Mindfulness

Creating a more mindful society

Now more than ever, we need each other

We are working hard to find new ways to be a source of wisdom and inspiration in the wake of COVID-19 and the closure of Omega's campus in 2020. Thanks to the support of our community, we are developing new online programs and resources featuring Omega teachers and staff so that we can continue to provide hope and healing for a world that desperately needs it. Will you help?

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Workshops & Events

Online Course

The Science of Habit Change

  • May 30–May 30 2020
Try these 4 steps to help you break a bad habit with psychiatrist and neuroscientist Judson Brewer. If you are feeling fear, struggling with uncertainty, or stress eating, you are not alone. But neuroscientist Judson Brewer and psychologist Robin Boudette have some good news:  By understanding the bas ... Learn More
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Youth Yoga & Mindfulness

  • Jun 28 - Jul 03 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
The Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) teaches yoga and mindfulness to youth classified as “high-risk” or “hard-to-reach” in urban environments, as well as youth in private schools and rural and international settings. Guided by Holistic Life Foundation founders Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez, you gain a deeper understand ... Learn More
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Train Your Brain to Change the World

  • Jul 03 - Jul 05 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
The Calm Clarity approach to driving social transformation shows us how to be more effective leaders, activists, and human beings.  Calm Clarity’s model for social change is built upon Due Quach’s understanding of how humans move between three patterns of brain activation. Brain 1.0 takes over when our freeze-flight-fight ... Learn More
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Contemplating 400 Years of Inequality

  • Jul 05 - Jul 10 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
On the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to the United States, we take a contemplative walk through history to process our collective past, for present healing. This dynamic training uses a 20-foot timeline to deepen our understanding of the history of racial and socioeconomic inequality. The work draws upon ... Learn More
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Mindful Exposure Therapy for Anxiety

  • Jul 05 - Jul 10 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Are you a health-care professional helping clients with strong emotional states? Designed for mental and other health-care professionals, the Mindful Exposure Therapy for Anxiety (META) program teaches us how to adapt mindfulness-based interventions to the needs of people hijacked by the symptoms of anxiety, trauma, depression, OCD, and o ... Learn More
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The Way of Awareness

  • Jul 05 - Jul 10 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Please note: This workshop was originally scheduled May 10-25, 2020. The new workshop date is July 5-10, 2020. Jon Kabat-Zinn on why sitting in meditation is a radical act of love. Mindfulness is often spoken of as “the heart of Buddhist meditation.” Howev ... Learn More
Conference

Mindfulness & Education Conference

  • Jul 10 - Jul 12 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Watch this short interview with Ruth King, whose life work is to transform racism from the inside out. The practices of mindfulness, contemplative education, and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) are being widely explored in schools throughout the United States and other countries. Extens ... Learn More
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MBSR Framework for Mindful Living

  • Jul 12 - Jul 17 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Take a few moments of mindfulness now with Florence Meleo-Meyer of Brown Mindfulness Center. Have you felt an inner call to approach your life with more wisdom, skill, and compassion? Have you wished to engage your mind and body in ways that can support greater clarity and resilience ... Learn More
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Transforming Educational Leadership (TEL)

  • Jul 12 - Jul 17 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Omega is proud to partner with TEL for this 3-part training with experts in the fields of leadership, equity, Social and Emotional Learning, mindfulness, and systems change. See teleadership.org/program for more information. Learn More
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The Way of Effortless Mindfulness

  • Jul 17 - Jul 19 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Basic mindfulness begins by calming, focusing, and observing your thought, sensations, and emotions. With the advanced, yet simple practice of effortless mindfulness, you can learn to shift awareness from the contents into the context of open-hearted awareness with its natural peace, clarity, and compassion. When you shift out of the sma ... Learn More
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Mindfulness in Education Teacher Training

  • Jul 19 - Jul 24 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Research shows that students and teachers in school systems that have adopted mindfulness are happier, more focused, more compassionate, and less impacted by stress. What school would pass up a chance to raise test scores, have fewer playground fights, and cultivate a more peaceful learning environment? This training helps us g ... Learn More
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Little Flower Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training

  • Aug 02 - Aug 09 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Little Flower Yoga (LFY) Training is a comprehensive program in yoga and mindfulness practices for children and youth ages 3-18. Registered by Yoga Alliance, and offering up to six optional graduate level credits, this training focuses on the complete physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of st ... Learn More
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The Inner Work of Racial Justice

