Mindfulness for Students
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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Tuesdays, 4:00pm - 5:15pm
April 5 - April 26
Jeff Siegel
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Wednesdays, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
April 6 - April 27
Jeanne Mahon
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Mondays, 6:15pm - 7:30pm
April 4 - April 25
Laura Carmen Arena
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Mindfulness Sessions
Spring Mindfulness Retreat
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
RegisterThis 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
RegisterThis 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
RegisterThis 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.