Exploring the Power of Mindfulness with Rajiah Williams Leong

Please join us to experience one or more of the innovative Mindfulness seminars!

ERM Mindfulness is an online program designed with positive psychology insights and neuroscience research to help participants to experience the present moment with increased acceptance, nurturing curiosity and promoting collaboration.

Our minds have a natural tendency to wander. Now with the challenges that come from increased time spent at home and away from in-person activities, we have an opportunity to develop a greater sense of wellbeing and interconnectedness by training our minds to become more aware and less judgmental.

By cultivating awareness of emotions while reinforcing positive values and goals, students will have an opportunity to practice mindful listening and meditation in 3 sections:

1. Clarity: focused attention and open monitoring guided meditations
2. Compassion: active listening and self-compassion for collaboration
3. Creativity: leadership communication and visualization

Session Dates

Sessions run from 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM ET on the following Thursday mornings:

January 27
February 3
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 3
March 10
March 24
March 31
April 7

Workshop Info: 

1/27 Clarity: Science Introduction to mindfulness based on neuroscience insights to increase emotional intelligence and promote wellbeing. 

2/3 Clarity: Somatics Practice connecting the breath, heartbeat, and body sensations to calm down our sympathetic nervous system and activate our parasympathetic nervous system. 

2/10 Clarity: Awareness Techniques to live more fully in the moment, experiencing everyday situations as opportunities to observe emotions and connect intentions.

2/17 Compassion: Science The neuroscience behind the power of kindness and how compassion increases resilience and promotes motivation. 

2/24 Compassion: Listening Guided meditations to increase the ability to listen mindfully - giving moment-to-moment attention to others with a non-judgmental mind.

3/3 Compassion: Perspective Meditations for expressing positive intentions to increase our ability to relate to ourselves and those around us.

3/10 Creativity: Science The neuroscience behind the brain’s creative center, the frontal lobe, and how awareness and intention can support the confidence to create. 

3/24 Creativity: Expression Mindfulness meditations to improve creativity and self-expression.

3/31 Creativity: Vision Exploring the words and phrases proven to lower anxiety and increase happiness, to create a positive vision of the future.

4/7 Recap All concepts will be revisited and participants will have an opportunity to share their insights and favorite practices. 

Our facilitator is Rajiah Leong, Associate Faculty – ERM Program, and Founder of Hygge Hooga, a mindfulness firm focused on joyful awareness. Leong is also a referral partner for the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.

Prior to founding Hygge Hooga, Leong enjoyed a decade-long career managing global communications and partnerships for HBO content and licensing deals.

Rajiah is also a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and received her MS in Strategic Communications from SPS’s Strategic Communications program.

Additional Information

Each Mindfulness workshop will address the role of attention training in building clarity and developing connections with our classmates and colleagues. As a safe space to calm the mind, we welcome an online environment which fosters creativity and self-compassion.

Workshops are free of charge and available to students, alumni, faculty, and staff of the ERM program, as well as all Columbia University.

For more information or questions about registration, please contact Jay Hirsch, jh3975 [[at]] columbia [[dot]] edu.

For additional information about program offerings at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, please contact an Admissions Counselor at 212-854-9666 or inquire [[at]] sps [[dot]] columbia [[dot]] edu.