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Explore the foundations of contemplation, mindfulness, and yoga as they are taught and experienced in educational and leadership settings. As a future educator or leader, learn to instruct basic contemplative, mindfulness, and yoga practices as resources that increase self-awareness, emotional regulation, and self-care, as well as practices that promote personal, professional, and contemplative development. Topics include the physiological, neurobiological, psychological, social, and philosophical bases of contemplation, mindfulness, and yoga in educational and leadership contexts.

Investigate how psychological, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual factors promote optimal wellness and flourishing. Presents models of integrated wellbeing (PERMA, Seligman), meditation, deep meaning making, and social dynamics of integration from interpersonal neurobiology (Siegel, Schore), contemplative neuroscience (Davidson), and secular meditation practices. Lecture and practice format surveys the theory and skills promoting wellness throughout the lifetime, including deep meaning cultivation, emotional regulation, social connection, and mind-brain-body integration.

Explores how physical factors (proper nutrition, adequate exercise, stress management, and effective sleep practices) serve as the foundation for wellness. Examines current controversies and research in the field of mind-body wellness and holistic health, with specific emphasis on the relationship between physical factors and psychological states. Provides guided-practices on using established wellness principles to live a healthy and happy life.

Translating theoretical knowledge and acquired skills into actionable wellness projects that enhances an aspect of wellness within the Stanford community. Students work in collaborative groups, or individually under the mentorship of the course instructor(s), to design, deliver, and evaluate a wellness initiative at Stanford.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular quarter. May be repeated with change of content. For more information regarding specific course titles, please refer to the notes of each course section.