✓ Key mindfulness concepts and practices that support the ability to use attention in an enhanced way.
✓ Concepts and practices that deepen the understanding of the mind/body connection, and highlights ways that the body is a direct portal to presence.
✓ Guidance for enhancing resilience, with specific regard to opening to and accepting a wide range of emotion.
✓ How to take the benefits that come from regular meditation and integrate them into daily life, as well as establishing a regular meditation routine.
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Dr. Elizabeth Slator has created 2 courses that got 249 reviews which are generally positive. Dr. Elizabeth Slator has taught 60,050 students and received a 4.89 average review out of 249 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Dr. Elizabeth Slator is an instructor that you can trust.
Dr. Elizabeth Slator has been teaching and consulting in the areas of health, human performance and behavior change for nearly two decades. She currently works at Rice University, where she teaches classes on mindfulness, performance psychology, and leadership development. When not in the classroom, Elizabeth serves as a sport psychology consultant for the Rice Athletic Department, creates recreation and wellness programs for the Rice campus, and is a mindfulness-based health and wellness coach for private clients. Since her first overnight backpacking excursion in the early 90’s, Elizabeth has eagerly pursued every adventure opportunity that has come her way. An avid surfer, hiker and all-around sports nut, her passion lies in the intersections of mindfulness, well-being and nature, and she has built several programs and retreats combining those interests. Elizabeth earned her B.S. and M.Ed. from Auburn University, and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. In addition to her formal education, she is an ICF Associate Certified Coach, a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher, and an American Council on Exercise certified personal trainer. In all aspects of her work, Elizabeth supports individuals to meet their lives with authenticity, equanimity and a lightness of spirit.
