How Mindfulness Eases the Stress Response
September 13, 2024
Stress is a fact of life. Stress—the so-called “bad” kind—has us ruminating, over-planning, constantly in a state of hyper-arousal, over-thinking about what we could’ve done differently, about what we should do in the future, about how we should’ve said this and not that, or worrying and obsessing about nearly everything. It’s no wonder the mind feels overloaded!
September 2024 MI Newsletter
September 1, 2024
Marion Institute's September 2024 Newsletter featuring upcoming events, happenings, and program announcements.
August 2024 MI Newsletter
August 15, 2024
Marion Institute's August 2024 Newsletter featuring upcoming events, happenings, and program announcements.
July 2024 MI Newsletter
July 1, 2024
Marion Institute's July 2024 Newsletter featuring our 2023 Annual Report, upcoming events: MBSR and Boogie at the Bog, and happenings with our Grow Education Program!
June 2024 MI Newsletter
June 1, 2024
June Events from Your Friends at the Marion Institute... Join us in a discussion with world renowned trauma research author Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., whose book The Body Keeps the Score has been translated into 43 languages and remains on the New York Times Bestseller List. Also, challenge yourself to "Eat Local" with us!
Sippican Elementary School students exchange scissors for seeds
May 13, 2024
Third-grade students at Sippican Elementary School put their pencils down and took a break from the classroom on Thursday, May 9, spending some time outside sharpening their gardening skills.
Wareham Elementary School to plant spring crops
May 3, 2024
As the weather turns warmer, students at Wareham Elementary School are beginning to plant spring crops as part of a food education program. The elementary school’s STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics – program is teaching children to farm as part of a partnership with the Marion Institute, a non-profit organization that supports health through nutrition.
New farm-to-food relief program to benefit Bristol, Norfolk and Plymouth counties
April 24, 2024
Marion Institute Executive Director Liz Wiley said the goals for the first one or two years of the Wareham-based farm will be to build up the site, ultimately leading to the planting of traditional plants and vegetables to produce nutritious food for those in need.