Mandala Magazine
Summer 2023
Feature
The Bakken Center’s Tibetan Healing Initiative, previously led by Dr. Miriam “Mim” Cameron, is in transition to the capable hands of Dr. Tenzin Namdul.
Academics, Experts, Leadership
Writer, researcher, speaker. Professor, mentor, and “social worker to the core”: Mark Umbreit embodies all these roles and more. He does it with a warm, low-key demeanor that belies his international influence in the field he helped nurture.
Research
The Integrative Health and Wellbeing Research Program is working with community leaders to expand access to drug-free back pain treatments.
Community, Mindfulness, Outreach and Business Development
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been few opportunities for mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) facilitators to gather in person to share, learn, and connect. The Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing changed that in April with a workshop to convene MBSR trainers in a spirit of renewal.
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From the Director
In the Spirit of Service and Integration
Academics, Leadership
The Future of Health Care is Integrative
Community, Mindfulness
Mondays are for Mindfulness
From the Director
Mary Jo Kreitzer
The three primary missions most often articulated for American universities are research, teaching, and service. All too often, staff and faculty are engaged in only one aspect of the tripartite mission and operate in silos. As a result, research…
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- A New Vision for Tibetan Healing
- Mondays are for Mindfulness
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