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Description

In this four-part virtual series, you will learn practical evidence-based approaches to help build your personal resilience and enhance your skills and confidence in bringing more wellbeing into your daily life, at work and at home.

Mindfulness will be embedded throughout the series, and each session will also include informative presentations, experiential practice opportunities, and interactive components. You will leave each session with easy-to-apply tips to navigate life’s inevitable stressors and bring more ease into your life.

  • Workshop #1: Cultivating Personal Wellbeing and Self-Care
  • Workshop #2: Befriending and Managing Stress
  • Workshop #3: Cultivating Emotional Balance and Resilience
  • Workshop #4: Enhancing Wellbeing Through Mindful Movement Practices

Sliding Scale Pricing

The Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing is deeply committed to the wellbeing and flourishing of all communities. In order to make our programming accessible to a broader audience, we have implemented a sliding scale fee structure for these online workshops.

The suggested registration fee is $15 per workshop. We also offer a scholarship rate ($10) and supporter rate ($20) for those who would like to support others attending at the scholarship rate.

We do not want cost to be a barrier to participating in our programming. If you are not able to pay one of the listed registration fees, you are able to participate at no cost. 

University of Minnesota Retirees Association members and University of Minnesota Alumni Association members can receive a 10% discount on the suggested registration fee by selecting the appropriate fee at checkout. 

University of Minnesota Wellbeing Program

University of Minnesota employees and spouses are able to register for free through the support of the Office of Human Resources' Wellbeing Program. You can also earn 200 Wellbeing Points per workshop through the University of Minnesota's Wellbeing Program. Learn more about other UMN Wellbeing Program offerings through the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing.

National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) CECs

This course is approved by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching for 1.25 continuing education credits (CEA-000293). If you would like to participate in this course for NBHWC continuing education credits, please select "add this option" onto your registration. If you are not a NBHWC certified health coach, it is your responsibility to confirm that the course meets the requirements of your governing institution or credentialing board and that they will accept NBHWC CECs. NBHWC CECs are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Continuing Education Units

Please contact your licensing board or accrediting body to determine if this program meets eligibility to receive continuing education units. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program upon request. Please contact the Bakken Center's community relations office (mindprg@umn.edu) for more information.

Logistics

The online workshops are didactic with experiential components and time for questions and answers. You are welcome to attend one or all four workshops. Please note that registration will close at 11 a.m. Central on the day of each workshop to ensure that you receive all of the necessary logistical details.

Who These Workshops Are For

Anyone interested in learning to support their health and wellbeing. 

Refund Policy

These workshops are non-refundable. Exceptions to this policy are granted for extenuating circumstances. For more information, participants should reach out to the Bakken Center's community relations office (mindprg@umn.edu, 612-625-8164).

Questions

If you have questions regarding the workshops, please contact the Bakken Center's community relations office (mindprg@umn.edu, 612-625-8164).

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Section Title
Workshop 1: Cultivating Personal Wellbeing and Self-Care
Type
Webinar
Days
W
Time
12:00PM to 1:15PM
Dates
Jun 04, 2025
Campus
Online
Schedule and Location
View Details
Contact Hours
1.2
Location
  • Online
Course Fee(s)
Scholarship Fee $10.00
Suggested Registration Fee $15.00
Supporter Fee $20.00
UMN Employee & Spouse Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Workshop UMAA Discount Fee $13.50
Workshop UMRA Discount Fee $13.50
Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Section Fees
NBHWC CEUs $10.00 Optional
Section Details

Workshop 1: Cultivating Personal Wellbeing and Self-Care

Facilitated by Mariann Johnson

This session will include a deep dive into the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing’s six-dimensional Wellbeing Model. Prior to the session, you will be encouraged to take a short confidential wellbeing assessment. During the session, you will learn practical, evidence-based tips for strengthening your personal wellbeing in each of the six dimensions of wellbeing. Time will also be allocated for you to reflect on what wellbeing and good self-care means to you, and to chart out a thoughtful, tailored plan for strengthening your personal wellbeing.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Use the Bakken Center's wellbeing model and tools to discuss the six fundamental dimensions of personal wellbeing.
  2. Assess personal wellbeing strengths and areas of growth.
  3. Learn strategies and daily tips to apply for strengthening and building wellbeing and resilience. 
  4. Receive support and guidance on developing a plan for enhancing personal wellbeing. 
Section Title
Workshop 2: Befriending and Managing Stress
Type
Webinar
Days
W
Time
12:00PM to 1:15PM
Dates
Jun 11, 2025
Campus
Online
Schedule and Location
View Details
Contact Hours
1.2
Location
  • Online
Course Fee(s)
Scholarship Fee $10.00
Suggested Registration Fee $15.00
Supporter Fee $20.00
UMN Employee & Spouse Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Workshop UMAA Discount Fee $13.50
Workshop UMRA Discount Fee $13.50
Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Section Fees
NBHWC CEUs $10.00 Optional
Section Details

