Mind EQ

08/05/2023

Online mindfulness & meditation classes. Every Monday from
7 - 7:45 PM Eastern time. Learn more about the sessions on Eventbrite and book a spot.

Experience the transformative power of mindfulness in weekly 45-min donation-based sessions on Monday nights at 7PM EST. Learn evidence-based techniques to reduce stress, improve sleep, and boost well-being. Suggested donation: $10-$15. Q&A included

02/20/2021

Mind EQ is looking for 1-2 individuals to both facilitate and further build out our offerings. Have a look at the job description by clicking the Linktree link in our bio, then clicking on Job Opportunity.

*Note* - Our website is undergoing significant content changes as we just hired a content strategist, so you may notice areas that need attention. You needn’t be concerned!

02/04/2021

“Be as successful as you possibly can be, together” - Cappadonna - Wu Tang Clan

Dan here of Mind EQ:
After watching Of Mics and Men (for like the 4th time) featuring the I was so struck by what they’d done together. Their group & solo albums was the music of my youth, and today they’re still playin’ in my house, my car, and in my head.

The quote above was said by Cappadonna during a conversation they were having together over dinner. Throughout the series, they’d often say to one another about the group - “United we stand. Divided, we stick together anyway.”

Their dedication is remarkable despite how real their struggle. The experiences they described and what the documentary reveals is tremendous. It’s loaded with so many lessons on leadership, collaboration, effort, passion, empathy, friendship, failure, success, compassion, sacrifice, faith, hardship, loss, grief, resilience, perseverance and selflessness. To call it “moving” would be a major understatement.

gave an amazing interview during the series and when talking about hearing them for the first time, was like “Yo, what IS this” and was saying exactly how millions also felt upon hearing their music and the impact it had and still has.

01/08/2021

The last few years I’ve been speaking with countless people, and thinking quite a bit about the term “secular mindfulness.” The term is of course useful and important. Yet we feel there’s a way to convey and offer training that provides an opportunity for some to take the practice of mindfulness far deeper.

When considering this today, a section from Dogen Zenji’s essay - Fukan Zazengi includes a section that seems to get to the heart of this opportunity. He’s pointing to Buddhist/dharma teachings without saying anything about them. Dogen Zenji was a Japanese zen priest, philosopher and poet that lived in the early 1200’s.

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺.” ~ 𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯

01/08/2021

The last few years I’ve been speaking with countless people, and thinking quite a bit about the term “secular mindfulness.” The term is of course useful and important. Yet we feel there’s a way to convey and offer training that provides an opportunity for some to take the practice of mindfulness far deeper.

When considering this today a section from Dogen Zenji’s (Japanese zen priest, philosopher and poet) essay - Fukan Zazengi has a section that seems to get to the heart of this opportunity.

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺.” ~ 𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯

01/05/2021

Mind EQ is now offering a variety of donation based classes to the public on different days and times every week. Visit our Public Offerings page - https://www.mindeqsf.com/public-mindfulness/ to browse the sessions and register.

While we work extensively with corporations, various organizations and schools, we’re all committed to bringing mindfulness to as many populations as possible in the most accessible way. Each one of us came to this practice through donation based groups, and we’re committed to this now and forever.

"𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆. 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕.” - 𝑺𝒂𝒎 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔

01/01/2021

Modern Mindfulness every Monday (by donation) 6:30-7:30PST is back starting Monday January 4th. Book your spot in our bio.
Sessions are partially guided evidence-based mindfulness meditation followed by optional Q&A. They’re designed for both beginners and advanced practitioners.
Our aim is support one another in community, while developing a very strong mindfulness practice.
You’ll be introduced to a variety of evidence-based methods designed to mitigate stress and anxiety, improve sleep, increase empathy and compassion, and promote overall well-being.
This is the beginning of a number of opportunities to practice mindfulness with Mind EQ teachers and others we know. Stay tuned as new classes are announced here!

12/17/2020

Thank you and to all the others at Mission Dharma and the participants for making this half-day retreat happen. Practicing can be quite remarkable. We at Mind EQ look forward to making our offerings more and more accessible, and this past Saturday was inspiring.
Many aspects of our collective practice were deepening & enjoyable, but one that struck deeply were the teachings on conceptual proliferation aka papañca. Tanha Papañca (desire) Ditthi Papañca (view) and Mana Papañca (conceit).Thank you 🙏

11/15/2020

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10/17/2020

Great last few weeks of virtual sessions.
Thank you to for the amazing 3 day weekend, and thank you and and for offering the awesome live Q&A
Even though all meetings were virtual, there was a felt sense of togetherness.
Thanks for building an amazing product that helped facilitate this. We loved using it at UCLA MARC.

10/05/2020

Blog post - We Need To Start Talking About The Implications of Technology. Link to post in bio.
After watching the I wanted to share this blog post again from 2/28/20 where I shared a lot from talks and interviews with & by based on his presentations and articles. It’s full of data for those that dig facts.
In 2019 the average adult spent 3 hours, 43 minutes on a mobile device each day.
Kids ages 8-12 are spending almost 5 hours/day in front a screen, while teenagers spend nearly 7.5 hours/day on screens, and this is not including time spent on schoolwork.
Researchers at Cambridge & Stanford developed a computer model in 2015 that can judge someone’s personality more accurately than their friends and family. Facebook knows you better than your coworkers, roommates, parents, siblings and in some cases, your spouse. They can predict a person’s personality traits better than any other human participants. The algorithm only needed access to just 10 Facebook likes to beat a work colleague, 70 to beat a roommate, 150 to beat a parent or sibling, and 300 to beat a spouse. See for yourself - www.applymagicsauce.com
The average American checks their phone 47 times/day. The average millennial, 86 times/day.
Sources = Deloitte, Common Sense Media Report, Cambridge University
 

   

Many of us interact with technology throughout the day for both personal and professional reasons, and the frequency with which we do is increasing. It appears it’s time we look very closely at our…

09/21/2020

Feeling burnout after months of working from home? Not sure what’s best for your team at work? More uncertain about what’s happening all around you? Frustrated? We know these feelings so well.
Mind EQ is offering a complimentary 3 week mindfulness and emotional intelligence series (2 more sessions) for HR professionals/C Suite/Office Managers/ family members and pets! Don’t worry if you missed the first one!
We specialize in mindfulness and emotional intelligence training and we’ll be offering you a place to settle in and learn evidence based practices to work with the many feelings that come with the current environment. You’ll immediately have new skills ready for you to incorporate in your day to day life at work and at home. Register here - https://www.mindeqsf.com/classes/ or book via Instagram.

FEATURED CLASS 3 Week Corporate Training Series In this complimentary series we'll be covering core mindfulness emotional intelligence training. Register Here Starting 9/17 to 10/1. From 12:15 to…