[2179] in UA Exec
Re: Meet with Student Wellness Leaders - Tuesday April 14, 9:30 PM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blake)
Tue Apr 14 03:00:37 2015
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 03:00:33 -0400
From: Blake <blakeelias@gmail.com>
To: Shruti Sharma <ss810@mit.edu>, ua-wellness-chairs@mit.edu, ua-exec@mit.edu
Cc: yesplus@mit.edu
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Update - you could actually come at 9:15 for this, to meet the 30 student
leaders who have just completed the 5-day YesPlus Leadership Retreat.
Thanks to the UA's generous support the program has gone amazingly well -
this is your chance to see where your money has gone!!!!
It could also be a great opportunity to recruit some of these students into
roles in student government / campus-wide initiatives that you're running -
this group is now very well equipped with tools for managing stress,
inspiring people and getting stuff done!
(It's also an opportunity to meet the amazing teacher
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/d92y7wkd3p6qocq/Annelies%20Richmond%20Biodata.pdf?dl=0>
who runs this program; she's an expert in stress-management and leadership,
and can help give lots of insight to all of us in how to do our jobs better
to support this campus!)
--
Another option is the following, from 6:40 PM - 7:30 PM in 36-144, being
put on by a subset of the students who are completing the retreat tomorrow
night:
http://goo.gl/forms/YMXpDPDWqo
Discussion on campus wellbeing, short documentary screening on the problem
and potential solutions such as 'Yesplus', intro to breathing to uplift the
mind, guided meditation, and discussion on the Yesplus movement for campus
wellbeing.
--
Hope to see some of you at one of these events!
Blake Elias
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Class of 2016
blakeelias.com
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Blake Elias <eliasb@mit.edu> wrote:
> (Adding on UA Student Support & Mental Health chairs, plus other exec
> members)
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Blake Elias <eliasb@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Shruti,
>>
>> On behalf of the the Art of Living @ MIT, I would like to invite you to
>> the last session of the YesPlus Leadership Retreat which is being funded
>> jointly by the Institute-wide Wellness Grant, the UA, GSC and the Baker
>> Foundation.
>>
>> *WHEN*: Tuesday, April 14; 9:30 PM
>> *WHERE*: E25-117
>> *WHAT*: http://web.mit.edu/artofliving/www/Courses.html
>>
>> It's your opportunity to meet a group of 30 student leaders who have
>> committed to taking action to support student wellness and help everyone at
>> MIT thrive. There will be time to both observe what they're doing and hear
>> them share their experience with this program, as well as interact &
>> discuss ideas for the campus.
>>
>> We're inviting faculty, administration, staff and students to come see
>> the experience that students have had in doing a program that helped them
>> improve their well-being and their leadership abilities, to propose ideas
>> and help them take their initiatives further in supporting this campus.
>>
>> The students will just be completing a 24-hour long retreat, where they
>> have become masters of some very deep yoga and mindfulness tools that
>> energize and de-stress from an extremely deep level. From this solidified
>> foundation of well-being, they are taking responsibility to uplift the
>> whole campus. They're kick-starting their projects now and will continue
>> through the semester.
>>
>> The group consists of many student organization leaders (post-docs as
>> well), GRTs, REFS, as well as a faculty member from Harvard Medical School
>> (MGH), along with two visiting teachers from the International
>> Association for Human Values <http://www.iahv.org/us-en/program/yesplus/>
>> / Art of Living Foundation <http://www.artofliving.org/us-en>.
>>
>> This group has become really electrified from all the mindfulness and
>> leadership activities - you can feel the energy in the room exploding - and
>> now they're putting it all into action. This session will be such an
>> amazing time to collaborate with such energized and inspired students.
