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Fall 2020

Fall 2020: Interdisciplinary Studies Hereford College Garden Party — INST 2550

| UVA CLASS | Students may learn about growing flowers and food from the comfort of their own home and in outdoor gardening sessions.

Fall 2020: Leading with Presence in Healthcare — GNUR 5030

For current and future healthcare leaders who want to be more mindful, compassionate and effective. The course will foster understanding leadership development, compassionate care, and healthy work enviornments which deliver high-quality patient care.

Fall 2020: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

The practical application of mindfulness in mind-body awareness, health maintenance, mindful eating, stress reduction, and communication will be explored through exercises and group discussion.

The Art and Science of Human Flourishing — RELG 1400 Fall 2020

This course is now open to all undergraduates and explores human flourishing; well-being; and resilience across the lifespan. human flourishing; well-being; and resilience; across academic, personal, and professional spheres.

Fall 2020: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness — EDHS 4810

What does it mean to be normal, well-adjusted or happy? Learn factors that influence psychological adjustment in normal human development and the relationship between adjustment and personal happiness.

Fall 2020: Foundations of Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

This course introduces mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life. Mindfulness involves bringing intentional non-judgmental awareness to what is happening in the present moment.

Fall 2020: Mindfulness and Nature — KINE 1055

Spending time in nature and practicing mindfulness are two of the best ways to destress and stay balanced and resilient.

Fall 2020: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context - Responsible Innovation — STS 2500 - 001

The course explores the social and global context of engineering, science and technology.

Fall 2020: Patient-Family Centered Care: Mental Health Nursing — NUCO 4310

This course builds on acquired health assessment skills and introduces psychosocial research and theory needed to provide holistic care to clients across the lifespan.

Fall 2020: Acting II — DRAM 3410

Exercises and scene work emphasizing the development of the actor's vocal and physical resources.

Fall 2020: Contemplative Studies in Ethnomusicology — MUSI 7526

Studies the field of ethnomusicology

Fall 2020: Tibetan Buddhism Introduction — RELB 2054

Provides a systematic introduction to Tibetan Buddhism with a strong emphasis on tantric traditions of Buddhism - philosophy, contemplation, ritual, monastic life, pilgrimage, deities & demons, ethics, society, history, and art.

Fall 2020: Mindful Facilitation and Leadership — KINE 1060

Students will deepen their own mindfulness practice while learning to lead contemplative practices and infuse mindfulness into facilitation and leadership settings. Students will apply what they are learning to a specific dimension of their life.

Fall 2020: Second Year Japanese — JAPN 2010

Continuation of Elementary Japanese introducing more complex sentence patterns, idioms, and vocabulary to prepare students for an intermediate-level communication.

Fall 2020: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

This course introduces a variety of these practices and the research on their effects as a means to promoting well-being and building supportive relationships in professional settings.

Fall 2020: Stress and Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

This course presents the major models of stress, examines psycho-social, intrapsychic, and environmental causes of stress and provides an overview of stress's physiological and psychological impact.

Fall 2020: Academic Realities and Strategies for Success — ELA 2110

This class introduces students who have struggled academically in the previous semester to effective study strategies, University resources, and life skills that support student success.

Fall 2020: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012

Mindfulness for Teachers will introduce students to a series of evidence-based practical skills needed to support their students' social, emotional, and academic growth.

Fall 2020: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context - Ethical Analytics: Using Data for Social Good — STS 2500 - 002

The course explores the social and global context of engineering, science and technology.

Fall 2020: Yoga — KINE 1410

Yoga is the practice of uniting the mind and body in a series of postures or as meditation in motion.

Fall 2020: Aikido — KINE 1035

Aikido is a traditional, non-violent yet effective Japanese martial art. Aikido focuses on harmonizing with your opponent to bring peaceful resolution to conflict situations.

Fall 2020: Spanish for Medical Professionals - SPAN 3050

This course is designed for students planning to work in the health care field and who want to develop fundamental written and oral skills and vocabulary for the assessment of Spanish speaking patients in a variety of settings.

Fall 2020: Hinduism — RELH 2090

Surveys the Hindu religious heritage from pre-history to the 17th century; includes the Jain and Sikh protestant movements.

Fall 2020: Practicing Wisdom and Resilience — NUIP 3004

This course explores the science of the brain/body connection offering experiential opportunities through direct meditative practices.

Fall 2020: Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals — GNUR 5009

This elective course will provide graduate and medical students and practicing health professionals with a foundational understanding of medical yoga.

Spring 2020

Spring 2020: The Spirit of the New Workplace — GBUS 8042

Restricted to Darden students. Students will explore the possibilities of human organization and assess core values and beliefs about work.

Spring 2020: Mindfulness 2.0: Deepening Your Practice — NUIP 3010

This course provides students who have an established mindfulness practice an opportunity to explore mindfulness in greater depth.

Spring 2020: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

The practical application of mindfulness in mind-body awareness, health maintenance, mindful eating, stress reduction, and communication will be explored through exercises and group discussion.

Spring 2020: A Buddhist Approach to Development — GDS 3113

Through Vipassana meditation and Buddhist literature, the class will explore the development of thoughts and actions and development issues of peace, human rights, sustainability, consumption, conservation, and change.

Spring 2020: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

Designed to integrate cutting edge science with practical applications for students preparing to work in caring professions, or other work environments.

Spring 2020: Global Humanitarian Crises Response — LPPS 3295

Taught by a former United Nations official, this course will look at critical questions defining global humanitarian action and policy.

Spring 2020: Stress & Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

This course presents the major models of stress, examines psycho-social, intrapsychic, and environmental causes of stress and provides an overview of stress's physiological and psychological impact.

Spring 2020: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness — EDHS 4810

Spring 2020: Cultivating Wisdom and Well-Being for Personal and Professional Growth — COMM 4831

Aristotle maintained that the goal of life is to achieve well-being through wisdom. In this course we seek new understanding and tools as to how wisdom and sell-being apply to professional and personal situations.

