This virtual workshop will address the changes to our wellbeing and routines during the pandemic year, lessons learned, and goals for the future. We will discuss the “reverse culture shock” that may occur when we return to campus and identify MIT resources to help support wellbeing and personal growth. Please feel free to join the...
Need some motivation to get and stay active this Fall? Join the MIT Community for a 6-week walking challenge that starts on Monday, October 4. The goal is to help participants become more active by taking 10,000 steps a day. Sign up, participate, and you just might win one of ten Yeti Rambler 30oz tumblers!...
MIT Reads is an all-MIT reading experience that aims to build community and foster understanding. The Fall 2021 book selection is Sexual Citizens: Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus by Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan. We are excited to welcome Hirsch and Khan to talk with the MIT community about their work – they...
This virtual workshop includes strategies to help you reboot your sleep schedule, get the best quality sleep you can, and make getting up in the morning easier. Learn about resources to decrease stress and improve sleep health available from MIT. Please feel free to join the workshop with camera off and microphone muted if you...
Q2 Physical Education and Wellness Registration (Undergraduate)
What? On-campus scavenger hunt! Team puzzles! PRIZES! When? Friday 10/8, 9-11 pm EDT Where? Come to the Coffeehouse Lounge, 3rd Floor of the Stud for the kickoff at 9! We'll also send out an email with info in case you can't come to the Stud. Why? Escape the pset grind while meeting new friendos and...
Q2 Physical Education and Wellness Registration (Graduate)
Open your mind and manage your stress! Koru is a four-week introduction to the practice of mindfulness. Participation in Koru is associated with decreased stress and self-judgment and increased mindfulness and sleep quality. Mindfulness is about developing the ability to be fully attentive to all the moments of your life, reducing the amount of time...
Join MIT's Month of Wellbeing Challenge! Sign up by October 29th, 2021 to do short daily activities designed to boost your well-being. Help MIT scientists develop new technology to measure well-being and win prizes! Prizes include Amazon gift cards, headphones, polaroid-style cameras, MIT Meditation Lab meditation cushions, and online writing course. You must be 18...
This virtual mini-retreat is an abbreviated version of the Koru Mindfulness half-day retreat. Meditation practices: breathing, relaxing, walking, and yoga. No experience necessary. If you can dress comfortably, have a chair, and clear enough space to walk a few paces back and forth, that would be helpful. If you are unable to participate in walking...
This virtual workshop includes strategies to make the most of the upcoming time change on November 7, 2021, get the best quality sleep you can, and make getting up in the morning easier. Learn about resources to decrease stress and improve sleep health available from MIT. Please feel free to join the workshop with camera...
How do graduate students find purpose and meaning in their work at MIT? An in-person conversation for grad students of all backgrounds with chaplains and leaders of ethical programs on campus. Hosted by the Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life (ORSEL)