  • Aug 07 - Aug 09 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Join us this weekend in a deep exploration of systemic racism–and its healing–from a mindfulness-based approach. Rhonda V. Magee, chair of the board of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute and a renowned teacher of mindfulness-based interventions for social justice, leads this event. Together, through silence, co ... Learn More
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Well-Being at Work

  • Aug 14 - Aug 16 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Despite our efforts to create a reasonable routine and manage multiple demands, many of us often feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and deflated. During this interactive and experiential workshop, we explore mindfulness practices that can be done on our own and integrated into the workday when we return home. Through dialogue and per ... Learn More
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How to Stay Human in a F*cked Up World

  • Aug 14 - Aug 16 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Plus Online Session:  Sunday, June 28 1:00 p.m. EST  Join Tim Desmond for a free introductory session of guided meditations that help grow resilient self-compassion and teach you how to bring that quality into your everyday life. Please register for the call here. There is a tremendous amount o ... Learn More
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Polishing the Mirror of the Heart

  • Aug 16 - Aug 21 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
“Love is the merchandise/which the world demands/If you store it in your heart/every soul will become your customer,” says the Sufi teacher Hazrat Inayat Khan. There is an art to entering our true heart and there is also a price: the slow surrender of our limited self to the unlimited. All this comprises what the Sufi’s c ... Learn More
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Meeting in the Heart

  • Aug 23 - Aug 28 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Collect your energy and gather your focus in this short mindfulness practice with MBSR teacher Florence Meleo-Meyer. Our greatest human joys and sorrows thread through the fabric of our deepest relationships. From our earliest days, survival depends on care from and connection with others. Arising from multiple fact ... Learn More
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Mindfulness at Work

  • Sep 18 - Sep 20 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Faster, smarter, cheaper—that’s what the modern workplace is all about. Yet science is now telling us what millions of people have known for hundreds of generations: Learning to mindfully sit still is a very healthy thing to do. Are these two approaches at odds? Or can our drive for success and creative excellence find much ... Learn More
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Contemplative Practice in Higher Education

  • Sep 18 - Sep 20 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Under the leadership of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, colleges and universities nationwide have integrated contemplative practices into a variety of their courses—from literature to physics to architecture. These practices include yoga, contemplative reading and writing, mindful listening, and other practices that cultiv ... Learn More
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Coming to Our Senses

  • Sep 20 - Sep 25 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Jon Kabat-Zinn explains why sitting in meditation is not only a political statement, but also a radical act of love. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) emphasizes that the ultimate meditation practice is life itself and how we are in relationship to it moment by moment. & ... Learn More
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in...

  • Sep 20 - Sep 25 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Acceptance and mindfulness-based practices are rapidly making their way into mental health care, medicine, and society. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a newer evidence-based approach that offers empowering solutions to the problem of human suffering. ACT seeks to transform the root sources of human suffering by bala ... Learn More
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A 7-Day Mindfulness Meditation Retreat

  • Oct 04 - Oct 11 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Mindfulness meditation can help you access deep, innate resources for healing, growth, and transformation. It offers the possibility of a healthy way to be in relationship with the inevitable joys and challenges of life, and can give you freedom from stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. In this silent retreat in the Insight Medi ... Learn More
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Framework for Living Mindfully

  • Oct 11 - Oct 16 2020
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Invest in your mindfulness practice beyond basic stress reduction. Continue your journey, begun with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and explore practices such as working with thoughts and emotions, and fostering a deeper connection to your body’s inherent wisdom. Draw on the formal and informal practices of MBSR to bring var ... Learn More

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Take Charge of Your Health & Well-Being

Press Release

Omega’s Event ‘The Power of Mindfulness in a Time of Upheaval’ Brings Together Mindfulness & Social Justice

November 13, 2019
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What Makes Your Heart Quicken & Quiver?

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Mindfulness, Education & Justice

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Your Child Is a Live-In Zen Master

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Omega’s Commitment to Creating a Climate for Positive Change Is Hallmark of 2019 Programs

April 30, 2019
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Experience Stress Without Getting Stressed

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Omega’s $1M Commitment to Enhance Community Engagement Supports New Round of Scholarships

January 31, 2019
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How Mindfulness Can Shape Our Collective Future