UCLA Mindful
UCLA Health's Mindfulness Education Center
About UCLA Mindful
UCLA Mindful, the mindfulness education center at UCLA Health, is dedicated to advancing mindfulness education to promote individual and cultural well-being and resilience world-wide.
Our mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based mindfulness programs that empower individuals and institutions to manage stress, enhance health, and cultivate inner and outer peace. Through educational programs, we strive to inspire transformative growth and contribute to a culture of compassion and wellness for all.
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UCLA Mindful- 20th Anniversary Celebration
UCLA Mindful is celebrating 20 years of mindfulness at UCLA! To commemorate this milestone we will be hosting a Day of Mindfulness co-sponsored by the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden. The day will be filled with robust programming including break out sessions with topics ranging from relational mindfulness, movement practices, mindful garden tours and more!
The celebration will be held in person at the UCLA Campus with some portions of the event live-streamed.
Mark your calendars for October 24, 2026, 10-5pm, PT.
More details to come. You won’t want to miss this!
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Living Well with ADHD:
A Half-Day Mindfulness Retreat
with Dr. Manijeh Motaghy
Living well with ADHD requires more than trying harder or knowing what we “should” do. It involves understanding how the ADHD brain works and developing practical skills to direct attention, manage impulses, time, and presence to everyday responsibilities.
During this retreat, you will be led through guided mindfulness practices, brief teachings, reflection, and relaxing exercises. We will explore ways to reduce overwhelm, interrupt unhelpful patterns, regulate emotions, strengthen attention, and anchor with greater awareness and self-compassion.
Participants will leave with practical tools they can continue using to create more supportive habits, make intentional choices, and live with greater ease and life satisfaction.
When: Sunday, September 13, 2026 10 am–2 pm PT
Finding our Footing:
Integrative Approaches for Handling Stress in Difficult Times
with Integrative Medicine Collaborative
Are you feeling stressed out, anxious, worried, angry, and/or overwhelmed by the uncertainty of global events?
Join a physician, Dr. Elizabeth Ko, a social worker, Claire Pichel, a yoga therapist, Julie Rowland, and the director of UCLA Mindful, Diana Winston, to address these thorny issues and provide some helpful tools and usable information to work with our minds and bodies. In this interactive program, we’ll look at the psychological and biological implications of stress. Then we’ll practice yoga and meditation specifically designed to help us access ease and well-being in the face of challenging outer circumstances.
When: September 23, 2026, 4:00– 5:30 PM
Join us for this free event—register now and add it to your calendar
Writing in Community:
A Practice of Attention — AWE – Attend, Write, Expand
with Mitra Manesh
We’re offering this live-online Writing in Community class again, and you are welcome to join as a returner or for the first time.
Each 90-minute session includes a guided meditation to arrive, a writing prompt, 45 minutes of sustained silent writing, live coaching for participants who are stuck or have questions, and a closing meditation with a weekly intention.
Participants report feeling more present, more connected to their voice, and more committed to their writing life. This is not a class in writing technique, and it is not a critique group. It is a structured, supportive space to simply show up and write — regularly, quietly, and in good company.
When: Sundays, September 20 – October 25, 2026, 11am–12:30pm PT
Bring Mindfulness to your Workplace
Collaborate with UCLA Mindful to introduce or fully integrate mindfulness into your work setting.
What is Mindfulness Meditation?
Join Diana Winston, director of UCLA Mindful, and learn the science behind mindfulness, as well as practical, scientifically-proven techniques for reducing stress and cultivating well-being.
Free Programming at UCLA Mindful
Stream or download our Free Studio-Recorded Guided Meditations, or our Weekly Live Podcasts. La meditación en español está disponible.
UCLA Mindful App
Download the free UCLA Mindful App for iOS and Android.