PSY 417 Advanced Seminar: Mindfulness Based Wellness

This course will provide an overview of the construct of mindfulness and its applications in Psychology.  Students will be given instruction to help them to establish a personal mindfulness practice.  In addition, students will review current research concerning Mindfulness and its application in relief of human suffering.  Students of this course will have the prerequisite to pursue training as a mindfulness teacher from programs that provide that certification.