When Dr. Rob Roeser faces his class as an associate professor of psychology, he tells his students, “this is about you, it's experiential. Keep a journal and practice.”
He takes them on a journey of mindfulness with meditation as a skill to achieve awareness, which he said focuses on breathing, feelings and sensations in the body.
As a result, “you have learning tools for your own life, to live less stressfully and have more satisfaction in daily living,” he said.
“I plant seeds that show the effectiveness of the benefits of creating emotional balance,” Roeser said. “The course is a taste, not a doctrine.”
Roeser brought his vision for a new course in contemplative education to Portland State.
He has recently returned from his trip to India with the Mind Life Institute, which included scientists, philosophers and contemplatives who met with the Dalai Lama. (More)
Source: The PSU Daily Vanguard
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