{"id":9815,"date":"2016-06-14T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2016-06-09T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T19:27:01","slug":"a-quarter-of-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/a-quarter-of-quiet\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quarter of Quiet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a title=\"Meditation Room by Bart Everson, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/editor\/10968968306\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7397\/10968968306_b891e9db44.jpg?resize=500%2C108&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Meditation Room\" width=\"500\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"normal\">The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development invites you to join us for a regular group meditation. We'll meet each Thursday afternoon throughout the summer of 2016. Drop in when you can.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><i><b>What to expect?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">As the meditation room is located directly beneath the bell tower, we are using the bells in our meditation. They chime quarterly, so our period of silence begins at 12:30 and ends at 12:45.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><i><b>But I've never done this before!<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">You needn't have any experience with meditating; just stop by and give it a try. There's no commitment and no pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><i><b>Why meditate?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Meditation has numerous well-documented benefits, including stress management, improved emotional balance, increased focus and awareness and increased responsiveness to student needs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Date:<\/b> June 8-August 4, 2016<\/li>\n<li><b>Time:<\/b> 12:30 - 12:45 PM<\/li>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b> Meditation Room, St. Katharine Drexel Chapel<\/li>\n<li><b>Sponsor:<\/b> CAT+FD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"long\">Photo credit: Bart Everson<\/p>\n<p>No registration necessary; just join us when you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development invites you to join us for a regular group meditation. We'll meet each Thursday afternoon throughout the summer of 2016. Drop in when you can. What to expect? 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