TO: Sonoma State Employees
FR: Employee Wellness Program, Payroll and Benefits
The Employee Wellness program is excited to announce the return of virtual Mindfulness and Self Care classes with SSU Philosophy professor, Dr. Andy Wallace this fall. Each class will begin with a short description of mindfulness followed by a 15-20 minute mindfulness-based exercise and conclude with a poem. Dr. Wallace will also be available following the class for further discussion.
“The benefits of mindfulness stem, I believe, from the role that it plays in the human caregiving system. Kindness, compassion, and love are the system’s core emotions, and unconditional acceptance of self and other is its raison d’etre. When we meditate mindfully we activate or elicit those emotions and learn to care authentically for ourselves in the same loving spirit as we authentically care for others.” - Dr. Andy Wallace (bio)
These mindfulness classes will be held on Fridays from 12-12:30pm starting February 3, 2024, and continue throughout the spring semester. Employees interested in attending are asked to please register in order to receive the zoom link for the class.
Additional information regarding other SSU Employee Wellness programs being offered this spring can be found here: https://hr.sonoma.edu/payroll/
If there is other wellness programming you would be interested in seeing offered, please email employeewellness@sonoma.edu to express interest.