We offer webinars on a variety of topics designed to help you take charge of your health and wellbeing. Webinars are free but registration is required.
To make disability-related accommodations, please contact the Bakken Center's community relations office ([email protected], 612-625-8164).
Upcoming Webinars
Waking the Oracle | Honoring Summer: Inviting Wonder and Aliveness
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 • 12 to 1 p.m. Central
Summer’s luminous energy invites us to reconnect with the wonder that lives within and around us. During this webinar, you’ll have the opportunity to explore practices that awaken the senses, soothe the nervous system, and open the heart. We will honor the season of warmth, expansion, and aliveness with musical meditation, breathwork, and mindful movement.
Whether you're seeking rest, renewal, or inspiration, this session will offer a space of rejuvenation to attune to your inner energy and the natural world.
Learn more about Waking the Oracle.
Bakken Center Mindfulness Programs Information Session
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 • 12 to 1 p.m. Central
This webinar, led by Bakken Center Mindfulness and Wellbeing Instructor Mariann Johnson, will provide an introduction to mindfulness meditation and will be particularly relevant to those new to the practice or simply curious about the possible benefits of a mindfulness practice. Participants will have an opportunity to practice a short mindfulness meditation, to share their experiences, and to ask questions. Examples will also be provided for practicing "everyday" mindfulness, at work and at home. The webinar will conclude with an overview of the Bakken Center's mindfulness resources and programming.
Integrative Nursing Webinar | From Mat to Mind: Yoga's Integration into Nursing Practice
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 • 12 to 1 p.m. Central
In this presentation, Dr. Schuver will explore the potential of yoga in holistic healthcare. Holistic healthcare emphasizes the importance of treating the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—and yoga, with its comprehensive and integrative practices, aligns perfectly with this approach.
Participants can earn 1.0 continuing nursing education contact hours.
The content of the webinar is designed for nurses. Other health professionals are welcome.
Wellbeing Series 2025 | Self-Compassion: How to Effectively Motivate Yourself with Encouragement Rather Than Criticism with Dr. Kristin Neff
Thursday, September 25, 2025 • 12 to 1:30 p.m. Central
Research shows us that people who are self-compassionate lead healthier, happier, more productive lives than those who are self-critical. These people also have the resilience needed to cope with traumatic or stressful life events such as divorce, parenting, or the pressures at work. In this talk, Dr. Kristin Neff walks audiences through practices designed to increase motivation, foster grit and growth mindset, and rebound from failure, all through the cultivation of self-compassion.
This webinar is approved by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) for 1.5 continuing education credits (CEA-000582-1).
View Previous Webinars
Arts and Healing
Wellbeing Series 2023 - Medical Musician: A Storyteller In Sound with Andrew Schulman
Utilizing Abstract Nature Imagery in Healthcare Settings and During Mindfulness-Based Meditation
Life Affirming Creativity in Times of Distress
Waking the Oracle | Calling in New Life: A Turning Toward Spring Music & Meditation Immersion
Integrative Nursing
Creating Whole Health: A Clinical Model for Advanced Practice Integrative Nursing
An Evidence Based Design Approach to Creating a Healthy Work Environment
Inspiring, Recruiting, and Retaining the Health-Care Workforce
Seeking Unity in Patient Care: A Ternary Approach to Health
Bad Stuff, Trauma and PTSD: How COVID blew the lid off it all
Integrative Nursing & Sacred Medicine: The Emerging Field of Psychedelic Therapy
Unlocking the Interconnectedness of Nature and Nursing: The Illusion of Separateness
Self-Care
Healing from Within: Yoga Therapy’s Response to Chronic Pain, Insomnia, Anxiety, and Depression
Why Everyone Deserves a Health and Wellbeing Coach
Mind-Body Trauma Care: Cultivating a Sense of Collective Winter Warmth
Self-Acupressure for Stress Management Webinar
Pathways to Resilience During Times of Change
Tibetan Medicine
Death and Dying as a Pathway to Generate Resilience and Cultivate Compass
Free Tibetan Medicine Webinar Series: Joyful Living!
Tibetan Medicine: Create a Healthier MIND and Live Joyfully!
Tibetan Medicine: Create a Healthier BODY and Live Joyfully!
Tibetan Medicine: Transform Fear into Joyful Living!
Read about the speakers and their work on the series page.
Tibetan Medicine: Self-Care for Mind and Body
Wellbeing Series
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us featuring Susan Magsamen
Ethical Leadership: The Fractal for Equitable Enduring Change with Dr. Monica Sharma
Wellbeing: Expanding the Definition of Progress Featuring Dr. Alonzo L. Plough
AfroSoul: Dreams of Freedom, Racial Reconciliation, and Healing Justice
The Clinical and Public Health Importance of Social Wellbeing featuring Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Anti-Racism: Dismantling Your Practice featuring Nicole Cardoza
Wellbeing Series for Planetary Health Part 2
Wellbeing Series for Planetary Health Part 3
WELL at WORK: Creating Wellbeing in Any Workspace featuring Esther Sternberg MD
Other Wellbeing Topics
The Role of an End of Life Doula
An Introduction to Mental Wellbeing: Lessons from The Years in Asia
Trauma and the Rule of Two: Why Trauma Symptoms Show Up When They Do
"Who Do You Want To Be When You Grow Old? The Path of Purposeful Aging" Book Club Conversation
Strategies for Supporting Physical Activity and Wellbeing Among Youth and the Young at Heart
The Relationship between Climate Change and Health and What You Can Do About it
Unlocking Your Path to Purposeful Aging with Richard Leider
A Whole Person Approach to Mental Health
Purpose in Times of Uncertainty Webinar