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Embodiment- it’s a word that gets used a lot these days But what does it mean and how
do you ‘get it’?

Mindful Approaches to Being with the Healing Powers of Nature


The "Taking Ownership of Tibetan Culture in Academia" Community Outreach event on January 11, 2023 was a collaboration between the Tibetan Healing Initiative (THI) Program at the UMN Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing (CSH) and Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (TAFM).
Reframing the New Year’s resolution. Acknowledging and appreciating the good in our lives.
A brief review of the efficacy of MBSR and a summary of the study and findings reported in the November 2022 issue of JAMA Psychiatry: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders.
An overview of Dan Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness. Application of the Wheel of Awareness as a mindfulness meditation or an in-the-moment awareness practice.
Cultivating G.R.A.C.E. - a meditative and reflective mindfulness practice that can be used to extend understanding, forgiveness, and compassion, to oneself and others.
While a formal meditation practice is very important, the real fruit of our practice deepens when we are able to bring it into our everyday lives.
A review of the RAIN practice as a tool to be used as an in-the-moment mindfulness practice when experiencing strong emotions/challenging thoughts, or as part of a formal meditation.