Spring 2020: Nineteenth-Century Social Reform and the Modern Conscience — ENGL 4500-002

Have you ever wished that you could make a difference in the world? How would you even know where to begin? In this course, you will explore the answers to these questions in a profound and surprisingly local way by exploring works of nineteenth-century British literature and the Charlottesville community.

Spring 2020: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context — STS 2500

This course invites students to explore the implications of STS core concepts within a specific topical or disciplinary area, drawing out the implications of STS 1500 in depth.

Spring 2020: Foundations of Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

Spring 2020: Academic Realities and Strategies for Success — ELA 2110

This class introduces students who have struggled academically in the previous semester to effective study strategies, University resources, and life skills that support student success.

Spring 2020: Contemplative Studies in Ethnomusicology — MUSI 7526

The emerging field of contemplative studies invites increasingly engaged, compassionate, collaborative scholarship and teaching that draws the focus to practice, process, creativity, and intuitive thinking. How might a contemplative approach shape the kinds of questions music scholars ask and the processes through which we seek answers?

Spring 2020: Spanish for Medical Professionals - SPAN 3050

Spring 2020: African Electronic Music — MUSI 4523

African cities and urban areas have long been places for some of the most futuristic sounds being created.

Spring 2020: Advanced Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 4012 (prerequisite is EDIS 3012)

This class is designed to further build skills and knowledge learned in EDIS 3012 and to prepare students to lead and teach mindful awareness practices to others.

Spring 2020: “Spiritual But Not Religious”: Spirituality in America — RELG 2660

What does "spiritual but not religious" mean, and why has it become such a pervasive idea in modern America?

Spring 2020: Mindfulness and Nature — KINE 1055

Spending time in nature and practicing mindfulness are two of the best ways to destress and stay balanced and resilient.

Spring 2020: On Desire and Separation: Persian Poetry Then and Now (In Translation) — PETR 3559

Persian poets have expressed their desire, love and anxieties of separation in remarkable figurative ways throughout centuries.

Spring 2020: Aikido — KINE 1035

Aikido is a traditional, non-violent yet effective Japanese martial art. Aikido focuses on harmonizing with your opponent to bring peaceful resolution to conflict situations.

Spring 2020: Acting II — DRAM 3410

Students will participate in exercises and scene work emphasizing the development of the actor's vocal and physical resources as a means of creating and communicating character, emotion, and relationships.

Spring 2020: Resilient Leadership for Teams and Teammates — LPPL 3450

This course builds students' skills in "the art of getting things done". Students will establish the critical leadership and team-building competencies that distinguish highly effective leaders.

Spring 2020: Sound Studies: the anthropology and art of sound experience — MUSI 2090

An exploration and experience of music, sound and artistic practice in human (and non-human) behavioural contexts.

Spring 2020: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012

This class is designed help students develop the competencies needed to orchestrate healthy and supportive classroom dynamics.

Spring 2020: Mental Health Theories and Therapies — GNUR 6252

Paradigms and models examined include: psychotherapeutic, biopsychosocial, behavioral, stress and coping, and more.

Spring 2020: Buddhism — RELB 2100

This course focuses on Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantrayana Buddhist developments in India.

Spring 2020: Patient-Family Centered Care: Mental Health Nursing — NUCO 4310

This course builds on acquired health assessment skills and introduces psychosocial research and theory needed to provide holistic care to clients across the lifespan.

J-Term 2020

Spring 2020: Yoga — KINE 1410

Yoga is the practice of uniting the mind and body in a series of postures or as meditation in motion.

Fall 2019

Fall 2019: Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals — GNUR 5009

This elective course will provide graduate and medical students and practicing health professionals with a foundational understanding of medical yoga in terms of history, theory, and research in relation to health and wellness.

Fall 2019: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

Mindfulness-based interventions promote physical and mental health and support cognitive and emotional developmental processes in individuals across the lifespan.

Fall 2019: Practicing Wisdom and Resilience — NUIP 3004

This course explores the science of the brain/body connection offering experiential opportunities through direct meditative practices.

Fall 2019: Mindful Facilitation and Leadership — KINE 1060

Through this course, you will learn foundational skills for bringing mindfulness-based contemplative practices into your personal life, community, and professional environments.

Fall 2019: God and Nature in America — COLA 1500-009

This course examines how Americans have viewed the relation between God, nature, and themselves since the founding of the United States.

Fall 2019: Stress and Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

This course presents the major models of stress, examines psycho-social, intrapsychic, and environmental causes of stress and provides an overview of stress's physiological and psychological impact.

Fall 2019: Landscapes of Black Education — ENGL 2599-005

This course examines how seemingly ordinary spaces and places around us, “landscapes,” are involved in the struggle to democratize education in the United States. It focuses on African American education.

Fall 2019: Buddhist Philosophy — RELB 5055

Study of the Pali and Sanskritic Buddhist philosophical traditions.

Fall 2019: Tibetan Buddhism Introduction — RELB 2054

This class provides a systematic introduction to Tibetan Buddhism with a strong emphasis on the tantric traditions of Buddhism—including philosophy, contemplation, ritual, monastic life, pilgrimage, deities and demons, ethics, society, history, and art

Fall 2019: Hinduism — RELH 2090

Surveys the Hindu religious heritage from pre-history to the 17th century; includes the Jain and Sikh protestant movements.

Fall 2019: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

Fall 2019: Mindfulness and Nature — KINE 1055

Spending time in nature and practicing mindfulness are two of the best ways to destress and stay balanced and resilient.

Fall 2019: Ordinary to Extraordinary: How the Arts Transform Life — COLA 1500-014

Students in this comparative, interdisciplinary advising seminar will explore the myriad ways in which artists manage to find, and represent, beauty in the banal.

Fall 2019: Life's a Stage: Performance Skills for Every Day — COLA 1500-043

Was Shakespeare right when he wrote, "All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players"? This class explores the uses of acting skills in real world situations outside the fields of film and theatre.

Fall 2019: The Trauma Sensitive Classroom — EDIS 5014

The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom provides the knowledge and skills educators need to provide support for students who are exposed to trauma.

