Mindfulness Around Campus

From visiting the Hood Museum to taking refuge in nature, there are lots of ways to strengthen your capacity for mindfulness at Dartmouth beyond a meditation class.

Attend a special event with senior monastic teachers in the Plum Village tradition of scholar, poet, peace activist, and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. The week of April 22-28, 2024 the monastics will share strategies for applying mindfulness to challenges in everyday life through a series of  classroom visits, meditation practice, lectures, and retreats. 

-Review and register for the events here

-Check out the on-going resource guide related to the visit  

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Take a Mindfulness Education Class for 1 PE/WE Credit

• Learning at Dartmouth course, The Mindful Academic
• Thriving@Dartmouth
• Foundations of Mindfulness
• Student Wellness Center's Wellness Sampler

Or take an academic class that integrates mindfulness-based practice and/or theory within the curriculum.
Although this is not an exhaustive list, here are a few example of classes/faculty that have integrated mindfulness in their classes:

• Religion 41.04 - Buddhist Meditation Theory with Professor Greg Seton 
• Mindful Physiology with Professor Diane Gilbert-Diamond
• Religion 41.07 Buddhism, Sexuality & Gender in Southeast Asia with Professor Sara Swenson
• Other Religion Department courses with Professor MK Long
• Rites of Passage (Anthropology) with Professors Sienna Craig and Manish Mishra
• German Language Department classes with professors Heidi Denzel and Nicolay Ostrau
• Thayer School of Engineering courses with Professor Solomon Diamond

If you would like to suggest a class or faculty member to be added to this list, please email Laura.Beth.White@dartmouth.edu

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Mindfulness in the museum

The Hood Museum provides the community with a growing collection of art and mindfulness resources including mindful coloring sheets, Mindfulness in the Museum events, “Mindfulness of Artwork” guided meditations, and more.

Listen, look, and cultivate deeper mindfulness now with a 5-minute guided meditation on art.

Mindfulness in Nature

Dartmouth College is rich with awe-inspiring ways to connect with our surrounding environment in more ways than one. From taking a mindful stroll in Pine Park to stargazing from any number of spots around campus, being in the natural world has a way of helping us connect to our innate ability to be mindful. 

Sign up for a hike, trip, or other nature-based outing with the Dartmouth Outing Club and Outdoor Programs Office.

The Dartmouth Health Office of Employee Wellbeing holds weekly mindfulness sessions that are open to all Dartmouth Health physicians, staff, volunteers and retirees. Many of these events are also open to employee family members.