UPDATE: AS OF MARCH 16th, 2020 The Mindfulness Center IS NOT PROVIDING IN-PERSON SERVICES to support the mental health needs of our campus community while mitigating COVID-19 risks in our department. Therefore, relaxation chairs are not available for use.
Our mission
The Mindfulness Center seeks to build fiercely compassionate, radically resilient, and socially just campus communities through our skill-building workshops.
What we offer
- Online pre-recorded guided meditations
- Self-help resources
- Once registered for workshops, our facilitators provide participants with a link for a live zoom meeting and a participant packet via email before each meeting
- Live facilitated mindfulness meditations
- For additional resources to help you become your happiest, healthiest self, check out Wellness & Integrative Health
Announcements
New! Podcast: Mental Jargon in the Margins
Welcome to the home for Mental Jargon in the Margins, the podcast where we deconstruct barriers to mental health in our marginalized communities and start looking towards creating solutions for these pervasive issues. Episodes are released the first Wednesday of every month. New season starts Fall 2021.
Mindfulness workshops
Drop-in Mindfulness Sessions
Drop-in for a FREE facilitated 30-minute meditation session starting June 8, 2022.
Tuesdays @ 10:30 AM
Wednesdays @ 1:00 PM & 3:30 PM
Thursdays @ 3:30 PM
NO registration required, just join our zoom meeting. Participants can attend as many times as they like so long as they are a student, faculty, or staff of the U. See our flyer for more information about how to join.
Drop-in meditation sessions are led by a rotating group of facilitators who are staff of the University Counseling Center. Sessions are not conducted during semester breaks or university holidays.
trauma triage
For Students, Faculty and Staff
Thursdays, from 4 PM - 5PM, 6/23 - 7/14
This is a supportive workshop for the campus community offered in collaboration with the Center for Student Wellness, and is designed to strengthen participants with skills to manage the impacts of difficult events. This workshop aims to provide an accessible space for campus members as a first step before accessing longer-term supportive services or as a refresher for folx who may want to increase their supportive resources.
Campus members who are in active crisis are encouraged to utilize the UCC’s Crisis Services or other campus crisis resources.
All participants must register bit.ly/TraumaTriage, and it is encouraged that participants begin at Week 1.
For more information, please contact edrum@sa.utah.edu or see flyer.
Feel Better Now
Learning how to cope with anxiety & depression (FREE)
This is a FREE 4-week workshop is offered by zoom meeting (invitation provided after registration). It is for U students, staff, and faculty.
The series schedule is as follows, excluding holidays and breaks.
- Series 1: Wednesdays from 1 PM - 2 PM, 5/18 - 6/8
- Series 2: Thursdays from 1 PM - 2 PM, 5/26 - 6/16
- Series 3: Tuesdays from 11 AM - 12 PM, 6/7 - 6/28
- Series 4: Wednesdays from 1 PM - 2 PM, 6/15 - 7/6
- Series 5: Wednesdays from 1 PM - 2 PM, 7/13 - 8/3
Unless otherwise specified, this workshop series includes a set of 4 modules that are covered over the course of 4 weeks. We recommend that participants start attending the workshop at module 1, but the modules may be attended in any order, and may be repeated. Participants will learn a variety of effective and practical skills they can use to cope with stress, anxiety, and depression as well as the distress of these challenging times. See our flyer for more information about the content and the dates/times of each workshop.
All participants must register online to attend.
Mindful Resilience
For Students, Faculty and Staff
This is a FREE 4-week virtual workshop series that teaches strategies to help develop or strengthen resiliency, focusing on emotional intelligence, stress management, and radical self-love.
Series 1: Thursdays from 1 PM - 2PM, 5/26 - 6/16
Series 2: Thursdays from 1 PM - 2PM, 7/7 - 7/28
For more information, please contact KGanesh@sa.utah.edu. See our flyer for more information.
All participants must register online to attend.
Mental Coaching for Success
For neurodiverse students
Tuesdays, 3 PM - 4:30 PM, 6/28 - 7/19
This FREE workshop for undergraduate and graduate students is designed to help students gain practical skills to help with planning, organization, time management, focus, and avoiding procrastination. This workshop meets for 4 weeks, and it is highly recommended that participants start at module one, if possible. However, participants can join at any time and may repeat the series, as desired. Students do not need to be University Counseling Center clients to attend this workshop. For more information, please contact LNan@sa.utah.edu. See our flyer for information.
All participants must register online to attend.
Mindful Work/Life Balance
Wednesdays, 1 PM - 2 PM, 6/1 - 6/22
This FREE 4-week workshop is offered by zoom meeting (invitation provided after registration) for U faculty, staff, and graduate students. The workshop is designed to introduce participants to mindful strategies for balancing work-life stress. Come learn effective coping tools for navigating the responsibilities of different life roles as well as techniques for managing stress and anxiety. See our flyer for more information.
All participants must register online to attend.
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