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CENTER FOR CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES
Our story…
Center for Contemplative Practices (CCP) grew from a simple yet powerful intention — to bring presence, compassion, and connection into the heart of university life. What began as a few faculty members exploring mindfulness together, became a campus-wide movement. Today, we are a living, evolving initiative. united across disciplines and backgrounds—students, faculty, staff, and the wider community--in the shared practice of awareness. Listening deeply, living kindly, and learning together.
Why Mindfulness?
Now more than ever before, we need to learn how to focus our attention and our energies towards meeting the local and global challenges we collectively face, such as pandemics, climate change, racial tensions, economic insecurity, and mental health crises. The unprecedented events of the last two years have made it evident that for our students to be successful we need to prepare them and ourselves to be resilient in the face of constant uncertainty. We must learn how to engage with people who have different lived experiences and worldviews with the intention of finding a shared purpose grounded in our common humanity. In short, we need to learn how to be more compassionate and how to work together toward the greater good. Having a Center for Contemplative Practices will coalesce our efforts at providing these learning opportunities in a consistent, coordinated, and time-sensitive way.
Dr. Ranjeeta Basu, CCP Director
Research has shown contemplative practices can help students . . .
- improve readiness to learn,
- reduce stress and anxiety,
- increase focused attention,
- regulate emotional reactivity.
Frank says,
"Take a mindful paws..."
A Daily Dose of mindfulness at ±¬ÁÏÉçÇø — open to everyone, every day.
Feeling stressed, distracted, or just need a quick reset? Join us for The Daily Dose –short, drop-in mindfulness sessions open to all students, staff, and faculty. A space to pause and recharge. No experience needed.
What We Offer
Workshops, Retreats, & Courses
We offer 2-hour workshops, half-day retreats, four or six week or semester long courses
- all offerings are free
- no prior experience necessary
Contemplative Pedagogy Workshops
If you are an educator and want to learn more about how you can incorporate contemplative pedagogy into your classes please join us for a workshop, a summer retreat, or a year long faculty learning community.
Attend a Conference
We offer an annual conference in the summer. Please stay tuned for information about our next conference
Research Opportunities
Participate in research opportunities run by our faculty on contemplative practices and the impact of stress, compassion, civic action, and emotional well-being
Service Learning & Internships
We offer service learning and internship opportunities for students every semester.
Here's what some of our students have to say about their experience!
Partner With Us!
We are always open to the possibility of exploring new partnerships and ways of engaging with you.
Invite us to provide a Customized Session for you
We are happy to work with you to provide you or your unit/organization with customized sessions/workshops/ trainings/retreats.
Registration
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