EARL E. BAKKEN CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY & HEALING
Founded in 1995, the University of Minnesota's Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing is a leader in the field of integrative health and wellbeing. Our mission is to advance whole health and wellbeing by providing interprofessional education, conducting research, advancing integrative models of care, and delivering innovative community engagement programs. We discover, teach, connect, and heal.
The Bakken Center offers online and in person programming geared towards exploring your personal health and wellbeing including lectures, workshops, academic courses, graduate programs, free self-care and survivorship websites, health professional training, and much more.
These guided loving-kindness meditations of differing lengths that you may wish to listen to during a formal meditation period. These meditations may be viewed simply as opportunities to intentionally set aside some quiet time to reflect, and to offer yourself and others wishes for wellbeing, caring, and kindness. Loving-kindness meditations can serve to remind us that regardless of how difficult our life circumstances may be, we can practice appreciating and touching into the more resilient sources of caring and compassion. Learn more about loving-kindness meditation at z.umn.edu/lovingkindnessintro
The Bakken Center has a wide array of programs and resources available to the community. In order to make our programming accessible to a broader audience, we have implemented a sliding scale fee structure.
We have offered mindfulness programs for individuals, organizations, businesses, and communities for more than two decades. Programs are being offered in a variety of formats and are a great opportunity to develop a personal practice.
We host free webinars on various wellbeing topics. You can learn more about upcoming webinars and view recordings of past webinars as well.
We are also hosting free weekly online Mindful Monday sessions, which include gentle mindful movement and guided meditation.
We offer a number of wellbeing workshops for the community to explore health and wellbeing including therapeutic yoga and other self-care topics.
Waking the Oracle is an ongoing project at the Bakken Center that creates immersive experiences activating intergenerational community wisdom sharing, healing, and wellbeing through music, dance, storytelling, participatory arts, and dialogue.
Questions or Comments?
Please reach out to the Bakken Center's community relations office if you have questions about our programming. We welcome the opportunity to connect with you!
612-625-8164
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Highlights wellbeing tips and resources and other updates from the Bakken Center including information on academic courses, research, and community programming.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Giveaway
The Bakken Center would like to give away one complimentary enrollment in one of our Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs.
Held live via Zoom or in-person, MBSR is an 8-week, evidence-based, experiential program providing in-depth training in mindfulness meditation and movement practices. The program also helps participants integrate mindfulness into their daily lives.
Created by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979, MBSR is based on ancient contemplative practices integrated with western medical approaches. This program harnesses our inner resources and has been demonstrated to enhance emotional resilience.
The winner will be given a unique discount code to use when enrolling.