Mindful UK

Mindful UK: The UK Counseling Center's Resource Hub and Connection for all things Mindfulness at the University of Kentucky, in the local area, and online

UK Counseling Center services (no cost, for students enrolled at UK, and led by mental health professionals)                                               

• Request a program from the UKCC on mindfulness.

• The UKCC offers several Anxiety ACTion Groups, which are based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a therapeutic approach that has a signficant component of mindfulness training

• Wise Minds Group: focused on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills; in DBT mindfulness is considered a core skill 

• UKCC Koru Mindfulness Groups: Click here for details on the UKCC Koru offersings 

Well Kentucky 

• Events, Resources, Articles and Mindfulness Links

• Koru Mindfulness at UK

UK Campus Recreation and Wellness

• Several yoga classes offered each week (see schedule here)

Jesse Harris, Jr. Psychological Services Center

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group; in DBT mindfulness is considered a core skill  

UK Health and Wellness (for UK staff and faculty)

• Ongoing Mindfulness Meditation Group for faculty, staff and students: Meets every Thursday from 5:15 to 6:15 pm in the Seaton Center.
• Click here to connect with a Health Coach to "support more thriving and less overwhelm in life" or join the 7-week Unleashing Well-being practice group
• See below in community resources for Mind-Body Studio arrangement with UK HR Health and Wellness discounted MBSR training for faculty and staff 

College of Nursing

• Resiliency Room (meditation, tai chi, and other practices)

UK Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Room

• 76 McVey Hall

UK Gatton Student Center Meditation Space

• Third Floor Meditation Room

UK Student Organizations

• UK Art of Living 
• Law Wellness
• Mindfulness and Meditation Club
  • Tuesdays 7-8 pm in Study Room 1 (2nd floor) of the Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
• Resilient MD: College of Medicine medical student run group focused on personal wellness
• Mindfulness in Newly Developing Students of Healtcare

UK Research, Faculty and Staff Involvement with Mindfulness and Meditation

• Dr. Elizabeth Arnold from the UK School of Music, certified Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Dr. Ruth Baer, Emeritus Professor from UK Department of Psychology
  • Website with books, studies and resources
• Dr. Geza Bruckner from UK College of Health Sciences 
  • Currently teaches HHS 104: Mindfulness Practices & Stress Reduction
• Dr. Lance Brunner from UK School of Music, meditation teacher
• Dr. Candice Hargons from UK Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, College of Education
• Christine Harper from UK Enrollment Management, certified Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Ashely Hinton from UK Campus Recreation and Wellness, certified Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Cassandra Johnson from Student Support Services, Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Dr. Sue Nokes from UK Department of Biosystems Engineering, certified Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Dr. Bruce O'Hara from UK Department of Biology
• Rebecca Serrano from the College of Health Sciences, Koru Mindfulness instructor-in-training
• Dr. Andrew Smith, Assistant Provost for Health and Wellbeing, Student and Academic Life, Koru Mindfulness instructor-in-training
• Dr. Dan Stone from UK Department of Accounting, certified Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Dr. Pam VanArsdall from UK College of Dentistry, certified Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Dr. Lee Anne Walmsley from UK College of Nursing, certified Koru Mindfulness instructor
• Dr. Marianne Young, Koru Mindfulness instructor

KORU at UK

• UK Campus Recreation and Wellness has created a page that lists many Koru Mindfulness Groups, which are happening at various times and locations.  See this link for a full listing.
• Dentistry
• Gatton College of Business and Economics
• College of Health Sciences

Area Community Resources

• Mind-Body Studio: owned by Dr. John Patterson; MBSR for the general public (discounted for UK faculty and staff); Day of Mindfulness; Mindful Wednesdays
• Centered Lexington: Yoga, Massage and Meditation training
• Cognitive Therapy Mindfulness Center
• https://www.lexingtonhealingarts.com/
• Shambhala Meditation Center of Lexington (some free and some paid meditation instruction and practice)
• The Yoga, Meditation and Therapy Center
• Kentucky One Health

Select Online Resources and Apps

• Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society: Based out of the University of Massachusetts Medical School; it was founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., and is a major center for training and research
• Palouse Mindfulness: website that offers a free 8-session Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course
• Insight Timer: free or paid version app available on Android (Google Play) and iPhone (iTunes/App Store); offers thousands of guided meditations, meditation music, talks and social networking around meditation
• Koru Mindfulness: Free guided meditations
• Meditation Oasis: app available on Android (Google Play), iPhone (iTunes/App Store), and Amazon App Store
• Headspace: app available on Android (Google Play) and iPhone (iTunes/App Store)
• Calm.com: website with guided meditations and meditation music
• Buddhify: on iTunes and available online though soundcloud.com; contains guided meditations
• Stop, Breathe & Think: Meditate: on iTunes/App Store and Android/Google Play; provides instruction on mindfulness as well as guided meditations
• Daily Mindfulness: available on App Store and Google Play
• Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by 10% Happier: focused on science, not on spiritual aspects of mindfulness
• iMindfulness: app on the App Store and Google Play
• Breethe: app on iOS and Android
• Aura: app on iOS and Android
• Sattva: app on App Store and Google Play
• Smiling Mind: app on iOS and Android
• The Mindfulness App: app on App Store and Google Play
• Mindfulness Coach: free app developed by the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs but not just for veterans
• Liberate meditation: app for racial healing, created especially for Black, Indigenous and other People of Color

Research on Benefits of Mindfulness and Meditation, as well as Cautions

• Summary article in the American Psychological Association's publication the Monitor
• American Mindfulness Research Association: website and organization dedicated to dissemination of empirical research; excellent for finding new study results and new applications
• Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley
• Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Forbes magazine article
• Article in the Harvard Gazette
• Huffington Post article
• Benefits and risks article on Mindful.org website and in Mindful magazine
• Cautionary article in the Guardian
• Mindfulness benefits in education

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