Fall 2019: Mindfulness For Teachers — EDIS 5012

Featured UVA Class: Introduction to evidence-based skills for teachers to help cultivate the inner resources needed to support their students' social, emotional, and academic growth.

Fall 2019: Aikido — KINE 1035

Aikido is a traditional, non-violent yet effective Japanese martial art. Aikido focuses on harmonizing with your opponent to bring peaceful resolution to conflict situations.

Fall 2019: Climbing as Mindfulness — KINE 1450

Climbing is one of many possible goal-driven activities that have 'flow'' potential. The course explores climbing as a tool for engaging the body in the flow of the mind and vice versa and its contribution to heightened body/mind awareness without formal 'meditation'.

Fall 2019: Acting II — DRAM 3410

Exercises and scene work emphasizing the development of the actor's vocal and physical resources as a means of creating and communicating character, emotion, and relationships.

Fall 2019: Transformative Storytelling: Sharing Stories of Social Justice — COLA 1500-035

What are some of the most thought-provoking and powerful stories you’ve ever heard or read? When was the last time a story moved you to go out and make a difference in the world such as challenging the strongholds of injustice? This course explores the act of storytelling as it relates to issues of Social Justice and the role of storytellers as agents of change.

Fall 2019: Foundations for Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

This course introduces mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Fall 2019: Foundations for Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

This course introduces mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Fall 2019: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context - Science and the Good Life — STS 2500 - 003

This course invites students to explore the implications of STS core concepts within a specific topical or disciplinary area, drawing out the implications of STS 1500 in depth.

Fall 2019: Buddhism — RELB 2100

This course focuses on Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantrayana Buddhist developments in India.

Fall 2019: Second Year Japanese — JAPN 2010

Continuation of Elementary Japanese introducing more complex sentence patterns, idioms, and vocabulary to prepare students for an intermediate-level communication.

Fall 2019: Buddhist Meditation Traditions — RELB 2900

The goal of this course will be to examine different conceptions of Buddhist meditation and how these different conceptions affect the nature of practice and the understanding of the ideal life within a variety of Buddhist traditions.

Fall 2019: The Good Friend — COLA 1500-074

In the context of college life and beyond, what does it mean to have and be a good friend? What is the nature of friendship, and how can it be integral to a successful and happy college experience?

Fall 2019: Yoga — KINE 1410

Yoga is the practice of uniting the mind and body in a series of postures or a meditation in motion.

Summer 2019

Summer 2019: Teaching Mindfulness in School — EDIS 5013-500

This course introduces the knowledge and skills teachers need to introduce mindful awareness practices to students in pre-K-12 school settings.

Summer 2019: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012-500

Teaching is one of the most rewarding professions, but it can also be one of the most stressful. Mindfulness for Teachers will introduce students to a series of evidence-based practical skills that will help them cultivate the inner resources needed to support their students' social, emotional, and academic growth.

Spring 2019

Spring 2019: The Spirit of the New Workplace — GBUS 8042

Restricted to Darden students. This seminar invites students to explore the possibilities of human organization and assess their core values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations about work.

Spring 2019: Mindfulness 2.0: Deepening Your Practice — NUIP 3010

This course provides students who have an established mindfulness practice an opportunity to explore mindfulness in greater depth.

Spring 2019: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

The practical application of mindfulness in mind-body awareness, health maintenance, mindful eating, stress reduction, and communication will be explored through exercises and group discussion.

Spring 2019: Mindfulness Practices — INST 2500 - 001

This course provides an introduction to mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and to promote greater engagement with life.

Spring 2019: A Buddhist Approach to Development — GDS 3113

This is a practical exercise in which we will explore development through Vipassana meditation and the literature that has come from the application of Buddhist thought to development issues of peace, human rights, sustainability, consumption, conservation, and change.

Spring 2019: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

This course is designed to integrate cutting edge science with practical applications for students preparing to work in caring professions.

Spring 2019: Meditation Peer Leadership — KINE 1050

This course will introduce mindfulness practices and prepare you to instruct your peers in mindfulness meditation in settings like school, work, clubs, and sport.

Spring 2019: Global Humanitarian Crises Response — LPPS 3295

This course will look at critical questions defining global humanitarian action and policy.

Spring 2019: Stress & Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

This course presents the major models of stress, examines psycho-social, intrapsychic, and environmental causes of stress and provides an overview of stress's physiological and psychological impact.

Spring 2019: Cultivating Wisdom and Well-Being for Personal and Professional Growth — COMM 4831

The goal of this course is to seek new understandings, self-insights, and useful tools in regard to wisdom and well-being, particularly as to how these concepts apply to a variety of professional and personal situations across the life span.

Spring 2019: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness — EDHS 4810

Learn factors that influence psychological adjustment in normal human development and the relationship between adjustment and personal happiness. The course will incorporate study, self-examination, mindfulness, personal projects and the science of creating happiness.s.

Spring 2019: Managing Anxiety and Improving Performance with the Alexander Technique — MUSI 2450

This course introduces and offers practical experience with the Alexander Technique. The Technique helps performers, people who suffer from anxiety, and people who would like a more fluid and friendly connection with everyday movement.

Spring 2019: Foundations of Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

This course introduces mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and to promote greater engagement with life.

Spring 2019: Mindfulness and Compassion: Living Fully, Personally and Professionally — NUIP 3030

In this course, you will become a scientist of your own experience and explore how mindfulness and prosocial practices can change your attitude and your experience in college and beyond.

Spring 2019: Advanced Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 4012

This course is designed to further build skills and knowledge learned in EDIS 3012 and to prepare students to lead and teach mindful awareness practices to others.

Spring 2019: “Spiritual But Not Religious”: Spirituality in America — RELG 2660

What does "spiritual but not religious" mean, and why has it become such a pervasive idea in modern America? We'll study everything from Alcholocis Anonymous to yoga Christian rock. We'll come to see spirituality in America as a complex intermingling of the great world religions, modern psychology, commercialized culture industry.

Spring 2019: Academic Realities and Strategies for Success — ELA 2110

For students who have struggled academically in the previous semester, this course introduces to effective study strategies, University resources, and life skills that support student success..

