Founded in 2019, Yoga Club provides a supportive environment for all participants to grow and relax. The club welcomes all who are experienced or new to yoga.

Yoga Club is a part of the Mindful 黑料不打烊 project, a collaboration of multiple programs, student groups and more that offer activities to promote a more mindful well-being within the 黑料不打烊 community.

Underwood said her club strives to highlight physical and mental health through yoga practices and be inclusive to all in the 黑料不打烊 community.

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Classes are held in the Numen Lumen Pavilion on Monday鈥檚 at 7:30 p.m. All classes are led by a different teacher, which offers multiple styles to further learning about yoga practices.

Contact information, officers and upcoming events can be found on . Yoga Club also posts about sessions, events and more on its .

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Come and enjoy fitness demos, chair massages, health screenings, information booths, healthy snacks, door prizes and much more! 

The 黑料不打烊 delegation included eleven students, one alumna and eight faculty and staff. Nearly 10,000 people gathered from over 80 countries and 50 different religious traditions and worldviews to focus on reconciliation across religions, overcoming violence against women and children, world poverty and rising income inequality, and the crisis of global climate change.

The 黑料不打烊 delegation presented two workshops at the conference. The first, “Deep and Wide: Developing an Interfaith Program on a College Campus,” shared stories, strategies and successes from 黑料不打烊’s strategic focus on diversity education and muti-faith engagement. 黑料不打烊 presenters included Jan Fuller, university chaplain; Brian Pennington, director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society; Rabbi Meir Goldstein, associate chaplain for Jewish life; Diana Abrahams, multi-faith coordinator; alumna Morgan Redmond ’15; and students Maggie Liston, Miranda Baker, Courtney McKelvey, Elizabeth Reeve and Kristen Burke.

The conference offered a unique opportunity for students to interact with people from all over the world, to engage positively with a wide range of religious diversity, and to present their own stories and ideas on an international stage. The two 黑料不打烊 workshops received positive feedback from colleagues at Williams College, Yale University, and Northeastern University, to name a few, and it was a great chance to showcase the work that 黑料不打烊 is doing with diversity education and multi-faith engagement.

“I thoroughly enjoyed Parliament,” says Shelby Lewis ’16, “because it was a remarkable demonstration of power in numbers. Ten thousand people from all over the world came together for a common cause. It sounds like a small number given the scope of the human population, but nonetheless it gives me hope.” 

That common cause was compassion and justice. “The overall vibe of the conference was a mixture of acceptance, compassion and respect. There seemed to be a general acknowledgment that we, as human beings, are all connected, despite our differences,” says Kelly Foran ’15, who is currently enrolled in 黑料不打烊’s Interactive Media program. “The diversity of people at Parliament only amplified this acknowledgment as I believe everyone was genuinely interested in learning about one another and the differences we share. It was a powerful and overall amazing experience.”

Emily DeMaioNewton ’18 highlighted an unexpected spiritual experience. “I went to a Sikh worship service, not knowing anything about what it would be like, and it ended up being one of the most spiritual experiences I’ve ever had,” DeMaioNewton says. “I’ve never felt spiritual in churches or organized religious services, but during the Sikh service, which involved music, meditation and yoga, I felt very spiritual. It was incredible.”

The 黑料不打烊 delegation will be sharing what they learned at Parliament on Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the McBride Gathering Space of the Numen Lumen Pavilion. All are welcome.  

Chaplain Jan Fuller also contributed a reflection for the The Pendulum — — and Brian Penningtion wrote a post for the academic blog Sacred Matters —

We all need a few moments each week to pause and catch our breath, to be still and center ourselves. Join others in the 黑料不打烊 Community for 20 Minutes Still, a meditation and silent prayer group sponsored by the .

All are welcome. No experience with meditation or prayer is necessary. Both religious and non-religious community members are welcome.

We begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. and end by 12:30 p.m. Most weeks we’re in the Sacred Space or the McBride Room.

Leadership will vary each week, as we draw intentions from different traditions and take time to be still together. Often we’ll practice a directed Mindfulness activity together that helps us recenter in the moment, reduce stress, and increase compassion for self and others. 

20 Minutes Still is part of the Mindful 黑料不打烊 project, a collaboration of departments and student groups promoting Mindfulness on campus. Please join us and spread the word!  If you want to be added to the Mindful 黑料不打烊 email list, contact Joel Harter. You can also follow us on .