Mindfulness
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University Counseling Center offers student groups and workshops
The University Counseling Center offers groups and workshops for undergraduate, graduate and professional students that offer support and feedback from other participants, as well as by the facilitators, providing a powerful supportive and affirming space for students to discuss challenges and build connections. Read MoreFeb 23, 2023
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‘What is Mindfulness, and Why Does it Matter?’ Aug. 25
Join Robin Nobling with the National Alliance on Mental Illness for a nuts-and-bolts discussion on mindfulness, its benefits, and simple ways you can have helpful, mindful moments. Read MoreAug 16, 2022
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Headspace offers Vanderbilt students live webinar on healthy sleep hygiene
Join Cait Ross, a Headspace engagement manager, for a 30-minute webinar on how to create the ideal environment for sleep on Monday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. CT. Read MoreOct 21, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Mindfulness may provide brain benefits beyond mental health
Eight-week mindfulness programs improve brain health in people over 60. Read MoreOct 5, 2021
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12 ways to support your mental wellness
Caring for your mental wellness affects every part of your life by reducing stress and anxiety, increasing resilience, building self-awareness and simply making you feel better. The Student Care Network shares 12 mindful things you can do to support your health and wellness. Read MoreFeb 8, 2021
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course offered by Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Mindfulness is a way of learning to relate directly to whatever is happening in your life, a way of taking charge of your life, a way of doing something for yourself that no one else can do for you—consciously and systematically working with your own stress, illness and the challenges and demands of everyday life. Read MoreJul 28, 2020
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Osher Center for Integrative Medicine offers Professional Development in Mindfulness Facilitation course
This 50-hour training course is designed for those who have experienced the transformative beauty of mindfulness practice in their own lives and wish to bring it into their work with others. Read MoreJul 26, 2020
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Reducing stress in parents of children with autism
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders benefited from the addition of mindfulness-based stress reduction to parent-implemented behavioral interventions. Read MoreApr 21, 2020
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Vanderbilt Osher winter term: Innovation, ‘Julius Caesar’ and more
Innovative thinking in the digital age, women in the civil rights movement and acting for opera are among the winter 2019 classes offered by Vanderbilt’s Osher Institute for Lifelong Learners. Read MoreDec 21, 2018
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Mindfulness experts call for more scientific rigor, less hype
David Vago, Ph.D., is one of the principal authors of a “Mind the Hype” article in Perspectives on Psychological Science that calls for more scientific evaluation, circumspect reporting and uniform treatment standards for mindfulness and meditation. Read MoreOct 11, 2017
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Osher Center to study standards for mindfulness training
As mindfulness grows in popularity as a treatment option for conditions ranging from anxiety to chronic pain, experts in integrative medicine at Vanderbilt are doing research to better quantify its effectiveness and setting standards for how it is administered. Read MoreJul 20, 2017
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WLC-EAP offers mindfulness videos for employees
Work/Life Connections–EAP has produced a series of videos about mindfulness as a stress-reducer, featuring Linda Manning of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMar 31, 2017
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Join Women’s Center for Work-Life Workshop Feb. 22
“Mindfulness as a Self-care Practice” is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Sarratt Student Center, Room 216/220. Read MoreFeb 15, 2017
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Babies & You: ‘Mindfulness for Childbirth and Parenting’
Laura Osterman, health promotion coordinator for Health Plus, will lead the next installment of Babies & You. Read MoreSep 4, 2015
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction available at Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Vanderbilt’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine will offer its next training session on mindfulness-based stress reduction Sept. 1–Oct. 27. Read MoreAug 10, 2015
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Health Plus offers tips for mindful walking
This week try mindful walking, a highly effective way to bring the mental calmness of sitting meditation into activity. Read MoreMar 12, 2015
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction available at Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Vanderbilt’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is offering four training sessions in 2015 on mindfulness-based stress reduction. Read MoreDec 16, 2014
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Discussion on mindfulness and its effects on cancer April 17
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's Green Hills Clinic is located at 3810 Bedford Ave., Suite 100. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will host the community series event “A Taste of Mindfulness” beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at VICC’s Green Hills clinic, 3810 Bedford Ave., Suite… Read MoreApr 5, 2012
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VUCast: Change your MIND!
Why changing your MIND is better than changing habits. How dad’s schedule could cause kids to be bullies. And it’s more than a pink ribbon — the life-saving power of support. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreFeb 25, 2011