Join our Mindfulness Workshop!
Held weekly on Wednesdays from 4-5:15 pm (from October 22 through November 19)
This 5-week introductory workshop series on Cultivating Mindfulness with Compassion includes practices which can be incorporated with ease into daily life, to:
- Reduce stress
- Enhance wellbeing
- Develop compassion for self and others
- Foster non-judgmental, present-moment awareness
Register here(link is external).
We encourage but do not require participation in all five sessions. For additional information, questions, or assistance with registration please email: moriconi@upenn.edu or mreiff@upenn.edu.
Self-Care Programs Through Mantra Health
Through Wellness at Penn’s partnership with Mantra Health, students have access to the Care Hub, which provides self-guided, wellness-enhancing courses that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Through these courses, students can learn how to reduce stress, regulate emotions, build healthier relationships, and get through difficult situations.
Who Can Access This Service?
This resource is available to all Penn student who have paid the Clinical Fee. With just a few clicks, you can connect with licensed mental health professionals who are dedicated to supporting your wellbeing.
How It Works
Setting up your Care Hub account is quick and easy:
- Visit www.mantrahealth.com/upenn.
- Create an account using your school (@upenn.edu) email address.
- Start exploring the resources and support available to you.
- You can download the Mantra Health app for Apple or Android so you can access care on the go!
What Are Self-Care Modules?
Self-Care Modules are short, interactive courses that cover a rang
e of topics related to wellness. Each module is designed to be completed at your own pace, allowing you to incorporate self-care practices into your busy schedule. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress, improve emotional regulation, or build healthier relationships, these modules provide valuable tools and insights tailored to your needs.
You can access 46 short, self-guided wellness courses, all of which are rooted in the four core skills of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and promote positive mental health and wellbeing. Read more about DBT through Mantra's blog: Thriving in College: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Can Boost Student Well-Being.
To choose a module, set your goals through Mantra's self-assessment tool and then you will receive a personalized skills pathway. The library of self-care modules is based on these four core skills:
- Mindfulness
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Develop self-awareness, focus, reduce stress, and improve attentional control.
- Emotional Regulation
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Learn to reduce vulnerability to negative emotions and changing modulating painful emotional responses.
- Distress Tolerance
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Focus on both short- and long-term distress tolerance, including crisis survival skills and reality acceptance skills.
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
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Explore communication strategies, learning to make friends, and letting go of unhealthy relationships.
You can also access one of these eight curated collections that are designed to address common student challenges or experiences:
- Stress Free Semester
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A compilation of stress reduction skills to keep anxiety in check.
- Relaxation Station
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Learn to calm your mind, relax, and change emotional responses that aren’t working for you.
- The Art of Happiness
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Increase happiness in your day-to-day life and learn how to build a meaningful life in order to increase long term happiness.
- Focus Your Mind
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Take control of your mind and put your focus where you want it to be.
- Master Your Relationships
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Communicate better with others, form and deepen relationships, and let go of relationships that aren’t working.
- The Art of Acceptance
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Reduce emotional pain and suffering by learning to accept the things that are outside of your control or ability to change.
- Feel Balanced
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Proactive strategies to develop and maintain emotional balance and stability to help you tolerate and recover from challenges more easily.
- Stop Freaking Out
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Explore a wide variety of strategies to bring down the intensity of painful emotions, so that you can think more clearly about what to do next.
Other Virtual Resources Available Through Mantra's Care Hub
- Teletherapy: you can access virtual one-on-one teletherapy sessions with a dedicated, highly trained, culturally-informed provider who understands your unique experience and can help you assess and manage your mental health concerns. .
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Peer-to-Peer Support: you will have access to Togetherall, a supportive, online peer community where you can share with others, express yourself creatively, and access tools to learn how to manage your mental health. It is free to use, anonymous, and available 24/7.
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we're doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what's going on around us. The goal of mindfulness is to wake up to the inner workings of our mental, emotional, and physical processes. Mindfulness is available to us in every moment, whether through meditations and body scans, or mindful practices like taking time to pause and breathe, event just for a moment.
Mindfulness Workshops
Mindfulness is a practice to assist in reducing stress, bringing an open-hearted awareness to life. Research studies show that mindfulness can greatly potentially foster resilience in the face of life challenges. In this introductory workshop, students will have an opportunity to practice mindfulness and apply this practice in daily life. View more information about our Mindfulness Workshops.
Other Mindfulness and Self-Care Tools
Mental Wellness
Anxiety & Stress
Calming Activities