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Mental Health / Mindfulness

Learn how to begin or deepen a personal meditation practice.

Mindfulness techniques can be beneficial for anyone suffering from the busy demands of everyday life by improving one’s ability to stay in the present moment and release daily tensions that interfere with stress management, sleep or experiencing joy.

Mindfulness techniques are also great tools for coping with worry, anxiety, disappointments, and physical pain and symptoms (such as headaches or irritable bowel syndrome). Studies have shown that a mindfulness practice improves immune system functioning and results in a greater sense of well-being.

The practice of mindfulness teaches a person to become intentionally aware of his or her thoughts, bodily sensations, feelings and actions in the present moment and to witness them non-judgmentally. This practice promotes one's ability to pause and respond choicefully to the moment rather than react, which can free one from stressful patterns or habits. It can also help a person to see new ways of being and responding, and teach one how to live in the moment with greater ease.

Dean's Mindfulness Program offers a general mindfulness group, a mindfulness eating group, and a cultivating happiness group. Each group is seven weeks in length, meets weekly, and runs from 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Mindfulness classes are offered by Dr. Lisa Rambaldo through the Psychiatry department.

To learn more about start dates and enrollment, please call 608.260.MIND (6463).

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