Spring 2019: Mindfulness and Nature — KINE 1055

This course is focused on learning mindfulness through connecting with the natural world and hiking the nature trails on Grounds.

Spring 2019: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012 (Online Course)

Mindfulness for Teachers will introduce students to a series of evidence-based practical skills that will help them cultivate the inner resources needed to support their students' social, emotional, and academic growth.

Spring 2019: Resilient Leadership for Teams and Teammates — LPPL 3450

Students will establish the critical leadership and team-building competencies that distinguish highly effective leaders including resilience; team leadership skills; capacity for thriving in times of adversity; emotional intelligence; and interpersonal skills.

Spring 2019: Science and the Good Life — STS 2500

The course explores the social and global context of engineering, science, and technology. Prerequisites: STS 1500 or an equivalent STS course.

Spring 2019: Mental Health Theories and Therapies — GNUR 6252

We will examine paradigms and models including: psychotherapeutic; biopsychosocial; behavioral; stress and coping; health promotion; and psychiatric mental health nursing theoretical frameworks. It is restricted to those in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program and is a required core course.

Spring 2019: Patient-Family Centered Care: Mental Health Nursing — NUCO 4310

Restricted to undergraduate nursing school students, this course builds upon acquired health assessment skills and introduces the psychosocial research and theory needed to provide holistic care to clients across the lifespan.

Spring 2019: Yoga — KINE 1410

Yoga is the practice of uniting mind and body in a series of postures or as meditation in motion. The yoga practiced in each section will be determined by the instructor.

Spring 2019: Teaching Mindfulness in School — EDIS 5013 (Online Course)

This course introduces the knowledge and skills teachers need to introduce mindful awareness practices to students in pre-K-12 school settings. Reviewing the latest research, students will learn effective strategies for teaching mindfulness to children and teens.

Fall 2018

Fall 2018: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

Mindfulness in Health and Human Development is designed to integrate cutting edge science with practical applications for students preparing to work in caring professions.

Fall 2018: Deep Listening — MUSI 3559

In this course we will explore collective activities that involve listening and making sound together, at the intersection of music-making and contemplative practices, drawing on Pauline Oliveros’s “Sonic Meditations” and “Deep Listening Pieces” and related work by other musicians and thinkers.

Fall 2018: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

Classes include instruction in four core practices: body scan, mindful yoga, sitting, and walking meditation. The practical application of mindfulness in mind-body awareness, health maintenance, mindful eating, stress reduction, and communication will be explored through exercises & group discussion.

Fall 2018: Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals — GNUR 5009

This elective course will provide graduate students, medical students, and practicing health professionals with a foundational understanding of medical yoga to improve health and wellness from a historical, theoretical, and research perspective.

Fall 2018: Managing Anxiety and Improving Performance with Alexander Technique — MUSI 2450

Fall 2018: Practicing Wisdom and Resilience — NUIP 3004

This course explores the science of the brain/body connection offering experiential opportunities through direct meditative practices. We will develop self-assessment, self-care strategies and resilience practices, within the larger context of wisdom.

Fall 2018: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012 (Online Course)

Fall 2018: Meditation Peer Leadership — KINE 1050

This course is an introduction to mindfulness practices with an emphasis on learning to instruct peers in mindfulness meditation in various settings, including school, work, clubs, and sport.

Fall 2018: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness — EDHS 4810

Learn factors that influence psychological adjustment in normal human development and the relationship between adjustment and personal happiness.

Fall 2018: Stress and Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

This course presents the major models of stress; examines psycho-social, intrapsychic, and environmental causes of stress; and provides an overview of stress's physiological and psychological impact.

Fall 2018: Mindfulness: Awareness and Habit — COLA 1500-024

Through formal and informal practices that bring curiosity to thoughts, feelings and emotions, students will develop the ability to pay attention to the present moment. Mindfulness in meditation, movement, and walking and eating will be explored.

Fall 2018: Tibetan Buddhism Introduction — RELB 2054

This course introduces students to fundamental aspects of Tibetan Buddhist thought and practice—philosophy, meditation, ritual, and ethics.

Fall 2018: Foundations of Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

Offered by the School of Nursing, this course introduces mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Fall 2018: Asian Religions and Spirituality in America — COLA 1500-029

We will explore the originary links between Asia and America as Asian traditions arrive and then explore different case studies that enable us to trace different traditions’ fortunes in the American scene.

Fall 2018: Acting II — DRAM 3410

Acting II integrates mindful awareness with contemporary performance techniques in order to help actors better understand the motivations and behavior of characters in the theatre.

Fall 2018: Teaching Mindfulness in School — EDIS 5013 (Online Course)

This course introduces the knowledge and skills teachers need to introduce mindful awareness practices to students in pre-K-12 school settings.

Fall 2018: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context — STS 2500

We will explore ways in which science can guide understanding of one’s self and our own impact on the world. From wearable tech to meditation, we will first utilize scientific methods for reflection, introspection and ultimately self-discovery.

Fall 2018: Second-Year Japanese I — JAPN 2010

As rigorous and challenging as our Japanese course curriculum can be, we, as a classroom community, care about each other’s well-being. We will practice how to be mindful and compassionate with ourselves, as well as others, and study how practicing mindfulness can affect your course of learning.

Fall 2018: Finding Your Inner Compass — COLA 1500-060

This course is one of self-exploration. We will examine the power of habits and how they drive our decision-making.

Fall 2018: Life's a Stage: Performance Skills for Every Day — COLA 1500-043

This class explores the uses of acting skills in real world situations outside the fields of film and theatre.

Fall 2018: Buddhism — RELB 2100

The goal of the course Introduction to Buddhism is to enable students new to the study of Buddhism to do two things: enter into the ethos and worldview of Buddhism and think critically as a scholar about it.

Fall 2018: The Good Friend — COLA 1500-074

We will explore the qualities needed to be a good friend in Eastern and Western philosophical contexts, and how developing those qualities can lead to wisdom and compassion.

