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Experience calm, ease, well-being,
​and emotional regulation with a
gentle and wise heart as your guide.
Nature/Nurture: A Photo/Video Exploration
NEW - I invite you to watch this 24-minute photo/video essay from my hikes in nature. Click on the button above.
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What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to our present moment experiences with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to be with that experience in a non-judgmental way. By practicing mindful awareness we cultivate our capacity to connect with the experience of calm, ease, and well-being. Mindfulness is a first-person investigation into the architecture of our own inner landscape. The more gently we come to awareness and accept and befriend our inner landscape, the more kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity we manifest into the worlds we inhabit. Mindfulness and heartfulness are synonymous. Research suggests that the practice of mindfulness lowers blood pressure; boosts the immune system; reduces inflammation; strengthens focus and increases attention (particularly supportive of those suffering from ADHD); helps with difficult mental states such as anxiety, rumination, and depression; fosters emotional regulation; reduces emotional reactivity; increases self-awareness and well-being; and improves the functioning of the brain responsible for decision making, emotional flexibility, and empathy. 

2023 Offerings

UCLA MAPs I - For Daily Living Classes
  • Dates: Wednesdays, March 15 - April 19, 2023.  6-week course. CE Credits Available. 
  • Time: 4:00p.m. - 6p.m. (PST/California) 
  • Location: Virtual/Zoom Classroom
New Year’s Day Retreat, 2023
Meditations on Forgiveness: Setting Intentions to Set Ourselves Free – Sunday January 1, 2023 (9:15a.m. – 12:15p.m./PST)
Mindfulness Drop-ins (Free)
  • Guided Mindfulness Drop-ins: 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the Month (Noon- 12:30p.m/PST) 
  • Non-Guided Weekly Sangha Drop-ins: Wednesdays – Weekly (6:30a.m. – 7:00a.m./PST)​
 Podcasts
  • UCLA Hammer Podcasts: Drop-in Meditations at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center. To listen to Dr. Ali’s guided meditations click on link below and scroll down to one of the following dates: 2022: Oct. 24, Aug. 29, Aug. 22, May 9; and 2023: July 6 
    https://www.uclahealth.org/programs/marc/free-guided-meditations/drop-meditations-hammer-podcast
Workshops, Lectures, Presentations​
  • UCLA Psychiatry 175: “Nature/Nurture: Field-notes on Mindfulness in Nature” - Thursday June 29, 2023, 7:00 – 8:30p.m.
  • The J. Paul Getty Museum: Professional Development for K-12 Teachers
    “Mindfulness in Nature: Presence as Self-Care”
    Live/On-sight – Saturday May 6, 2023, 10:30am, 11:30a.m., & 1:30p.m.
    https://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/professional_dev/prof_dev_index.html
  • University of La Verne: La Fetra College of Education/Keynote address to Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership students “When the Heart Pays Attention Nature is Life: A Mindfulness & Wellness Exploration for Leaders”
    Live/On-sight – April 22, 2023, 3p.m.
  • Ventura College: Diversity in Culture “Mindfulness, Self-Care, and Resilience” (Nature/Nurture Series)
    Live/On-sight – Thursday April 13, 12:30p.m.
    https://www.venturacollege.edu/community/diversity-in-culture/diversity-culture-festival-2023-events
  • UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center & Psychiatry 175 “Nature/Nurture: Fieldnotes on Mindfulness in Nature”
    Live/Zoom – Wednesday March 8, 2023, 7:00 – 8:30p.m.
    https://www.uclahealth.org/programs/marc/classes-events/workshops#nature-nurture 
  • Claremont McKenna College: Psych 154 Class “Mindfulness and Well-Being: Theory, Practice, Science”
    Live/On-sight - February 1, 2023, 2:45p.m.​
"The Intuitive mind is a sacred gift, the rational mind a faithful servant, we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." 
​- Albert Einstein
"Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find a thousand regions in your mind yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be expert in home-cosmography." 
- Henry David Thoreau
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Join the Wise Heart Mindfulness community of seekers and practitioners and cultivate your innate human capacity to connect with the experience of calm, ease, well-being, and emotional self-regulation with a gentle and wise heart as your guide. Dr. Ali is a UCLA certified Mindfulness Facilitator trained at the UCLA Semel Institute Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and is recognized by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA) as a Certified Mindfulness Teacher, Professional (CMT-P).

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