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<font face="Times New Roman,serif">Because rest is as vital as exertion, I wanted to bring to your attention two of the next week's events:<br>
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<div style="margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;" lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121">The quality of our life depends on the quality of our mind. MIT Post-doctoral Association welcomes
all Postdocs and their families to join Monday Brain-Break Sessions in 66-154, starting 2/10 at 4pm. This activity will continue for 12 weeks on every Monday (except for institute holidays 2/17 and 4/20, when we have it on Tuesdays 2/18 and 4/21). You are
welcome to join any or all sessions. These sessions will be</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif"> organized by a fellow postdoc, Pallavi, from LIDS department, who has been practicing and teaching meditation for the last five years.</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121">
Come and give your mind a few minutes of peace and calm. This 40 minute session will be followed by snacks, so please RSVP your presence at:
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<div style="margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;"><span lang="en-US"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:11pt;">For more information, please contact
</span></font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Pallavi Bharadwaj
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<div style="margin:0;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121">Mondays, 7:00 –8:30 PM | March 2–April 6, 2020</font></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121">BitSight Technologies Offices | </font><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/32tW6qxDUwxni12R8" target="_blank"><font face="Georgia,serif"><font face="Times New Roman,serif">111
Huntington Ave, Boston MA</font></font></a><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121"> | 20th Floor </font></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121">Six-week free* in-person mindfulness course in downtown Boston in March-April. Offered by a Computer Science Ph.D. who works full-time as a Data Scientist
in the Boston tech industry, this course is based on mindfulness practices the teacher has used over the past decade to get her perfectionism, workaholism, and all the other -isms down to healthy levels. The course takes a pragmatic, applied, non-touchy-feely
approach to mindfulness and focuses extensively on academic and career stresses and work/life balance clarity.</font></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121">To sign up, please visit </font><a href="https://mindfulnessforengineers.dev/" target="_blank"><font face="Georgia,serif"><font face="Times New Roman,serif">https://mindfulnessforengineers.dev</font></font></a></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" color="#212121">* deposit required to hold spot, returned upon meeting attendance requirement</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#003366">Regards,</font></div>
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