American University - Students deserve a place where they can feel heard, valued, and accepted amidst the enormous amount of stresses and pressures of work, academic life, and relationships being experienced.

 

We are proud to offer, through the AU departments of Public Health and Education, 15-week, semester long, 3-credit courses taught every Fall and Spring:

• Mindfulness: Cultivating Wellness, Resilience, and Compassion

 

This unique course integrates:

• Mindfulness Practices - Formal, Applied, Relational practices are taught, couched within 10 Mindfulness Values as the foundation for all practices 

• Self-Discovery - Students use a coaching model for positive growth to discover how they wish to show up in the world and navigate challenges faced

• Community Building - Classes are taught with Circle Facilitation and Restorative Practices, creating an intimate, experiential learning community

• Inclusion & Equity - Practices of inclusion are directly integrated into all aspects of mindfulness practice, and how we are together in a community of learning

• Secular with Buddhist roots - Classes are fully secular, but Buddhist origins are honored by having students learn their influences on modern practice.

 

Students have shared this course is a transformative experience, with the opportunity to learn skills that have a deep and lasting impact on their lives, and forming deep community with classmates in a way rarely experienced.