Course

Our nervous system shapes the quality of our daily life. It affects our health, relationships, and well-being by influencing our body, mind, and spirit. In this course, you will learn embodied practices to sustain good health and healing, and to thrive as a human being. These practices help us shift from states of anxiety, fear, and feeling overwhelmed into states of safety, ease, and connection.

Faculty Bio

Amelia Barili, an award-winning UC Berkeley and Polyvagal Institute faculty, teaches a systematic embodied approach for personal transformation. Her innovative pedagogy integrates neuroscience, meditation and service learning. She is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Public Service.

This is a Livestreamed-Only Course

• Classes will stream live on the scheduled day and time 
• Classes will not be video recorded
• Limited to 40 members
• You must be a current OLLI @Berkeley member to register. Learn about membership, including our fee assistance program.

Schedule Highlights

• Course starts on Wednesday, Sept. 17, and ends on Wednesday, Oct. 8  
• Classes meet for 4 weeks, 1.5 hours per session (1:30–3 PM)
• All course materials will remain available to view and enjoy in Member Dashboards through Dec. 31

Member Praise for Amelia Barili

Great materials. Fantastic presenters. Good breadth of coverage for the topic. 

Professor Barili was excellent. She established a positive connection with each student and created a comfortable community to discuss topics. She was very organized and thoughtful and brought in speakers that are world renown. The syllabus was excellent and she covered all the material listed and provided reminders of assignments.

Faculty Q&A

• Read a recent interview with Amelia Barili from our archive.