Mind-Body Programs

Activities emphasizing the connection between the mind and body—such as yoga, tai chi, Pilates, meditation and mindfulness training—may prevent the negative effects of stress, including insomnia and headaches, and may improve certain health conditions such as high blood pressure, anxiety and chronic pain.

Members of our Mind-Body Team offer programs and resources to help you manage your stress and improve your overall health. View our events calendar for upcoming mindfulness training events.

If you want to talk to someone about your stress, make an appointment with a CPS counselor.

UHS Mind-Body Programs

Befriending Anxiety Using Mindfulness

Wednesdays (2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13) at 1:00 p.m. CPS Lounge (McCosh Health Center, 3rd Floor).

Anxiety is often a full body experience which can be broken down into: thoughts, feelings, sensations, images and behaviors. Addressing any of these components of anxiety can help change our typical stress response and reduce the negative effects of intense anxiety.
This group will utilize education and mindfulness to build a toolbox of skills that can be used to manage stress, improve concentration, increase mental flexibility, enhance well-being, increase self-compassion, and use the body as a resource. Drops-ins are welcome.

Open to all graduate students, undergraduate students, faculty and staff. Email nedmond@princeton.edu to RSVP.

Mindfulness & Meditation Lunch—for Graduate Students

No prior meditation experience needed. We will discuss a topic related to mental health and well-being, and practice a mindfulness meditation.

Wednesdays (2/20, 3/27, 4/24, 5/15), 12:15 p.m. in the Campus Club Library. Lunch provided.

All graduate students are invited to drop-in.

Co-hosted by The Graduate School. Facilitated by Joe Cooper, PsyD.

Mindfulness @ MolBio

Thursdays (3/14, 4/11, 5/9) at 12:00 p.m. with Joe Cooper, PsyD. Drop-ins welcome. Lunch provided. Lewis Thomas Lab 005.

Explore how the practice of mindfulness meditation can support your efforts in work and life.
Open to undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, faculty and staff. Co-hosted by the MolBio department

Women's Meditation Series

Tuesdays (12/2, 3/12, 4/9, 5/21) @ 12:00 p.m. with Nathalie Edmond, PhD. Murray-Dodge Hall, Room 104. Drop-ins welcome. Lunch provided.
Open to all women students, faculty, and staff. Co-facilitated by Alison Boden, Dean of Religious Life.

Stress Reduction Audio Guides

We make audio guides – designed to lower levels of stress, ease muscle tension, calm your mind and direct your focus – available to you anytime. You can easily use these to start your day or as a respite between tasks or activities.

Mind-Body Programs Across Campus

Numerous mind-body programs are offered on campus through Campus Recreation, the Office of Religious Life and student groups.

Community Meditation

Open to all students, faculty and staff. Mindfulness meditation with light lunch provided. No pre-registration needed. Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Murray-Dodge 104.

Princeton Buddhist Meditation Group

Open to all students. Offered daily at 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Murray-Dodge 301. Contact: pbsg@princeton.edu.

Butler Yoga - Open to graduate students and their spouses/partners. Registration and fee required.

Campus Recreation Group & Instructional Programs (Yoga, Tai Chi)

All yoga provided through Campus Recreation (including the Yoga Masters Lecture Series) is free for all students.

Additional Mindfulness Resources

Self-Compassion Resources

Self-compassion involves realizing and accepting our failings and our humanness through mindfulness. Review videos and exercises to develop self-compassion.

Positive Psychology Course

Take the Science of Happiness: a free online course designed to teach science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life.

Self-Care Phone Apps

Daily Yoga - guided yoga sequences with video (free, iOS and Android compatible)
Gratitude Diary - positive things in your life (free, iOS compatible)
Headspace - mindfulness meditation tool (iOS and Android compatible)
Insight Timer - time tracker for meditation (free, iOS and Android compatible)
Lotus Bud - for reminders in the form of mindfulness bells and timers to practice mindfulness (iOS compatible)
Sleep Cycle - tracks sleep and sets alarm ($0.99 for iOS, Android compatible)
Stop, Think Breathe - Checkin' in with your brain body (free, iOS, Android and web compatible)

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