level in a national initiative known as “Positive Psychology,” the scientific study of human strengths, virtues and character. Positive Psychology investigates what is right with people, their organizations and institutions.
Tickets for the lecture are $15 and can be purchased at www.fauevents.com.
The Peaceful Mind/Peaceful Life Series is presented by FAU’s Peace Studies Program in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, in partnership with the Schmidt Family Foundation. For more information about peace studies at FAU, call 561-297-2337.