Teaching mindfulness to college students

Mindfulness Collectives Mindfulness in higher education
#1

If you are interested in teaching mindfulness to college students and other emerging adults, please check out http://korumindfulness.org/ to learn about Koru.

I work in the student counseling center at Duke where we developed Koru, a mindfulness training program designed specifically for the developmental stage that college students are in. Our randomized, controlled trial found large and medium effect sizes in mindfulness, self compassion, perceived stress and sleep after the participants completed the 4 week program.

The Center for Koru Mindfulness now has a teacher certification program for anyone who wants to teach mindfulness in higher education or other places emerging adults can be found.

This summer we will have a certification training at Harvard on June 3-5, and in Petaluma, CA, sponsored by the UCSD Center for Mindfulness, August 2-6.
Visit http://korumindfulness.org/teacher-certification/benefits/ to learn more about the workshops.

#2

This is really interesting. I have integrated aspects of mindfulness into my teaching of undergrad nursing students. I’ll visit your website and welcome more dialogue.

Andra

#3

Hi Andra,

Koru is being taught in several nursing schools at present. If you would like to connect with a Koru teacher in a nursing school, just let me know and I will make an introduction.

Holly

Hollister B. Rogers, M.D.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Duke University
919-660-1000

Please be mindful that email communication is not entirely secure and confidentiality can not be guaranteed.

#4

UC Davis is my school. How is this different than MBSR?

Andra

#5

Hey Andra,

It is very different from MBSR. In brief, it is short and focused to match the college students busy lives and rapid pace; along with mindfulness meditation, we teach specific skills for managing stress, anxiety, insomnia; it is very structured with required attendance at all 4 75 minute classes and homework of 10 minutes/day of practice. They complete a log each day; we use language, stories, metaphors that are appropriate to the developmental stage; we build community as it is taught in small groups of students.

For all the details you can visit our website: www.korumindfulness.org,http://www.korumindfulness.org read our research article (attached) or even buy the book, MIndfulness for the Next Generation https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mindfulness-for-the-next-generation-9780199782574?cc=us&lang=en&.https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mindfulness-for-the-next-generation-9780199782574?cc=us&lang=en&

Mindfulness for the Next Generation - Holly Rogers; Margaret Maytan - Oxford University Press
College students and other young adults today are experiencing high levels of stress as they pursue personal, educational, and career goals.
Read more…https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mindfulness-for-the-next-generation-9780199782574?cc=us&lang=en&

We are actually having a teacher certification training out there in California, in Petaluma, August 2-6. I don’t think we have anyone from Davis yet, but would love to!

Holly

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Koru Mindfulness - Meditation for college aged students
Koru Mindfulness is an evidence-based program for teaching mindfulness & meditation to college students and other young adults.
Read more…http://www.korumindfulness.org/

Hollister B. Rogers, M.D.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Duke University
919-660-1000

Please be mindful that email communication is not entirely secure and confidentiality can not be guaranteed.
Koru RCT_public access.pdf (616 KB)

#6

Hello Holly,

Are you planning new trainings in Boston area in 2016?
Thank you.
Christine Durand