Mindfulness for Academic Success (Graduate Students)
Program Information
Mindfulness for Academic Success (MAS) is a 6-week, experiential program introducing mindfulness and meditation practices. Through guided meditations and reflective exercises, participants will develop their attention and awareness skills and cultivate insight and well-being.
No prior meditation or mindfulness experience is required to participate.
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness has been described as paying attention, intentionally, to your moment-to-moment experience, non-judgmentally. By being more mindful in our daily life we can reduce worry and stress, be more content and compassionate (to ourselves and others), increase our ability to focus and pay attention, and learn to respond, rather than react, to challenging situations.
Session Dates
The following are the program dates for Summer 2025:
- May 22, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- May 29, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- June 5, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- June 12, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- June 19, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- June 26, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Program Registration
Register for the Summer 2025 Mindfulness for Academic Success (MAS) program on Western Connect!
Hear from Past Participants
"Every single part of it was useful, I am really surprised how my perspective towards mindfulness has changed. I became more self-reflective, self-aware, and acquired more emotional control through practising all the exercises."
"Learning how to be more mindful and being more present, it has helped me multiple times focus on my work and it has made me more self-aware of my thoughts and how to be more compassionate to myself which was definitely needed."
"Meeting as a group kept me accountable. I've known about mindfulness for a long time but I never felt inspired enough to do the practice on my own. This program helped me transition regular mindfulness into my life."
"One of the most useful aspects of the program was the learning community. It was really helpful to learn from and alongside other students. Hearing their stories was inspiring and greatly supported my learning. It helped me feel that I am not alone and the MAS program did a fantastic job facilitating communication between participants. The program provided a safe space for discussion and community was an important aspect that was missing in my student experience as a Graduate student at Western."
