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Step Away and Recharge: A 90-Minute Nature Retreat

Slow down your pace to reconnect with the natural world. In this 90-minute micro-retreat, you’ll explore simple expressive eco-art practices, relaxing therapeutic movement, and sensory activities designed to support wellbeing and deepen your connection with nature. Discover how a retreat is possible even in an urban setting for a short block of time.
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AI Anxiety + Human Flourishing
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AI Anxiety + Human Flourishing
AI Anxiety + Human Flourishing will be held November 18-19, 2026 at the Contemplative Commons. Registration is now open! At a time when anxiety is increasingly felt about the rapid advancement, widespread adoption, and future uncertainty of artificial intelligence, this symposium convenes changemakers in emerging technology, higher education, and the contemplative sciences to address the driving question, “How can we prepare young adults for the future of AI?”
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Catalytic Parenting
Join us for a one-hour conversation on being a positive catalyst for flourishing in your adult children’s lives. Learn how to optimize what you most hope for them while effectively managing your worry for them. Space limited
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Sign for Big Meadow with the moonrise in the background
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Camping and Contemplation Under the Cosmos
UVA Rec and the Contemplative Sciences Center are partnering to offer students a retreat under the sun and stars at the Big Meadows campground in Shenandoah National Park. Come experience the awe of the morning and night skies. The retreat includes star-watching, a hike, and morning yoga practice. Transportation will be provided.
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Students playing guitars together in the Contemplative Commons’ Gingko Garden
Bluegrass Acoustic Jam Session

The weather is finally cooling down which means it is the perfect time to enjoy a bit of live music! Come join the CSC Peer Programming team and Hoograss for a Bluegrass themed Acoustic Jam Session! Refreshments will be provided, and we will have chairs and blankets available for seating, but feel free to bring your own as well to be comfortable and cozy on a Fall night! 

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Three silhouettes of people watching a movie
Contemplative Film Club

The Peer Programming team will be exploring the world of contemplation through the medium of film. This program is intended to offer a chance to enjoy both popular and lesser known films, engage in discussion around the contemplative elements of the film, and to spend time in community with other folks who are interested in film.

All welcome. Light refreshments will be provided. Folks are encouraged to bring a blanket or whatever helps you settle in for the show!
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Man walking while balancing on one side of an old railroad track in a sitting
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Movement Mondays: Ways of Attending: Movement and Embodiment Practice

Instructor: Brad Stoller
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Write & Reset

Write & Reset will provide an opportunity for participants to explore journaling as a form of practice, while enjoying a quiet and relaxing space to help move into the start of the week on the right foot. Journals will be provided as well as items to customize them. Each week will bring a new prompt to engage with as well as light refreshments for participants enjoyment.
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