With mindfulness resources and programs readily available to students at the University of Virginia’s Contemplative Sciences Center, it’s easy to say they have an advantage over the rest. But what about other students—and people in general—across the country and around the globe who don’t have access to UVA’s unique facility? In this video interview with Sonima’s founder, Sonia Jones, and David Germano, the director of the Contemplative Sciences Center, discuss a global solution to expanding these special programs beyond the campus.

“We’re starting a program called the Contemplative University,” says Germano. The web-based school, supported by UVA, will be free and available to anyone seeking instruction and learning tools on contemplative practices. It will function like any university offering content-specific classes and lectures with a contemplatively-based approach to education across several subjects—including humanities, health sciences, business, education, architecture, law, engineering, and much more—plus social networking within the contemplative community. Watch this short clip to learn more about this exciting new platform designed to help people integrate contemplative practice into their lives regardless of their zip code or economic status.

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