{"id":27839,"date":"2021-08-09T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence-draft\/?page_id=27839"},"modified":"2021-08-09T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:36:42","slug":"healthy-minds-inner-peace-research-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/research\/healthy-minds-inner-peace-research-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Minds Inner Peace Research Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtu-be\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q0NSJ7Sloa8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Building a Mindful Community: Thupten Tendhar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q0NSJ7Sloa8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Healthy Minds-Inner Peace project initiated at the URI Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies promotes the development of peace states of mind based on an integrated model combining ancient philosophical wisdom with positive psychology research supporting healthy mind-body connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center has sponsored student research and honors projects on mindful health. Recent research found that education on being a more compassionate person has significant benefits both for the individual and others in the community. Increased compassion toward self and others results in an improved sense of well-being, health, and a more positive outlook on college and life in general (Tendhar, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mindfulness meditation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies in\u00a0collaboration\u00a0with other URI departments, faculty and staff jointly conduct a weekly meditation from 12:15 to 12:45 each Tuesday in the Hardge Forum, in the Multicultural Student Services Center. The meditation is open to all faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student research volunteers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to learn compassion? Seeking volunteers.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We are seeking student volunteers for an online research study. Learn how to become more compassionate to yourself, as well as others, and improve your sense of well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc0p8oBdGnuWe4-Oo5MBn0hjfu2QGKeAgIWz1R7lBWhKJoECQ\/viewform\" title=\"\">Volunteer<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Healthy Minds-Inner Peace project initiated at the URI Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies promotes the development of peace states of mind based on an integrated model combining ancient philosophical wisdom with positive psychology research supporting healthy mind-body connections. The Center has sponsored student research and honors projects on mindful health. Recent research found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1962,"featured_media":0,"parent":1024,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-27839","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27844,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27839\/revisions\/27844"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}