UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

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About MARC

UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC)

The mission of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) is to foster mindful awareness across the lifespan through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society. Mindful awareness (mindfulness) can be defined as paying attention to present-moment experiences with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to be with what is. Mindfulness can be trained systematically, and it can be implemented more fully in daily life by people of any age, profession, or background. MARC offers classes, programs, trainings, and events to UCLA, the Los Angeles community, and to a wider global community through virtual and in-person learning, web resources, and our free app with guided meditations, "UCLA Mindful".

Contact Us

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

[email protected]

Diana Winston

Free Monthly Practice Group with Diana

While we are restructuring, come join Diana Winston online for a meditation, short lecture, and Q&A about your meditation practice.

This will give us all an opportunity to refine our practice and enjoy the community. This will be a regular offering during the transition. 

Dates: 

Time: 4 pm- 5 pm, PT
Cost: Free
Live-Online via Zoom: https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/97709012101

Bring Mindfulness to your Workplace 

Collaborate with MARC to introduce or fully integrate mindfulness into your work setting.

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What is Mindfulness Meditation?

Join Diana Winston, director of mindfulness education at the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), and learn the science behind mindfulness, as well as practical, scientifically-proven techniques for reducing stress and cultivating well-being.

Free Programming at MARC

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.