Fall 2018: Yoga — KINE 1410

Yoga is the practice of uniting the mind and body in a series of postures or a meditation in motion. The yoga practiced in each section will be determined by the instructor. The course will begin with instruction on basic postures and progress to an intermediate level.

Summer 2018

Summer 2018: Drawing as Contemplative Practice - ARTS 2610 - 002

"Drawing as Contemplative Practice" approaches drawing as an observational, expressive, and experiential discipline, with a particular emphasis on how drawing can be harnessed as a tool for rigorous self-inquiry and for cultivating mindfulness.

Summer 2018: Teaching Mindfulness in School - EDIS 5013 (Online Course)

*This is a web-based course.

This course is designed to apply cutting-edge science to the pedagogy of teaching mindfulness in schools.

Summer 2018: Mindfulness for Teachers - EDIS 5012 (Online Course)

*This course is a Web-Based Course

Mindfulness for Teachers is designed to integrate cutting edge science with practical classroom applications.

Spring 2018

Spring 2018: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness - EDHS 4810

Learn factors that influence psychological adjustment in normal human development and the relationship between adjustment and personal happiness. Includes study, self-examination, mindfulness, personal projects, and the science of creating happiness.

Spring 2018: Mindfulness Practices - INST 2500 - 001

This course provides an introduction to mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life. Derived from the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, this course is highly experiential and uses a lab or seminar-like format designed for college students to explore applications of mindfulness in mind-body awareness, mindful eating, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, and stress management.

Spring 2018: Introduction to Mindfulness - KINE 1000

Classes include instruction in four core practices: body scan, mindful yoga, sitting, and walking meditation.

Spring 2018: A Buddhist Approach to Development - GDS 3113

In this course we will investigate the Buddhist view of development practices in developed and developing countries, with a focus on modernization and the market economy. We will also look at development programs in Buddhist societies—Bhutan, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.

Spring 2018: Managing Anxiety and Improving Performance with the Alexander Technique - MUSI 2450

This course introduces and offers practical experience with the Alexander Technique. The Technique helps performers, people who suffer from anxiety and people who wish for a more fluid and friendly connection with everyday movement.

Spring 2018: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development - EDIS 3012

This course introduces a variety of these practices and the research on their effects as a means to promoting well-being and building supportive relationships in professional settings.

Spring 2018: Meditation Peer Leadership - KINE 1050

This course will introduce students to mindfulness practices, and prepare you to instruct your peers in mindfulness meditation in settings like school, work, clubs, and sport.

Spring 2018: Mindfulness and Compassion — Living Fully Personally and Professionally - NUIP 3030

An in-depth experience in contemplative practices to prepare students to live more fully, be more engaged, compassionate citizens and professionals; and navigate life's stressors with greater clarity, peace of mind, using healthy behaviors.

Spring 2018: Stress and Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

This course presents the major models of stress, examines psycho-social, intra-psychic, and

environmental causes of stress and provides an overview of stress’s physiological and

psychological impact. Building upon researched-based practice, students will experience and explore cognitive, behavioral, and physiological techniques and strategies in order to manage life’s stressors more effectively.

Spring 2018: Meditation, Brain and Body - PSYC 3559- 004

In this course, you’ll dive into the emerging discipline of contemplative science, which seeks to understand meditation by integrating fields like neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, physiology, and social science.

Spring 2018: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context - STS 2500

We will explore ways in which science can guide understanding of ourselves and our impact on the world. We will first utilize scientific methods for reflection, introspection and ultimately self-discovery, then consider how science can help guide our decisions.

Spring 2018: Critical Studies of Music: Sound/Body/Gender - MUSI 4520

Class discussions will push all of us to challenge our assumptions about music, sound, gender, sex, and sexuality. There are no prerequisites for this class, and non-musicians are welcome. Class assignments will vary and will invite you to read about, write about, listen to, and explore your sound world.

Spring 2018: Spiritual But Not Religious: Spirituality in America - RELG 2660

We'll study everything from AA to yoga to Zen meditation, with stops in Christian rock, Beat poetry, Abstract Expressionist painting and more.

Spring 2018: Foundations of Mindfulness Practice - NUIP 2210

This course provides an introduction to mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Spring 2018: Resilient Leadership for Teams and Teammates - PPOL 3450

This course will build students’ skills in “the art of getting things done”. Students will establish the critical leadership and team-building competencies that distinguish highly effective leaders.

Spring 2018: Contact Improvisation - DANC 3610

This course serves as an introduction to the principles and skills involved in the practice of Contact Improvisation.

Spring 2018: Yoga — KINE 1410

All yoga classes focus on a series of postures that strengthen the muscles, increase flexibility, energize the body and cultivate mental and emotional calmness. The class will begin with instruction on basic postures and progress to an intermediate level.

Spring 2018: Women's Self-Defense - KINE 1040

This course strives to develop the mind and body through martial arts. There will be an introduction to basic moves followed by more challenging techniques over the course of the semester.

Spring 2018: Second-Year Japanese I - JAPN 2020

As rigorous and challenging our Japanese course curriculum can be, we, as a classroom community, care about each other’s well-being. We will practice how to be mindful and compassionate to ourselves, as well as to others, and study how practicing mindfulness can potentially affect your course of learning.

Spring 2018: The Spirit of the New Workplace - GBUS 8042

Restricted to Darden students. This seminar invites students to explore the possibilities of human organization and assess their core values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations about work.

J-Term 2018

J-Term 2018: Public Speaking - ENSP 1600-1

In this class, you will learn to prepare and deliver public presentations that resonate with your audience.

Fall 2017

Fall 2017 : The Spirit of the New Workplace - GBUS 8042

This seminar invites students to explore the possibilities of human organization and assess their core values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations about work. The course format is a one-week exploration of the role work plays in the lives of individuals and communities around the globe. Restricted to Darden students. 1.5Credit

Fall 2017 : Strategic Intuition and Eastern Philosophy - GBUS 8016 - 001, 002

This course will explore how military, political and religious philosophies from India, Japan, and China inform western strategic thinking. Our goal is to prepare our minds for whole-brain-and-heart strategy making.

