{"id":4078,"date":"2014-05-12T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T07:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2016-01-19T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T05:29:53","slug":"icc-stillness-hour-%ef%bc%88meditation-workshop%ef%bc%89-bring-a-peaceful-mind-and-experience-a-new-kind-of-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news-en\/2014\/05\/12\/4078\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Stillness Hour \uff08Meditation Workshop\uff09 -Bring a peaceful mind and experience a new kind of exchange-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic130510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4081\" alt=\"pic130510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic130510.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date &amp; Time\uff1a May 12th, 2014 \uff08Mon\uff09 4:30-6:00pm \u3000\u3000\u3000*Those coming late asked to please enter quietly so as not to disturb the atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>Venue\uff1a 1st Fl, Okuma Garden House \uff08Bldg. 25\uff09<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility: Waseda students, faculty, and staff<\/li>\n<li>Registration\uff1a Not required<\/li>\n<li>Fee: Free<\/li>\n<li>Language: English<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pst130512.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Poster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.waseda-icc.jp\/?p=2437\" target=\"_blank\">Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our minds are usually filled with all kinds of thoughts: information\u00a0from outside such as TV, the internet, printed media, what our teachers,\u00a0parents, and friends said to us, and our feelings and reactions to them.<\/p>\n<p>If you learn how to calm your mind and listen to the voice from within,\u00a0then you will find it much easier to concentrate on the &#8220;here and now&#8221;,\u00a0and it will gradually become clearer what is the right thing for you to\u00a0do in all kinds of situations.This workshop is for those who are interested in meditation and wish\u00a0to learn some exercises that can be used at home for regular practice.<\/p>\n<p>Both beginners and experienced mediators are welcome to participate.For this English language event, a Czech guest with experience teaching\u00a0meditation internationally and a part time instructor at Waseda\u00a0specializing in intercultural communication will coordinate the session.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: This is a meditation activity not related to religion.<\/p>\n<p>*Participants are asked to turn off their cell phones during the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Stillness Hour Coordinator:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic140512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4079\" alt=\"pic140512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic140512.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>1. Abhisar Laza<br \/>\nFrom Prague, Czech Republic, has been practicing meditation for<br \/>\n20 years. He has been teaching meditation in Europe, U.S.A.,<br \/>\nCanada, Korea and Japan and lecturing on peace philosophy at<br \/>\nseveral universities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic121217-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4080\" alt=\"pic121217-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic121217-2.jpg\" width=\"119\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>2. Harashita Sunaoshi<br \/>\nEnglish part-time instructor of School of Law. Area of<br \/>\nspecialization: intercultural communication. Harashita has<br \/>\nbeen practicing meditation for 8 years, and incorporates a<br \/>\nbrief concentration exercise \uff08which is a preparatory stage<br \/>\nof meditation\uff09 in all her classes both at Waseda and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Inquiries: TEL: 03-5286-3990 E-mail: icc-cafe@list.waseda.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date &amp; Time\uff1a May 12th, 2014 \uff08Mon\uff09 4:30-6:00pm \u3000\u3000\u3000*Those coming late asked to please enter quietly so as no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[82,137],"class_list":["post-4078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-events-en","tag-hands-on-activities-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4086,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions\/4086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}