>>
>> Hope you can make it, and please feel free to pass this on to any
>> faculty, students or staff.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Blake Elias
>> VP, Art of Living @ MIT
>> Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>> Class of 2016
>> blakeelias.com
>>
>>
>>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Update - you =
could actually come at 9:15 for this, to meet the 30 student leaders who ha=
ve just completed the 5-day YesPlus Leadership Retreat. Thanks to the UA=
9;s generous support the program has gone amazingly well - this is your cha=
nce to see where your money has gone!!!!</span><div><span style=3D"font-siz=
e:12.8000001907349px"><br></span><div><span style=3D"font-size:12.800000190=
7349px">It could also be a great opportunity to recruit some of these stude=
nts into roles in student government / campus-wide initiatives that you'=
;re running - this group is now very well equipped with tools for managing =
stress, inspiring people and getting stuff done!</span></div><div><span sty=
le=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span><div style=3D"font-size:12.8=
000001907349px">(It's also an opportunity to meet the <a href=3D"https:=
//www.dropbox.com/s/d92y7wkd3p6qocq/Annelies%20Richmond%20Biodata.pdf?dl=3D=
0">amazing teacher</a> who runs this program; she's an expert in stress=
-management and leadership, and can help give lots of insight to all of us =
in how to do our jobs better to support this campus!)</div><div style=3D"fo=
nt-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907=
349px">--</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div s=
tyle=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Another option is the following, from=
6:40 PM - 7:30 PM in 36-144, being put on by a subset of the students who =
are completing the retreat tomorrow night:</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.=
8000001907349px"><a href=3D"http://goo.gl/forms/YMXpDPDWqo" target=3D"_blan=
k">http://goo.gl/forms/YMXpDPDWqo</a><br></div><span style=3D"font-size:12.=
8000001907349px">Discussion on campus wellbeing, short documentary screenin=
g on the problem and potential solutions such as 'Yesplus', intro t=
o breathing to uplift the mind, guided meditation, and discussion on the Ye=
splus movement for campus wellbeing.</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.800000=
1907349px"><br>--<br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style=3D"fo=
nt-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Ho=
pe to see some of you at one of these events!</span><br></div></div></div><=
div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signat=
ure"><div dir=3D"ltr">Blake Elias<div>Department of Electrical Engineering =
and Computer Science</div><div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div><=
div>Class of 2016</div><div><a href=3D"http://blakeelias.com" target=3D"_bl=
ank">blakeelias.com</a></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Blake Elias=
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:eliasb@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">=
eliasb@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div=
dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra">(Adding on UA Student Support &=
Mental Health chairs, plus other exec members)</div><div><div class=3D"h5"=
><div class=3D"gmail_extra">=C2=A0<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Ap=
r 13, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Blake Elias <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:=
eliasb@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">eliasb@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;pa=
dding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dear Shruti,<span><br><div><b=
r></div><div>On behalf of the the Art of Living @ MIT, I would like to invi=
te you to the last session of the YesPlus Leadership Retreat which is being=
funded jointly by the Institute-wide Wellness Grant, the UA, GSC and the B=
aker Foundation.</div><div><br></div><div><b>WHEN</b>: Tuesday, April 14; 9=
:30 PM</div><div><b>WHERE</b>: E25-117</div><div><b>WHAT</b>: <a href=3D"ht=
tp://web.mit.edu/artofliving/www/Courses.html" target=3D"_blank">http://web=
.mit.edu/artofliving/www/Courses.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>It's=
your opportunity to meet a group of 30 student leaders who have committed =
to taking action to support student wellness and help everyone at MIT thriv=
e. There will be time to both observe what they're doing and hear them =
share their experience with this program, as well as interact & discuss=
ideas for the campus.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>We're inviting fa=
culty, administration, staff and students to come see the experience that s=
tudents have had in doing a program that helped them improve their well-bei=
ng and their leadership abilities, to propose ideas and help them take thei=
r initiatives further in supporting this campus.</div><div><br></div><div>T=
he students will just be completing a 24-hour long retreat, where they have=
become masters of some very deep yoga and mindfulness tools that energize =
and de-stress from an extremely deep level. From this solidified foundation=
of well-being, they are taking responsibility to uplift the whole campus. =
They're kick-starting their projects now and will continue through the =
semester.</div><div><br></div><div>The group consists of many student organ=
ization leaders (post-docs as well), GRTs, REFS, as well as a faculty membe=
r from Harvard Medical School (MGH), along with two visiting teachers from =
the <a href=3D"http://www.iahv.org/us-en/program/yesplus/" target=3D"_blank=
">International Association for Human Values</a> / <a href=3D"http://www.ar=
tofliving.org/us-en" target=3D"_blank">Art of Living Foundation</a>.=C2=A0<=
/div><div><br></div><div>This group has become really electrified from all =
the mindfulness and leadership activities - you can feel the energy in the =
room exploding - and now they're putting it all into action. This sessi=
on will be such an amazing time to collaborate with such energized and insp=
ired students.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope you can make it, and please fe=
el free to pass this on to any faculty, students or staff.</div><div><br></=
div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br clear=3D"all"><div>--<br clear=3D"all"><div>=
<div><div dir=3D"ltr">Blake Elias</div><div dir=3D"ltr">VP, Art of Living @=
MIT<br><div>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</div=
><div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div><div>Class of 2016</div><d=
iv><a href=3D"http://blakeelias.com" target=3D"_blank">blakeelias.com</a></=
div></div></div></div>
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