PSYC 10
Yoga, Creativity & Mindfulness Winter 2025

Winter Study is an ideal time to set new intentions, and to focus on physical and mental well-being. This course offers a retreat in which students can de-stress, refresh, and tap into their creative strength. Primarily a yoga class, we will meet 4-6 hours each week to deep dive into the mindful practice of yoga. We’ll also explore accessible ways to cultivate mindfulness, weather it’s through journaling, mindful walking or eating, or guided meditation. The course is specifically designed so that students will have plenty of unstructured time each week. Early in the month, our group will go on a 2 day retreat at the renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Located in a beautiful natural setting with breathtaking views, Kripalu offers a variety of daily yoga and mindfulness classes as well as delicious organic and vegan food. This will be a nourishing time for students to spend some healthy quiet time and to get to know each other better. Back on campus, we will continue to practice yoga together three times a week, and will also visit the Clark Art Museum, WCMA or MassMoca, where we’ll enjoy guided tours exploring the intersection of art + mindfulness, and will even do yoga in the galleries themselves. Throughout the month, students will explore their own creativity, whether it’s creative writing/journaling, or working with paper and colored pencils in a mandala making workshop. There will be a reading list and a final creative project. We’ll share our projects in the last week of the class, and examples might be leading a guided meditation, sharing a drawing, painting or poem, or designing a yoga or mindfulness self-practice.