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Mindfulness for Students

Explore our mindfulness offerings for Harvard students below. When registering, please use your Harvard email address.

Koru Mindfulness

Spring 2022

  • Koru Mindfulness® is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and resiliency to college students and other young adults. You will learn several skills, including meditation, breathing exercises, guided imagery, the body scan, and more. Each of these skills is designed to help you manage stress and enrich your life.

    Koru Basics [in-person]
    Mondays, 3:30pm - 4:45pm
    March 28 - April 18
    Nina Bryce
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    Koru Basics [in-person]
    Tuesdays, 4:00pm - 5:15pm
    April 5 - April 26
    Jeff Siegel
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    Koru Basics [in-person]
    Wednesdays, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
    April 6 - April 27
    Jeanne Mahon
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    Koru Basics [in-person]
    Mondays, 6:15pm - 7:30pm
    April 4 - April 25
    Laura Carmen Arena
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Mindfulness Sessions

Spring Mindfulness Retreat

  • Spring Mindfulness Retreat for Harvard Students
    A three-day immersion into mindfulness, self-love, and deep human connection

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    When: Thursday, April 14, 3:30pm (depart Cambridge) – Sunday, April 17, 3:00pm 2022 (return to Cambridge)
    * We respectfully acknowledge that those observing the Passover and Easter holidays may be unavailable to...

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Queer ​Mindfulness

  • Queer ​Mindfulness [in-person]
    Dates: 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18
    Time: Mondays, 5pm - 6pm
    Location: Serenity Room at Grays Hall
    Instructor: Nina Bryce
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    This 4-week Practice Group is an affinity group for those who identify as LGBTQIA+ and want to learn mindfulness in the context of this community. We will explore mindfulness as it relates to our lived experiences as queer people, focusing especially on practices of grounding ourselves, feeling at home in the body, relating to ourselves with kindness, and developing equanimity.

Working with the Inner Critic

  • Mindfulness & Compassion: Working with the Inner Critic [in-person]
    Dates: 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, and 4/20
    Time: Wednesdays, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
    Location: Serenity Room at Grays Hall
    Instructor: Nina Bryce
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    This 4-week Practice Group will explore mindfulness-based tools and methods for working with our "inner critic": the voice inside that can often be harsh and judgmental toward ourselves and others. Students will learn evidence-based mindfulness tools for gaining new perspective and cultivating an inner voice with more curiosity, warmth, and kindness.

Mindfulness & Connecting with Nature

  • Mindfulness & Connecting with Nature [in-person]
    Dates: 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, and 4/19
    Time: Tuesdays, 2pm - 3pm
    Location: Sunken Garden at Radcliffe Yard
    Instructor: Nina Bryce
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    This 4-week Practice Group will explore how mindfulness can help us to connect with nature as a way to support wellbeing. We will learn meditation practices for connecting with natural elements (earth, air, fire, water) as a way of feeling a greater sense of belonging as part of the natural world. We will meet outdoors and explore methods including sitting meditation, mindful walking, sensory awareness practice, and contemplative observation of the natural world.