Mindfulness at Ramapo College

We all have many wants, many of which conflict with each other. While we want our courses and work to provide direct tangible benefits – training students for the labor market, providing services, etc., we also want to provide environments that deepen and sustain the emotional, spiritual, physical, moral, and intellectual flourishing of ourselves and […]

Join us for a special pre-meditation event with Professor Mark Howenstein. This talk will examine this process of dawning awareness–highlighting Thoreau’s insights into the art of mindful living.  It will explore such themes as simplicity and single-minded focus, probity and presence, patience and perseverance, and sauntering, wildness and creativity—focusing on the following sections from WaldenandWalking.

All day retreat for current students and graduates of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course.  Leaders are Ken Verni, Beth Sandweiss, Catherine Krame, Carol Bowman and Peter Shalit.

All day retreat for current students and graduates of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course.  Leaders are Ken Verni, Beth Sandweiss, Catherine Krame, Carol Bowman and Peter Shalit.

Grounded in science, MBSR is the most widely researched mind-body program in the world. Participants in this eight-session Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course will gain a first hand introduction to mindfulness practices involving breathing and gentle body movements and methods for incorporating mindfulness practices into their everyday life and work. This program, which originated at the […]

This orientation is the first step toward enrollment in the 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course-before the start of class.  These orientations are free of charge and are required for enrollment in the course. Join Peter Shalit for a 2 hour introduction to the course which includes mindfulness practices involving breathing and gentle body movements […]

This workshop for MBSR grads or those with a regular meditation practice will be a conversation about how our life can be and is our practice. Our life is a succession of present moment experiences….and meeting each and every one of them– regardless of whether they are pleasant or unpleasant, wanted or unwanted, hectic or quiet—with a […]

Learn to meditate at this introductory session. The program will briefly review the meaning and benefits of mindfulness practices, and then present an experiential introduction to breath-based meditation practice. Suggestions will be offered on how to integrate a simple, but effective, mindfulness practice into one’s everyday life. We ask participants to please wear comfortable clothing […]

This workshop is designed for K-12 teachers, administrators and instructional aides/support staff who are interested in learning more about developing a personal mindfulness practice. Taught by Carol Bowman and guest speaker, Joe Kiely from Northern Highlands High School. Educators will receive two Professional Development credit hours.