MindfulWake Classes & Retreats

About MIEA/Koru Classes

MIEA/Koru classes are FREE and open to all Wake Forest University students, faculty, and staff. Attendance at all four sessions is required. Classes are limited to 12 students and registration is on a first-come, first served basis. Note that in-person and virtual classes are available. Once you register, expect an email one or two days before class begins with further instructions and room location.

MIEA/Koru Spring 2024 Class Schedule

MIEA/Koru Basic

MIEA/Koru Basic is a 4-week course where participants learn mindfulness and meditation skills. Through this curriculum taught by certified Koru Mindfulness instructors, you may experience less stress, better sleep, increased focus and less self-judgement.

Class Text: The Mindful Twenty-Something: Life Skills to Handle Stress…& Everything Else, by Holly B. Rogers, MD

Thursdays Starting 01/25/24, 4-5:15 pm Register
Teacher: Chaplain Tim Auman | Location: MindfulWake Meditation Room, Reynolda Hall
Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15

Wednesdays Starting 02/07/2024, 4-5:15 pm – Graduate Students Only! Register
Teacher: Joan Wilkins | Location: MindfulWake Meditation Room, Reynolda Hall
Feb 14, Feb 21, Feb 28, Mar 6

Thursdays Starting 02/22/24, 4-5:15 pm – Faculty & Staff Only! Register
Teacher: Chaplain Tim Auman | Location: MindfulWake Meditation Room, Reynolda Hall
Feb 22, Feb 29, Mar 7, Mar 21

Thursdays Starting 02/22/24, 1-2:15 pm Register
Teacher: Ashley Hawkins Parham| Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Feb 22, Feb 29, Mar 7, Mar 21

Fridays Starting 02/23/24, 11 am-12:15 pm Register
Teacher: Ashley Hawkins Parham| Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Feb 23, Mar 1, Mar 8, Mar 22

Tuesdays Starting 03/26/24, 4-5:15 pm Register
Teacher: Chaplain Tim Auman | Location: MindfulWake Meditation Room, Reynolda Hall
Mar 26, Apr 2, Apr 9, Apr 16

Thursdays Starting 03/28/24, 4-5:15 pm Register
Teacher: Chaplain Tim Auman | Location: MindfulWake Meditation Room, Reynolda Hall
Mar 28, Apr 4, Apr 11, Apr 18

MIEA/Koru 2.0

MIEA/Koru 2.0 is an advanced mindfulness course for students who have completed Koru Basic and are eager for more mindfulness. Further your practice and deepen your skills with Chair Yoga, Loving-Kindness meditation, and a short silent retreat. Prerequisite: MIEA/Koru Basic.

Class Text: Real Happiness, by Sharon Salzberg

Tuesdays Starting 02/20/24, 4-5:15 pm Register
Teacher: Chaplain Tim Auman | Location: MindfulWake Meditation Room, Reynolda Hall
Feb 20, Feb 27, Mar 5, Mar 19

Mindfulness and the Museum

This program helps visitors to the Reynolda House Museum of American Art connect to artwork and nature on a deeper level by providing safe, trauma-informed spaces for reflection and conversation, and allows for an open, curious, and contemplative engagement with the permanent collection and the natural world. Shinrin-yoku, popularly known as forest bathing, is a contemporary mindfulness practice.

Spring 2024 schedule

Contemplative Viewing

03/22/24, 10 am-12 pm Register
Location: Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Mindfulness in the Meadow

04/10/24, 10 am-12 pm Register
Location: Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Contemplative Photography

05/25/24 & 6/9/24*, 10 am-12 pm Register
Location: Reynolda House Museum of American Art

*must attend both sessions

MindfulWake Retreat

A Day of Mindfulness: A retreat just for faculty and staff

Saturday March 16, 2024, 9 am – 4 pm Register

Location: Timberlake Earth Sanctuary (Whitsett, NC)
Cost: $25

This relaxed and enjoyable one-day retreat is dedicated to your well-being. The retreat aims to introduce you to the key aspects of mindfulness and will equip you with simple but powerful techniques to assist you in the developing of your own practice.  The day is suitable for beginners curious about mindfulness and its benefits, and those who would like to deepen their practice.

Awareness about the Enneagram as a powerful tool to support our practice of self-awareness and compassion has been growing over the past few years, but it can be hard to bridge our knowledge of our Type into practical, transformative action. This retreat will also feature an overview of all Nine Enneagram Types, and how to integrate this knowledge into your mindfulness practice to loosen the grip of old patterns, and deepen your compassion for yourself and others.

Registration fee is $25, which includes all retreat materials and food/beverage during the event.