The Wellness & Health Promotion Major at Cambridge College is offering these free presentations to the community. As a senior faculty member, Thulani will be delivering the following presentations. Her personal experience as a person in long-term recovery, inspired her passion to study ways that nutrition, exercise and mindfulness-based practices can support better brain health and the recovery process.
The Brain in Recovery
Saturday July 9, 2022
10:00 – 11:30 AM EDT
Remote via Zoom
This 90-minute interactive workshop introduces you to the brain in recovery. It will provide a foundational understanding of how addiction affects the brain and offer evidence-based approaches that support long-term recovery, including nutrition, exercise, mindfulness, and spiritual practices.
Mindfulness for Better Brain Health
Saturday July 9, 2022
1:00 – 2:30 PM EDT
Remote via Zoom
This interactive 90-minute workshop introduces you to the science of mindfulness and other contemplative practices and their impact on the health of your brain. Mindfulness, meditation, and other mental training practices help to promote changes in the brain that contribute to psychological health and well-being. Recent research reveals that eight weeks of mindfulness meditation for ten to fifteen minutes a day can produce these results and lower the amygdala’s response to stress and emotional stimuli.
Dr. Thulani DeMarsay is a leadership coach, organizational development consultant, and researcher deeply invested in reimagining the future of leadership. She has over 20 years of experience in working with a diverse population of leaders. Today she works closely with leaders and their teams who are interested in building inner capacity so they can respond more mindfully to disruption, change and uncertainty. She is also passionate about developing innovative trainings and workshops that inspire dialogue, critical self-reflection, and individual and group transformation. Her areas of specialty include Contemplative Leadership, Unconscious Bias Training, Organizational Development & Change, Stress Reduction and Flow Mindset, Visioning & Planning, Addiction Recovery, Brain Health, and Wellness.
Dr. DeMarsay is currently researching how reflective practices such as mindfulness and meditation help reduce unconscious bias and help to foster an inclusive climate.