Health & Well-Being

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Yoga Classes

Are you interested in reducing stress, feeling more relaxed and being healthier? Then try Yoga!

The Sports Hub Fitness Centre offers yoga sessions on the North Terrace campus. They run a number of sessions suitable for beginners and the more experienced.

Contact the Sports Hub for their latest timetable.

BreastScreen Clinic

A BreastScreen Clinic is located next door to the North Terrace Campus and provides screening mammograms.

Sports Hub

The Sports Hub Fitness Centre run a range of specialty classes. Click here to download their Semester I timetable.

Introduction to Meditation Course

Term 4: Introduction to Meditation – October Wednesday 7, 14, 21, 28 (door will be locked at 5.35 for security reasons).

Location: The University of Adelaide – exact location will be forwarded when your acceptance is confirmed.

Booking: A limit of 20 people can do the course - first come first served. If you are interested please email me to register; your position will be confirmed by email.

Payment: $50 to enrol in the course – payment on the first night.

Further Information: If you want to talk to Mark about the course please phone or email him.

Meditation is an ancient skill that can be learnt in modern times. Traditionally meditation was used to overcome mental suffering, and is now being used to promote psychological well being. You will learn meditations that cultivate concentration, calm, healthy feelings, health mind states, and mindfulness. I invite you to come along and discover how meditation can benefit your life.

Meditations taught

1 Concentration
Breathing Meditation

counting the breath
mindfulness of in and out breath
silent awareness of the breath

2 Loving-kindness (three versions)

3 Mindfulness

4 Yoga
You will learn a simple five minute yoga sequence that de-stresses the body, which most people can easily do and that is an ideal preparation for meditation.

Topics to be covered (talks)

demystification of meditation
balanced effort
loving-kindness and its uses in life
using meditation to manage stress
establishing a meditation routine at home
incorporating meditation into daily life (formal and informal meditation)

Mark O’Donoghue's Meditation CD: Simple Meditations to Live By on sale for $20

Presenter profile:

Mark O’Donoghue: Student Counsellor, Counselling Service, The University of Adelaide; Work Place Counsellor, Access-Ocar ServicesTrainer, Adelaide North Eastern Division of General Practice BA Hons (Psych), B Soc Admin, Grad Dip Family Therapy, Member AASW.

Meditation sits at the centre of my life. I began meditating regularly in 1987. In 1996 I took a year’s leave to practise and study meditation full time in Australia. Then in 2003, I spent 6 months meditating at Buddhist monasteries in Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. Each year I spend three to four weeks in meditation retreat.

Since 1997 I have supervised meditation classes: at the University of Adelaide Counselling Service, in the public and private sectors, and as a part of my Stress Management Courses for workers and in my Meditation Based Stress Management course. In 2005 I began supervising meditation classes for staff members at The University of Adelaide. In my work as a counsellor I have been exploring the application of Buddhism and meditation to therapy and have published an article and presented two conference papers on that topic.

I have practised and studied yoga since 1991 and completed the first year of the Satyananda teacher training degree (2002) and the four week yoga intensive at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India (2003).

I specialise in introducing people to meditation in a clear, straightforward and realistic way, so that they can develop a relationship to meditation that is appropriate for their lives.