Meditation: Connecting Body, Mind and Spirit

10/07 5:30pm - 6:30pm
New York Public Library – Riverside Branch
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New York Public Library – Riverside Branch

127 Amsterdam Avenue

New York, NY 10023

Contact: 212-870-1810 & riverside@nypl.org

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This is an online program.

Medical research has uncovered amazing facts about meditation and the body-mind-spirit connection. Join Dr. Matthew Raider, MD, a physician specializing in geriatrics, to learn about how mediation can be used to minimize the effects of stress and speed healing. Learn the tools needed to make meditation part of daily life. The program will include a “meditation sitting” and a question-and-answer discussion period.

Presenter Bio:

Matthew Raider received his M.D. degree with honors from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1979. He had a clinical practice for 42 years during which time he was the medical director of several health care facilities in central CT. Dr. Raider has been active in teaching geriatric medicine and has helped coordinate the geriatrics curriculum for medical residents at Middlesex Hospital in CT. He still is actively involved in teaching residents, medical students and nurse practitioners. Dr. Raider has had a long interest in meditation going back over 50 years. He is also a contributing author to “Meditation as Medication for the Soul” by Rajinder Singh. Dr. Raider has a particular interest for the health benefits of meditation and he has lectured extensively in hospitals and libraries in the U.S. and Canada as well as at the United Nations fairly recently.

This program will take place on Google Meet. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet connection to join, or a phone number to dial in.

You will receive an email confirmation with the information on how to join.

 

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