Instructor : Jay Bourgeois

Fall 2017 : Managing Anxiety and Improving Performance with the Alexander Technique - MUSI 2559

Instructor: Sandra Bain Cushman

Fall 2017 : Advanced Policy & Practice in Humanitarian Assistance: The Good News - PPOL 5200

A unique element of this course is that we will also emphasize learning about and practicing different professional skills that are useful to policy practitioners who work in high-stress complex work environments.

Instructor: Kirsten Gelsdorf

Fall 2017 : Science and Practice of Mindfulness - ISSS 3045 (Online Course)

*This course is a Web-Based Course

Considers the latest scientific findings about the mind-body connection, offers students the opportunity to experience them through direct mindfulness meditative practices. Explores formal and informal mindfulness practices, the contextual background of mindfulness, and applies them to a variety of professions and settings. Covers a range of contemplative exercises that cultivate emotional balance and the ability to cope with stress.

Instructor : Susanna Williams

Fall 2017 : Introduction to Mindfulness - KINE 1000

Instructor : Lynne Crotts

Fall 2017 : Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals - GNUR 5009

This elective course will provide graduate nursing and medical students, and practicing health professionals, with a foundational understanding of therapeutic yoga in terms of history, theory, and research of yoga in relation to health and wellness.

Instructor: Maureen Mala Cunningham

Fall 2017 : Meditation Peer Leadership - KINE 1050

This course will introduce students to mindfulness practices and prepare you to instruct your peers in mindfulness meditation in settings like school, work, clubs, and sport.

Instructor: Geoffrey Cox

Fall 2017 : Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness - EDHS 4810

Instructor: Peter Sheras

Fall 2017 : Mindfulness: Awareness and Habit - COLA 1500-024

Through formal and informal practices that bring curiosity to thoughts, feelings, and emotions, students will develop the ability to pay attention to the present moment. Mindful meditation, movement, walking, and eating will be explored.

Instructor: Sandra Seidel

Fall 2017 : Mindfulness Practices - INST 2500

Instructor: Sam Green

Fall 2017 : Buddhist Meditation Traditions - RELB 2900

Instructor: Erik Braun

Fall 2017 : Foundations of Mindfulness Practice - NUIP 2210

Offered by the School of Nursing, this course introduces mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life. Mindfulness involves bringing intentional non-judgmental awareness to what is happening in the present moment.

Instructor: Sam Green

Fall 2017: Acting II - DRAM 3410

In this class, we will encourage you to learn more about yourself. Through contemplative practices like mindful awareness and reflective writing, you’ll become better acquainted with your own hopes, fears, and tendencies. You’ll practice awareness both in class and in your life in order to gain extensive knowledge about the interactions of your thoughts and your emotions.

Instructor: Dave Dalton

Fall 2017 : Second-Year Japanese I - JAPN 2010

This course focuses on becoming more proficient in both written and spoken Japanese, moving from the beginning-level to intermediate. Students will master fundamental grammar and vocabulary as they practice in situated conversations as well as reading/writing in a fun and encouraging environment.

Instructor: Mieko Kawai

Fall 2017 : Finding Your Inner Compass - COLA 1500-060

This course is one of self-exploration. We will examine the power of habits and how they drive our decision-making.

Fall 2017 : Science and Technology in Social and Global Context - STS 2500

We will explore ways in which science can guide understanding both of one’s self and our own impact on the world. From wearable tech to meditation, we will first utilize scientific methods for reflection, introspection and ultimately self-discovery.

Instructor: Jason Jones

Fall 2017 : Reading and Meditation - COLA 1500-076

This course, while considering many representations of meditation, will concentrate on the relations among meditation, reading, and writing. We will discuss the relationship of reading and writing to time, place, and the development of independence and interiority.

Instructor: John Lyons

Fall 2017 : Mindfulness for Teachers - EDIS 5012 (Online Course)

*This course is a Web-Based Course

Instructor

Anthony DeMauro and Tish Jennings

Spring 2017

Spring 2017 : Introduction to Mindfulness - KINE 1000

Mindfulness practice is bringing full, non-judgmental attention to what is happening in the present moment. Classes include instruction in four core practices: body scan, mindful yoga, sitting, and walking meditation. The practical application of mindfulness in mind-body awareness, health maintenance, mindful eating, stress reduction, and communication will be explored through exercises & group discussion.

Spring 2017 : Yoga - KINE 1410-3

Yoga is the practice of uniting the mind and body in a series of postures or a meditation in motion. The type of yoga offered will be contingent on the skills of the instructor.

Spring 2017 : Mindfulness Practices - INST 2500-2

This course provides an introduction to mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Spring 2017 : Mindfulness and Compassion: Living Fully Personally and Professionally - NUIP/RELB 3030

It is about what William James called “the greatest revolution in our generation” namely “the discovery that human beings by changing the inner attitude of their minds can change the outer aspects of their lives.” Recent neuroscience research supports James’ assertion and has shown that mindfulness practices can change the way we react to stress, regulate our emotions, and relate to other people. Such contemplative practices can also help us understand and reshape unhelpful habits and live with illness and loss.

Spring 2017 : Music, Sound, and Embodiment - MUSI 4520

We will consider various intersections among sound, music, consciousness, and embodiment. Topics will include the embodied experiences of performers, embodiment in relation to listeners’ experiences of classical music, trance states, music therapy, subjectivity in clubbing, improvisation, environmental sound, and the experimental practices of John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, and the Fluxus group.

Spring 2017 : Foundations of Mindfulness Practice - NUIP 2210

Spring 2017: Buddhist Meditation & The Modern World - RELB 2165

Explore Tibetan Buddhist meditation in its cultural contexts, investigate scientific research on meditation’s dynamics, survey contemporary applications, and experience meditation firsthand.

J-Term 2017

J-term 2017: CONSCIOUS SOCIAL CHANGE - PPOL 5225 & GSGS 3365

The Conscious Social Change J-Term course is an experiential social venture incubator integrating mindfulness-based leadership practices, social entrepreneurship tools, conscious social change methodologies, and contemplative ideas and practices.

