UCLA Mindfulness MAPS I: For Daily Living

Six Sat, Oct 31 – Dec 5

11am – 1pm

Overview
Mindful Awareness Practices are the signature educational programs of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. These six-week class series are open to the public and to all UCLA staff, faculty, and students. The classes lay the foundation for students to understand basic principles of mindfulness, develop a personal meditation practice, and to apply the principles in their daily life on an ongoing basis.

Each class is a combination of lecture, practice, and group feedback and discussion. MAPs is taught in a context of a supportive community environment with classes no larger than 30-40 students. Students report that the group support was one of the most helpful and inspiring aspects of the class. Our MAPs instructors have years of personal experience practicing mindfulness and teaching it nationally and internationally. MAPs is helpful for people of all backgrounds and religions. These classes are suitable for ages 16 and over.

Class Structure 
MAPs classes meet weekly for two hours per week for six weeks. Students will complete daily home practice meditation assignments starting at five minutes a day and working up to 20 minutes daily by the end of the course. Students will receive a complimentary Home Practice CD and a copy of the book Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness.

Who should take this class?
This course is an excellent introduction to mindfulness for beginners. MAPs class lays the foundation for a daily meditation practice and provides insight into the basics of mindfulness and how it can be applied to daily life. It is also appropriate for an experienced practitioner who wishes to revitalize his/her practice. MAPs is helpful for people of all backgrounds and religions.

Teacher
Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder, Program Director and Teacher at Perfectly Here. She is an Authorized Mindfulness teacher through UCLA MARC and holds a Doctorate in Psychology of Organization Management.

Location: Zoom – you will receive the link to register for Zoom class upon completion of your payment.

Refund, Make-up and Cancellation Policy
Class Refunds must be requested before 5pm, 7 days from the first week of class. There will be a $25 administrative fee to issue refunds. After this date we cannot give refunds. Refunds should be requested by emailing: info@perfectlyhere.org. Perfectly Here reserves the right to cancel classes due to low enrolment. Registrants will be notified in advance of the class.No refunds or credits are given to registrant “no-shows”. If you miss a class, you may make it up during a current series or the series immediately following. No refund or prorate will be issued for missed classes. Students may postpone an entire class. In this case, credit towards a future class will be provided if a registrant notifies us b email in advance of 5pm, 7 days before the first week of the class series. Future class must be made up during the class immediately following the missed class series. (For example: if postponing a May/June class series you will have to use your credit and enrol in the July/August class series). The credit will be lost after this opportunity.

Pricing
We offer special COVID 19 pricing.