Outreach Meditation/Relaxation and Wellness Courses

Individualized and Available For Your Department

What: 5 week Meditation/Relaxation course for your department or group.

Where: Your location with chairs or couches available.

When: Your schedule of 1 ½ hours per class/ 1 class per week/ 5 weeks for the course.

Morning, noon, afternoon or after work classes – whatever is convenient for your group.

How Many: up to 15 people per course if your space allows.

About the Instructor: Diane Hecht is a licensed Meditation/Stress Management instructor with an MA in Integrated Wellness and Meditation from SUNY. She has been offering meditation and other wellness workshops for the Cornell community through Cornell Wellness, and teaching Mind/Body Connection and Meditation courses for the Physical Education Department since 1997.

Cost and Payment: You may pay by check or cash made out to Diane Hecht. The cost is $75 per hour and may be paid by either the department or by the employees.

How: Call Diane Hecht at (607) 277-1318 or e-mail her at: dhecht@twcny.rr.com to schedule a course for your department. For more information about Diane Hecht view her website.

Some comments about the courses experienced by participants at Cornell:

[The course] “relieved stress and helped me to relax”

“The paybacks are impossible to measure, but they include seeing that senior management cares, seeing that they are creative, getting a glimpse at some of the more esoteric benefits Cornell makes available to staff, and finally the benefit you intended – giving us tools to manage stress”.

“Excellent class, really enjoyed it. Good combination of discussion, teaching and practice”

“Having this sponsored by [my department] was absolutely key for me, in part because of the convenient location and in part because I was comfortable with the other attendees”

“This was my first time doing a meditation class and it was great. I have learned a lot”

“Definitely worth it and enjoyable, the instructor was very knowledgeable. Made you feel valuable to the organization that something like this was offered”