LIVING HEALTH WEEK: FALL 2023
October 16-21: Welcome to a Week of Meditative Moments and Living Your Purpose
Living Health Week is a time when we bring concepts out of the classroom and apply them to our own lives. Join us for an uplifting week.
The restorative power of mental relaxation is clear. Taking moments to breathe, appreciate the sights and sounds of nature, and simply be in the moment are important for health. It is how we can find our well-being and gain clarity of our purpose. Join us for daily visions of health, meditative moments, and insight on how to identify pivot points in your day for living your purpose.
Emory’s Purpose Professor Dr. Christine B. Whelan teaches that purpose is a verb, not a noun. It is something we can do on a daily basis when we use our gifts, in keeping with our values, to make a positive impact on the people, ideas, and causes we care about most. “There’s a real cost in personal and social well-being and health when we do not make time to look inward, act prosaically, and build a life that enriches us,” Dr. Whelan comments “so now is a great time to take small steps.” Follow Dr. Whelan on our IG Stories as she incorporates purpose into everyday life. Click here to build your own Mad Libs-style purpose statement.
Visions of Health: Daily Sights and Sounds of Nature | Water
Monday, October 16
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Your Daily Purpose Moment: Ask WHY it Matters before HOW to Make it Happen
Engage: Sound Bath Meditation | 6:00-7:00 PM | Interfaith Center
A sound bath is a meditative practice that employs various instruments to produce sounds that promote relaxation, reduce stress, and create a sense of balance through vibration. Join sound practitioner Noni Keyton, M.Ed at the Interfaith Center 1707 N. Decatur Road. RSVP required, capacity is limited to 35.
Visions of Health: Daily Sights and Sounds of Nature | Sky
Tuesday, October 17
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Your Daily Purpose Moment: Let’s Take a Leap, Together
Engage: Film Series: “Lo and Behold” | 6:30-9:30 PM | White Hall 111
Werner Herzog’s documentary about the Internet explores the positive and negative impacts the Internet has had on society and our well-being. Join Dr. Chris Eagle for a discussion after the film.
Photo credit: Steffen Kaplan
Visions of Health: Daily Sights and Sounds of Nature | Trees
Wednesday, October 18
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Your Daily Purpose Moment: The Biggest Question: What’s My Purpose Here?
Engage: Lecture: Collaboration Brings Life to Your Work in Human Health: Insights from Patients and Populations around the Globe | 4:30-5:30 PM | Atwood 215
Dr. John Cranmer, health system strategist and primary care clinician, has a background in religious studies, nursing and global health. He presently works in Ethiopia on collaborative approaches for improving maternal survival through community-clinic relationships derived from collaborative team science.
Photo credit: Steffen Kaplan
Visions of Health: Daily Sights and Sounds of Nature | Animals
Thursday, October 19
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Your Daily Purpose Moment: Your Big Picture is Built Brick by Brick
Engage: Breathing Meditation | 5:00-6:00 PM | Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (PAIS), Room 220
Dr. Don Noble introduces the importance of breathing for optimal health. Learn to voluntarily control the autonomic nervous system through practices that can be leveraged in everyday situations to enhance alertness, memory consolidation, and relaxation. RSVP required, capacity is limited to 35.
Visions of Health: Daily Sights and Sounds of Nature | Color
Friday, October 20
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Your Daily Purpose Moment: Purpose is Prosocial
Engage: Join events on campus and embrace your community.
Visions of Health: Daily Sights and Sounds of Nature | Take a Walk
Saturday, October 21
Engage: Meditative Walk | 10:00 AM | Lullwater Nature Preserve
Join Steffen Kaplan, photographer and former photo editor for The New York Times, for an immersive meditative walk in the Lullwater Nature Preserve. Steffen discovered a passion for nature photography during the pandemic and embraced walking meditation for its health and well-being benefits. With his camera, he found the experience of being one with the environment -- and in the moment -- restorative.
Bring a camera or your smartphone (muted). Register here and meet at the Lullwater Gates at 10 AM.