J-Term 2017: Ecological & Contemplative Landscapes - EVSC/RELG 3559

In January 2017, the College of Arts and Sciences and Contemplative Sciences Center at U.Va. will partner with Kohala Institute to offer an opportunity to study a unique environment and culture from two very different disciplinary perspectives - Environmental Sciences and Religious Studies - with a strong strand of self-understanding exploration.

Fall 2016

Yoga Theory and Practice Class

An investigation of yoga practice throughout history from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

Fall 2016: Introduction to Mindfulness Practice - ELA 1559

Introduction to mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Spring 2016

Fall 2016: UVA in Bhutan

This program invites students to participate in the unique cultural and mountainous environment of Thimphu, Bhutan.

Spring 2016: Cultivating Wisdom and Well-Being for Personal and Professional Growth - COMM 4831

Fall 2015

Fall 2015: Reflective and Creative Writing for Nurses: Give Voice to Your Experience

Sponsored by the Compassionate Care Initiative

Fall 2015: Theory and Practice of Yoga - RELH 2195

An investigation of yoga practice throughout history from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

Fall 2015: Foundations of Nursing CARE - NUCO 2210

CARE includes a focus on Compassion, Awareness of self and cultural variance, Resilience, and Effective communication for interprofessional teams.

Fall 2015: Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy - RELB 3408

Tibet possesses one of the great Buddhist philosophical traditions in the world.

Fall 2015: Learn to Groove - MUSI 2430

This is a hand drumming class open to all students including music majors.

Fa11 2015 Introduction to Drawing 1 - ARTS 2610

Drawing class with contemplative practices.

Fall 2015: Introduction to Mindfulness Practice - ELA 1559

Introduction to mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Fall 2015: Seminar in Ethical Values - LAW 9098

This seminar will examine “mindfulness” (or “contemplative”) practices both as a cultural phenomenon and as a set of practical tools to promote professional and personal development for lawyers.

Spring 2015

Spring 2015: Mindfulness and Compassion: Living Fully Personally and Professionally – NUIP 3030

This elective course provides an in-depth and rich experience in contemplative practices including secular mindfulness and compassion practices

Spring 2015: Buddhist Meditation & The Modern World - RELB 2165

Explore Tibetan Buddhist meditation in its cultural contexts, investigate scientific research on meditation’s dynamics, survey contemporary applications, and experience meditation firsthand.

Fall 2014

Fall 2014: Reading and Meditation

This course, while considering many representations of meditation, will concentrate on the relations among meditation, reading, and writing.

Fall 2014: Foundations in Mindfulness Practice - NURS 4559

This introductory course provides an introduction to mindfulness practices to facilitate coping with stress and greater engagement with life.

Fall 2014: Learn to Groove - MUSI 2340

This is a hands on drumming/percussion class using congas, djembes, claves, shakers, etc.

Fall 2014: Research and Theory on Contemplative Curricula and Interventions for Children and Youth - EDIS 8500

This seminar will review current research and theory on contemplative programs and interventions for children and youth in educational and clinical settings

Fall 2014: Seminar in Ethical Values

Summer 2014

Summer 2014: Buddhism - RELB 2100

In this course “Buddhism,” we will survey the history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, East Asia, and the West. We will reflect on how major Buddhist spiritual practices, such as meditation and the pursuit of enlightenment, developed and are still developing in those different cultural backgrounds.

Summer 2014: Introduction to Tibetan Medicine

With roots in Tibetan philosophy, this system integrates mental and physical aspects of health to treat illness and improve well-being .

Summer 2014: Buddhism in Film - RELB 2252

This course is an introduction to Buddhism and an exploration of the place of Buddhism within contemporary Asian, European, and North American cultures through film.

Spring 2014

Summer 2014: Shamanism in the New Age - ISSS 4800

Explores how elements of wisdom are carried in the healing, shamanic traditions of the wounded. Explores how we can collectively respond to violence in constructive ways on community and global issues.

Summer 2014: Theory and Practice of Yoga - RELG 2195

An investigation of yoga practice throughout history from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

Winter 2014 - Mindful Writing

Mindful writing uses mindfulness to access the inner voice that we all have, which leads to the authentic self. We will explore how to integrate mindfulness not only into our writing practice but also in to our own deepening relationship with the creative process in general. Several meditation techniques and avenues of mindfulness will be utilized as we learn to write from a place of grounding, to integrate sense awareness into our process, and to trust in words that arise from a place other than the intellect.

Spring 2014: Comparing Contemplative Traditions: Yoga, Mysticism, and Meditation - NCTH 106

Human beings have sought spiritual experiences since before recorded history with the result that contemplative traditions have arisen all over the globe. In this course students examine accounts of spiritual awakening and the development of the mystical life in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. While tracing the maps of the spiritual life created by these religious communities, students work out a comparative perspective on human spirituality. By considering the philosophical and theological controversies raised by mysticism and by practicing some contemplative techniques, participants increase their understanding of different dimensions of mysticism.

Spring 2013: Mindfulness and Compassion: Living Fully Personally and Professionally - NUIP 3030 & RELB 3559

This course provides an in-depth experience in contemplative practices to prepare students to live more fully, be more engaged and compassionate citizens and professionals.

Spring 2014: Life Maintenance and Stress Management - COMM 3559

This class provides instruction in four formal practices that cultivate mindfulness: the body scan, yoga (with emphasis on non-judging and present awareness), sitting meditation and walking meditation.

Spring 2014: Introduction to Mindfulness - PHYE 1000

Spring 2014: Cultivating Wisdom and Well-Being for Personal and Professional Growth - COMM 4831

Drawing on both Western and Eastern philosophy, as well as contemporary social science, the goal of this course is to seek new understandings, self-insights, and useful tools in regard to wisdom and well-being, particularly as to how these concepts apply to a variety of professional and personal situations across the life span.

Spring 2014: Investing in a Sustainable Future - COMM 4822

A cross-disciplinary course focusing on value creation in a finite world.

Spring 2014: "Spiritual But Not Religious": Spirituality in America - RELG 2660

What does "spiritual but not religious" mean, and why has it become such a pervasive idea in modern America?

