Seeking New Ground for Managing—An Introduction to the Special Issue on “Awakening to Ourselves, One Another, and the Earth: Awareness Practices and Systems Change”
The combined research, projects, and practices discussed here respect both science and spiritual traditions as sources of knowledge.
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Courses
A mindfulness-based approach to stress reduction emphasizes the helpful role that awareness and openness can play in facing stressors, and ultimately, leading a richer life. Rather than trying to make stressors disappear from life, or controlling them entirely, we will try to learn how to become more aware of the stressors in our lives and how they impact us.
COURSE: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Courses
MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION COURSE (MSC)
Live life with more self-kindness, self-appreciation and resilience towards life’s challenges. Through an understanding of mindfulness and self-compassion, gain awareness of your deepest-held values and learn to transform your relationship with others.
COURSE: Mindful Self-Compassion
TEACHER TRAINING FOR MINDFULNESS-BASED STRATEGIC AWARENESS TRAINING (MBSAT-TT)
MBSAT is a secular, contemporary training method to enhance personal resources and enable wise decision making at work and in personal matters.
COURSE: MBSAT Teacher Training
One Day Workshop
A one-day mindfulness workshop offers a condensed yet impactful experience for individuals seeking to delve into the practice of mindfulness.
SMU Research
Mindfulness is on the rise in tertiary education. A new module at SMU will integrate mindfulness practice with positive psychology to enhance personal mastery and help students to flourish.
OUR PROGRAMMES
The Mindfulness Initiative @ SMU offers and collaborates on several exciting programmes in an effort to make secular mindfulness-based approaches more widely accessible. Learn more about these programmes here.
OUR RESEARCH
SMU Faculty are constantly engaging in rigorous research on mindfulness. Access published papers, volunteer as research participant, or see how your organization can collaborate with Mindfulness Initiative @ SMU on secular mindfulness-based programmess.
OUR TEACHER TRAINING
Mindfulness Initiative @ SMU is excited to offer Teacher Training Courses for those interested in teaching mindfulness. Find out more and register for a course that is right for you!
OUR COMMUNITY
We offer several opportunities to connect with others, for the SMU community (students, staff, faculty) and beyond.
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Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training – Teacher Training (MBSAT-TT)
Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training (MBSAT) is a secular, contemporary training method to enhance personal resources and enable skillful and wise decision making at work and in personal matters. It is grounded in ancient mindfulness techniques and adjusted to today’s challenges and needs while maintaining depth and rigor.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an empirically-supported 8-week psycho-educational group intervention that teaches mindfulness meditation as a health intervention. MBSR offers participants the possibility to develop a different relationship to stress resulting from chronic physical and psychological illnesses.
Mindful Self-Compassion for Well-Being (MSC)
Mindful Self-Compassion workshop is designed to help one cultivate the skill of self-compassion and to teach core principles and practices of kindness, care and understanding for the self and for responding to difficult moments in our lives.
SMU Library Curation: Resource Guide on Mindfulness
The SMU Library has curated an online resource guide consisting various articles, books, videos, audio guides, and podcasts on mindfulness to engage the SMU community on the practice of mindfulness. Click below to view more.
