Contemplative practices include introspection, meditation, reflection, silence, and visualization and can help students reduce stress and also develop intellectual inquiry, creative approaches to scholarship, analytical skills, empthy for others, and personal insight into their research. They also assist them to reflect on the relationship between their personal and professional lives. (Barbezat and bush, 2014 and Owen-Smith, 2017)
There are various categories of contemplative practices including: activist practices, creative practices, generative practices, ritual/cyclical practices, relational practices, stillness practices, and movement practices. Learn more about the types of contemplative practices at The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
Learn more about the contemplative tree and contemplative practices at The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
We recommend that you begin with the Center for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education and check out the recommended research and writings about contemplative practices.
