Meeting:  chair, Ingrid; music, Jerome via David Gibbens; grace, Duane

 

Attendance/Guests:  26 including Dr. Catherine Phillips, guest speaker; Marilyn Berezowsky, guest of Ingrid; Dr. Wally Lazaruk, guest of Anthony

 

Ingrid's Rotary Make-up:  in Birmingham, Ingrid found the Rotarians in the pub and made her make-up

 

Year End Changeover Meeting:  June 25, Thursday, @ Chateau Louis, introduction of new board of directors

 

End Polio Now Walk (Edmonton):  made $10,000; Ingrid plus Annie plus Annie's daughter represented Rotary Club of Edmonton West

 

Volunteer in Action Program:  Enbridge supported Duane's participation in Rotary Club of Edmonton West with a $500 donation, Thank You

 

Rotary Club of Edmonton West Board of Directors' Decision:  in response to Sol Rohlinger's presentation, our club will support Wellspring House.

 

Yellowhead Brewery Social:  June 12, 7:00 p m; 10229 - 105 Street;  Call Annie or Spencer to confirm attendance.

 

Clean Up Emily Murphy Park:  July 11, between 10:00 a m and noon, bbq to follow; please attend

 

Rotary Fellowship Walk:  August 22; more details to come

 

Fine Master:  David Gibbens asked table questions centered on FIFA Women's World Cup Soccer

 

Happy Buck:  Mike Henry attended his son's graduation in eastern USA; in jazz performance where his son was top of his class and in the top 25 students in the university, his daughter graduates soon with a law degree from University of Alberta

 

50/50:  Duart and Ben did not match cards; $26 carried over 

 

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Guest Speaker: Ingrid has become interested in holistic medicine which includes eastern medicine and meditation and introduced Dr. Catherine Phillips, a pioneer in meditation.  Catherine is a graduate of University of Alberta and University of Toronto.  Currently she is Assistant Clinical Professor @ University fo Alberta Department of Psychiatry, a certified MBSR teacher associated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, founder and director of Mindfulness Institute, director of MBSR Edmonton Programs.

 

Mindfulness if part of neuroscience of meditation and requires an attitude of open mind.  Awareness emerges through paying attention on purpose in the present moment, and non-judgementally to the unfolding experience moment to moment.  The present moment is the only moment that we can experience the feeling.  With an event perception there is an internal reaction.  If you are not aware and just react to an event there may be unfortunate consequences.  If you are aware, you can choose how to react to/respond to the event.  As you become more aware of your internal and external world, one benefit is stress reduction.  Mediation has been around 2600 years but the period of 1980 to 2015 has encompassed most of the research. 

 

You can contact Catherine at mindfulnessinstitute.ca.

 

Catherine was thanked by Mike Henry.