Workshop 2: Befriending and Managing Stress

Facilitated by Mariann Johnson

While stress is a natural and inevitable part of life, learning how to navigate it skillfully in our daily life can test the best of us. In this session, the body’s stress response will be explored, and participants will learn and practice tools for responding more resourcefully to life’s inevitable challenges and stressors. The role of mindfulness in mitigating stress will be discussed, and tips will be provided for developing in-the-moment mindful stress reduction practices that support making friends with and responding to, rather than reacting to our daily stressors.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss the physiology of stress and how stress can impact physical and emotional wellbeing. 
  2. Learn how to apply a variety of self-care strategies and everyday tips for reducing stress and strengthening resilience.
  3. Discuss the role of mindful awareness in effective self-care and stress reduction. 
  4. Learn and practice a mindfulness exercise shown to cultivate wellbeing and mitigate stress reactivity.
Section Title
Workshop 3: Cultivating Emotional Balance and Resilience
Type
Webinar
Days
W
Time
12:00PM to 1:15PM
Dates
Jun 18, 2025
Campus
Online
Schedule and Location
View Details
Contact Hours
1.2
Location
  • Online
Course Fee(s)
Scholarship Fee $10.00
Suggested Registration Fee $15.00
Supporter Fee $20.00
UMN Employee & Spouse Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Workshop UMAA Discount Fee $13.50
Workshop UMRA Discount Fee $13.50
Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Section Fees
NBHWC CEUs $10.00 Optional
Section Details

Workshop 3: Cultivating Emotional Balance and Resilience

Facilitated by Mariann Johnson

Through informative presentations and experiential exercises, this session will focus on strengthening emotional resilience and broadening perspective. You will be supported in learning new methods for being with difficult emotions with greater calmness and understanding. The brain’s role in limiting and broadening perspective and perception will be highlighted, and the important function that positive emotions play in cultivating balance and perspective will be explored.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Through discussion and personal reflection, explore human perception and the mind’s capacity for perspective-taking. 
  2. Learn factors that may inhibit our ability for perspective-taking.
  3. Discuss the key components of emotional resilience and emotional literacy.
  4. Learn practical, evidence-based practices for enhancing emotional resilience and more effectively responding to life’s inevitable challenges and daily stressors.
Section Title
Workshop 4: Enhancing Wellbeing Through Mindful Movement Practices
Type
Webinar
Days
W
Time
12:00PM to 1:15PM
Dates
Jun 25, 2025
Campus
Online
Schedule and Location
View Details
Contact Hours
1.2
Location
  • Online
Course Fee(s)
Scholarship Fee $10.00
Suggested Registration Fee $15.00
Supporter Fee $20.00
UMN Employee & Spouse Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Workshop UMAA Discount Fee $13.50
Workshop UMRA Discount Fee $13.50
Zero Cost Fee $0.00
Section Fees
NBHWC CEUs $10.00 Optional
Section Details

Workshop 4: Enhancing Wellbeing Through Mindful Movement Practices

Co-facilitated by Mariann Johnson and Chance York

Mindful movement can help to mitigate the physical and psychological impact of stress on our bodies, hearts, and minds. In this experiential session featuring gentle mindful movement (qigong, standing, and chair yoga), you will learn mindful movements that can be practiced anywhere, without expensive equipment or special attire. Appropriate for all abilities. If possible, wear comfortable and looser fitting clothes.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss the role of mindful movement practices in strengthening physical and mental health and wellbeing.  
  2. Learn the science behind the benefits of practicing mindful movement and gentle yoga.
  3. Learn and practice mindful movement exercises designed to enhance personal wellbeing.   
  4. Discuss practical methods for incorporating mindful movements into daily life, at work and at home. 

 

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