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Music by the Dell

The Contemplative Sciences Center Peer Programming team is inviting students and community members to come and enjoy live music (and free food and spike ball) on the Dell Field and Picnic Ground on Saturday, April 18 from 12:00 - 5:00pm. 

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CARELab™ Mayor’s Challenge for Community Change - 2026

CARELab™ is a community-based six-day Leadership/AI accelerator. Geared toward college students as well as motivated juniors and seniors in high school, the program equips emerging leaders with the skills, mindset, and ethical foundation to make a difference in their community. Through human-design thinking, mindfulness practice, and AI methodologies, student teams develop insights to address community challenges provided by Mayor Juandiego Wade.
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What Are We Rushing Toward?

College is full of pressure, and time is at the heart of so much of it. Join members of the Contemplative Sciences Center for an evening of slowing down, connecting with one another, and finding some of our own wisdom about how we want to move through our college years. There will be no hacks for managing your time, just a reminder a rushed life is not necessarily a full life.
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Salon: Resonance

Where has sound moved you? Live music, a quiet forest, a harsh city street, a voice across the table. Some sounds settle us. Others set us on edge. Why? In her work with sound and energy healing, people report a shift, and Karianne observes it too. These subtle changes reveal something deeper: sound moves through the body, shapes attention, and influences the environments we inhabit, inside and out. The Salon will begin with a short sound bath meditation, then open the conversation from that grounded place, with sound as our point of connection. Where has sound moved you? Live music, a quiet forest, a harsh city street, a voice across the table. Facilitator: Karianne Michelle.
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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 Contemplative Sciences Center peer programming team and Hoograss for a Bluegrass themed Acoustic Jam Session!

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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.

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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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Letters to My Future Self

Letters to My Future Self is a low-pressure reflective program offering an opportunity to pause and consider the present while writing a private letter to your future self — the person you will be or would like to be at the end of the academic year.
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Faith, Play, and Practice: Analog Hour

Faith, Play, and Practice: Analog Hour is a chance for students and community members to engage in hands-on and screen free activities in the Contemplative Sciences Center. Step away from your daily grind and enjoy a mid-week contemplative practice that engages your childlike sense of play.

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The Spiritual Roots of Yoga — Free Public Talk and Guided Meditation

In this free public talk and guided meditation, Sister Brahmani, a nun of Self-Realization Fellowship, will explore the spiritual roots of yoga through the wisdom of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi, who helped bring India's ancient science of yoga meditation to the West and whose universal teachings continue to inspire seekers around the world. Discover how timeless guidance for revealing the peace, joy, and spiritual potential within each one of us can bring greater fulfillment to your life. Free and open to the public.
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