{"id":17016,"date":"2021-07-20T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=17016"},"modified":"2021-07-19T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:04:14","slug":"morning-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/morning-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we prepare to return to campus this fall, we're also planning to bring back our popular mid-week meditation meeting, with a shift to an earlier time: morning instead of afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an experiment. Many traditions emphasize morning meditation as a way to start the day. That's great \u2014\u00a0but does it work with your schedule? We'll just have to see. Read on for all the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/editor\/10968968306\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7397\/10968968306_b891e9db44.jpg?w=625&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Meditation Room\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development invites you to join us for a regular group meditation. We'll meet in the Meditation Room of the St. Katharine Drexel Chapel each Wednesday morning throughout the 2021 fall semester. Drop in when you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>What to expect?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the meditation room is located directly beneath the bell tower, we are using the bells in our meditation. They chime quarterly. Our period of silence begins at 8:30 and ends at 8:45. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>But I've never done this before!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You needn't have any experience with meditating; just stop by and give it a try. There's no commitment and no pressure. There's also really no right or wrong way to do it. Just sit quietly. Of course, if you'd like some basic instruction we can help; <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/about\/staff\/bart\">contact Bart Everson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Why meditate?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditation has numerous well-documented benefits, including stress management, improved emotional balance, increased focus and awareness and increased responsiveness to student needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Date:<\/strong> August 25, 2021 - December 15, 2021 (when classes are in session)<\/li><li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 8:30 - 8:45 AM<\/li><li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Meditation Room, St. Katharine Drexel Chapel<\/li><li><strong>Sponsor:<\/strong> CAT+FD<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><small>Photo credit: Bart Everson<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we prepare to return to campus this fall, we're also planning to bring back our popular mid-week meditation meeting, with a shift to an earlier time: morning instead of afternoon. 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That's great \u2014\u00a0but does it work with your <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/morning-shift\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Morning Shift\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[204],"class_list":{"0":"post-17016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-integrative","7":"tag-meditation","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-4qs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17389,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/rebooting-the-semester\/","url_meta":{"origin":17016,"position":0},"title":"Rebooting the Semester","author":"Bart Everson","date":"September 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Well. 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