Workshops/Courses

Fall 2026 Workshops 

Sober Collective in Collaboration with Student Health and Counseling Services

Second Tuesday of each month from 12pm to 12:50pm

The Sober Collective is a supportive space for anyone in our community who is sober or in recovery or would like to engage in sober living. Join us to build community through mindfulness, personal growth and connection. 

Mindfulness Practices for Better Time Management

Monday, September 21st 5:30pm to 7pm

This will be a hands-on workshop on using mindfulness practices to manage our time, our intentions and our attention better. None of us have unlimited time. We need to start by accepting that we can’t do everything. We cannot change time but we can prioritize and set intentions and then align our attention to our intentions so we can make the most of the time we do have. We also need to accept that there will be setbacks and challenges along the way and managing our emotions when those happen can allow us to negotiate these challenges with grace and kindness. In other words, time does not have to be a source of stress if we learn to manage our intentions, manage our attention and manage our emotions.

Procrastination Workshop

Tuesday, October 20th 5:30pm to 7pm

Studies have shown that procrastination is a pervasive problem among students and among other adults (Steel, 2007; Harriott & Ferrari, 1996) which can lead to several negative outcomes such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, poor health and financial outcomes, and poor academic performance (Howell et al., 2006). The interest in mindfulness and other contemplative practices has spurred a great deal of research and discussion in recent years. Several studies (Gautam et al., 2019; Flett et al., 2016) have found that mindfulness practices reduce procrastination directly and indirectly by reducing anxiety. Join us for a 2-hour workshop on reducing procrastination with mindfulness. In this workshop, we discuss a variety of evidence-based contemplative practices such as breath practices, mindfulness of emotions, self-compassion, and intention-setting practices designed to help reduce procrastination and anxiety.

Mindful Preparation for Interviews and Presentations

Wednesday, November 18th from 9:30am to 12pm

Feeling stressed and anxious about an upcoming interview? Please join us for a 45-minute session on how to use evidence-based mindfulness practices designed specifically to prepare you for interviews and presentations.

Silent Saturday

Saturday, December 5th from 9:30am to 12pm

This half-day retreat is an opportunity to pause, to reflect, to notice and to develop deep awareness. Our daily lives are so busy that we often forget to pay attention to our inner selves, to our environment and to each other. This retreat provides guided meditations, movement, art and other ways to connect deeply with ourselves and the world around us. 

Workshops on Request

We also offer a variety of customized workshops, courses, retreats on a range of topics which include:

• Introduction to Mindfulness
• Contemplative pedagogy for faculty
• Mindfulness and Inclusive excellence
• Mindful Communication
• Mindfulness for finding Joy
• Mindfulness for Resilience and Uncertainty
• Mindfulness for Morale Building
• Mindfulness for Stress Reduction
• Mindful Leadership
• Mindful compassion for caregivers and social workers
• Mindfulness for Community Healing
• Mindfulness for Diversity and Inclusion
• Mindfulness for Teachers
• Mindfulness for Health related fields
• Mindfulness for Business

These workshops and courses range from semester long courses to 4 to 6 week offerings to half day sessions to 2 hour sessions. If you don't see one offered that you would like to see us offer please reach out to us and we will be happy to design one for you or for your unit or organization. To explore further please contact Ranjeeta Basu at rbasu@csusm.edu