University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing

Join us for a reading by Tibetan poet, writer, translator, and publisher Bhuchung Sonam, followed by a conversation between Bhuchung and Tenzin Namdul, Assistant Professor at the Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g5E2KMQv

The Bakken Center needs your help! We are so grateful for the students, staff, faculty, and community members who engage every day with the Bakken Center. Frequently, we hear from people who have attended workshops, taken classes, or attended webinars and have been impacted by our content. This November during Gratitude Month, we will be sharing stories of gratitude and impact from those we impact. If you have a story about the Center you'd like to share, or gratitude/thanks, please take a moment to fill out this very short form and share your thoughts - audio, video, or written messages are all great! Visit https://lnkd.in/gsfHCJ3M to share your story of thanks or impact.

FREE HEALTH COACHING OPPORTUNITY! Looking at your life through a whole health lens can help you identify the challenges you face, the changes you want to make, and the resources/plan to help you get there. Coaching is a thought-provoking process that can help you hear your voice more clearly in the midst of the demands of the modern world. A health coach partners with individuals or groups to facilitate productive conversation and empower them as they explore self-care strategies, gain clarity on their goals, and develop creative ideas for a more balanced life. Working together, we have the potential to adjust our perspective and move towards changing our mindset. This fall, the Bakken Center's Integrative Health & Wellbeing Coaching Program will offer an opportunity to engage in five free, 90-minute group health coaching sessions led by graduate student health coaches. Sessions will take place virtually on Zoom and will occur Tuesdays from 6 - 7:30 pm starting October 22 and ending on November 19. Before the program begins, interested participants will participate in an initial one-on-one phone consultation with one of our health coaches. Please provide your contact information using this Google form to discover the transformative power of group health coaching to boost your resilience and enhance your wellbeing: https://lnkd.in/gtBpXPym

Happy World Mindfulness Day! Mindfulness is an awareness of one’s present moment experience with curiosity, kindness and a non-judgmental attitude. If you've ever been curious about mindfulness, what it is and what it isn't, and how it might be helpful to you at work and at home, today is the perfect day to learn more! #mindfulness #wellbeing

There are two open positions on the Bakken Center's award-winning communications team - a graphic/visual designer, and a marketing and communications generalist. Both are 75% positions, and include full benefits. Please share with your networks so that we may find a fabulous pool of applicants. https://lnkd.in/dqdeH2Df

How effective are scalable, relatively low-resource mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) delivered via telehealth for veterans with chronic pain? In this study, the mindfulness intervention was developed by Bakken Center faculty Dr. Roni Evans and Dr. Alex Haley; they along with Center faculty Dr. Gert Bronford and Dr. Brent Leineger contributed to the analysis. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gdBrpqS5

CSPH 5643: Horse as Teacher: Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) Open for registration this Fall 2024! This course is designed to introduce students to the field of Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) and to the range of therapeutic and learning opportunities found within equine interactions. Five domains of practice in EAS are covered and include physical, social, cognitive, psychological and spiritual contexts. The course presents concepts which helped develop various types of EASs and shape the practice. Students will learn the necessity for safety guidelines and precautions/contraindications in EAS sessions. Students will observe therapeutically trained horses demonstrating course concepts by developing an EAS program plan for an assigned target population. Learn more on our website. https://lnkd.in/gX6dXv24

CSPH 5423: Botanical Medicines: Foundations and Practical Applications Open for registration this Fall 2024! Plants heal. From first aid remedies to solutions that calm, regional plants have been used for centuries to cure and treat. Healthcare professionals who are informed about botanical medicine will arguably be positioned to be truly patient centered. In this course, students will practically learn about local medicinal plants from an expert herbalist through oral history and hands-on experiential activities. Current literature will complement case study exemplars to demonstrate the benefits, uses, and considerations of numerous medicinal plants. Eclectic and western herbal medicine will be reviewed, and students will gain skills to gather, process, and apply selected local plants and herbs as ointments, salves, tinctures, and essences. Learn more on our website. https://lnkd.in/gk5khWQy

CSPH 5111: Cultural Ways of Thinking about Health Open for registration this Fall 2024! This course creates space for you to examine, challenge and critically reflect upon your thinking about health and move toward a healing approach within a highly racialized society. The course meets in a hybrid model that includes in-person, field-trip “micro-immersion experience” to explore different understandings of health through visits to cultural communities. We include with field trips virtual experiential glimpses into fundamentally different systems of knowledge often conflicting with the scientific/professional models emphasized in many professional fields on campus. Learn more on our website. https://lnkd.in/g82ahUJ3

"Death, Happiness, and Resilience." A new Bakken Center course leads students into an exploration of mortality and wellbeing at the end of life: While teaching classes for the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, Dr. Tenzin Namdul noticed that students were especially engaged during sessions about death and dying. They had many questions about death, and were keenly interested in Tibetan Medicine and culture, striving to apply their newfound knowledge to their work in nursing, medicine, social work, and more. - Suzy Frisch Kit Breshears MM, MS Jacques Lerouge Kely Wakely MacPhail MicKenzie Fasteland Megan E. Voss Miriam Cameron Michael Ormond