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Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments
College and university campuses have long been designed as embodied places of societal values and aspirations, reflecting both academic traditions and heritages alongside social and scientific change and innovation. More pragmatically, these spaces share some commonalities with other living and work...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7059735/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181235 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00031 |
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description | College and university campuses have long been designed as embodied places of societal values and aspirations, reflecting both academic traditions and heritages alongside social and scientific change and innovation. More pragmatically, these spaces share some commonalities with other living and working environments, and must adapt to changing technological and social norms. Since the 1970's, workplace adaptations included employer-sponsored health promotion programs and facilities. While campus environments such as fitness centers and dining halls have been incorporated into health promotion initiatives, other aspects of human well-being have been neglected. In this paper, we describe an initiative, Contemplation By Design, to incorporate contemplation and mindfulness into the daily lives of all members of the Stanford University community, including students, faculty, staff, and their families, as well as alumni and retirees who live close by. This case study highlights ways that physical planning and programmatic initiatives for contemplative practices have been integrated to deliver generalizable, community-based well-being resources that can be emulated in diverse settings throughout the Stanford University campuses, including the main campus and local satellite campuses. Based on experience drawn from Contemplation By Design, practical recommendations for designing contemplative practice spaces and programs are offered. |
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spelling | pubmed-70597352020-03-16 Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments Chrisinger, Benjamin W. Rich, Tia Front Public Health Public Health College and university campuses have long been designed as embodied places of societal values and aspirations, reflecting both academic traditions and heritages alongside social and scientific change and innovation. More pragmatically, these spaces share some commonalities with other living and working environments, and must adapt to changing technological and social norms. Since the 1970's, workplace adaptations included employer-sponsored health promotion programs and facilities. While campus environments such as fitness centers and dining halls have been incorporated into health promotion initiatives, other aspects of human well-being have been neglected. In this paper, we describe an initiative, Contemplation By Design, to incorporate contemplation and mindfulness into the daily lives of all members of the Stanford University community, including students, faculty, staff, and their families, as well as alumni and retirees who live close by. This case study highlights ways that physical planning and programmatic initiatives for contemplative practices have been integrated to deliver generalizable, community-based well-being resources that can be emulated in diverse settings throughout the Stanford University campuses, including the main campus and local satellite campuses. Based on experience drawn from Contemplation By Design, practical recommendations for designing contemplative practice spaces and programs are offered. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7059735/ /pubmed/32181235 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00031 Text en Copyright © 2020 Chrisinger and Rich. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Chrisinger, Benjamin W. Rich, Tia Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments |
title | Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments |
title_full | Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments |
title_fullStr | Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments |
title_full_unstemmed | Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments |
title_short | Contemplation by Design: Leveraging the “Power of the Pause” on a Large University Campus Through Built and Social Environments |
title_sort | contemplation by design: leveraging the “power of the pause” on a large university campus through built and social environments |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7059735/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181235 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00031 |
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