Spring 2014: Theory and Practice of Yoga - RELH 2195

In this course students explore Yoga practice in both traditional and contemporary contexts and from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

J-Term 2014

J-Term 2013: Mindfulness as a Tool for Learning and Living - EDHS 3500/5500

Are you trying to juggle too much? Is life stressing you out? Learn how practicing mindfulness can help you cope more effectively.

J-Term 2014: Conscious Social Change

This class is a unique program in Conscious Social Change; a partnership between Global Grassroots, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and the Contemplative Sciences Center.

J-Term 2014: Meditation in Action- The Contemplative Sciences - ISSS 3033

This course examines the contemplative sciences movement’s history, goals, and impact. Students will be exposed online to talks and teachings by world-renowned spiritual leaders.

J-Term 2014: The Spiritual Life: Visions, Contemplations, and Mystical Experiences - RELC 2559

This course introduces students to spirituality, primarily as expressed in the Christian tradition yet with reference to other religious traditions. In particular, it concerns itself with three modes of the spiritual life: visions, contemplations, and mystical experiences.

Fall 2013

Fall 2013: Being and God - RELC 5130

A constructive treatment of questions related to the possibility of the experience of being and God or of the being of God.

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Fall 2020

Fall 2020: Interdisciplinary Studies Hereford College Garden Party — INST 2550

Fall 2020: Leading with Presence in Healthcare — GNUR 5030

Fall 2020: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

The Art and Science of Human Flourishing — RELG 1400 Fall 2020

Fall 2020: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness — EDHS 4810

Fall 2020: Foundations of Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

Fall 2020: Mindfulness and Nature — KINE 1055

Fall 2020: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context - Responsible Innovation — STS 2500 - 001

Fall 2020: Patient-Family Centered Care: Mental Health Nursing — NUCO 4310

Fall 2020: Acting II — DRAM 3410

Fall 2020: Contemplative Studies in Ethnomusicology — MUSI 7526

Fall 2020: Tibetan Buddhism Introduction — RELB 2054

Fall 2020: Mindful Facilitation and Leadership — KINE 1060

Fall 2020: Second Year Japanese — JAPN 2010

Fall 2020: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

Fall 2020: Stress and Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

Fall 2020: Academic Realities and Strategies for Success — ELA 2110

Fall 2020: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012

Fall 2020: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context - Ethical Analytics: Using Data for Social Good — STS 2500 - 002

Fall 2020: Yoga — KINE 1410

Fall 2020: Aikido — KINE 1035

Fall 2020: Spanish for Medical Professionals - SPAN 3050

Fall 2020: Hinduism — RELH 2090

Fall 2020: Practicing Wisdom and Resilience — NUIP 3004

Fall 2020: Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals — GNUR 5009

Spring 2020

Spring 2020: The Spirit of the New Workplace — GBUS 8042

Spring 2020: Mindfulness 2.0: Deepening Your Practice — NUIP 3010

Spring 2020: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

Spring 2020: A Buddhist Approach to Development — GDS 3113

Spring 2020: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

Spring 2020: Global Humanitarian Crises Response — LPPS 3295

Spring 2020: Stress & Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

Spring 2020: Personal Adjustment and the Science of Happiness — EDHS 4810

Spring 2020: Cultivating Wisdom and Well-Being for Personal and Professional Growth — COMM 4831

Spring 2020: Nineteenth-Century Social Reform and the Modern Conscience — ENGL 4500-002

Spring 2020: Science and Technology in Social and Global Context — STS 2500

Spring 2020: Foundations of Mindfulness Practice — NUIP 2210

Spring 2020: Academic Realities and Strategies for Success — ELA 2110

Spring 2020: Contemplative Studies in Ethnomusicology — MUSI 7526

Spring 2020: Spanish for Medical Professionals - SPAN 3050

Spring 2020: African Electronic Music — MUSI 4523

Spring 2020: Advanced Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 4012 (prerequisite is EDIS 3012)

Spring 2020: “Spiritual But Not Religious”: Spirituality in America — RELG 2660

Spring 2020: Mindfulness and Nature — KINE 1055

Spring 2020: On Desire and Separation: Persian Poetry Then and Now (In Translation) — PETR 3559

Spring 2020: Aikido — KINE 1035

Spring 2020: Acting II — DRAM 3410

Spring 2020: Resilient Leadership for Teams and Teammates — LPPL 3450

Spring 2020: Sound Studies: the anthropology and art of sound experience — MUSI 2090

Spring 2020: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012

Spring 2020: Mental Health Theories and Therapies — GNUR 6252

Spring 2020: Buddhism — RELB 2100

Spring 2020: Patient-Family Centered Care: Mental Health Nursing — NUCO 4310

J-Term 2020

Spring 2020: Yoga — KINE 1410

Fall 2019

Fall 2019: Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals — GNUR 5009

Fall 2019: Mindfulness in Health and Human Development — EDIS 3012

Fall 2019: Practicing Wisdom and Resilience — NUIP 3004

Fall 2019: Mindful Facilitation and Leadership — KINE 1060

Fall 2019: God and Nature in America — COLA 1500-009

Fall 2019: Stress and Anxiety Management — EDHS 2250

Fall 2019: Landscapes of Black Education — ENGL 2599-005

Fall 2019: Buddhist Philosophy — RELB 5055

Fall 2019: Tibetan Buddhism Introduction — RELB 2054

Fall 2019: Hinduism — RELH 2090

Fall 2019: Introduction to Mindfulness — KINE 1000

Fall 2019: Mindfulness and Nature — KINE 1055

Fall 2019: Ordinary to Extraordinary: How the Arts Transform Life — COLA 1500-014

Fall 2019: Life's a Stage: Performance Skills for Every Day — COLA 1500-043

Fall 2019: The Trauma Sensitive Classroom — EDIS 5014

Fall 2019: Mindfulness For Teachers — EDIS 5012

Fall 2019: Aikido — KINE 1035

Fall 2019: Climbing as Mindfulness — KINE 1450

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