Program Overview
Get Paid to Advance the Science of Compassion
Are you interested in advancing the science of compassion?
Would you like to get paid to train in self-compassion and compassion for others, and learn how this training can help to improve our society?
The Cognitive and Affective Science Lab at Naropa University is conducting a study—entirely online—on compassion training's effect on personal and social well-being. Eligible participants will receive FREE enrollment in the WELCOME training program, and up to $250 in compensation. ($100 for completing the study and entry into a drawing for a chance to win an additional $150, with multiple drawing winners).
Program Overview
Get Paid to Advance the Science of Compassion
Are you interested in advancing the science of compassion?
Would you like to get paid to train in self-compassion and compassion for others, and learn how this training can help to improve our society?
The Cognitive and Affective Science Lab at Naropa University is conducting a study—entirely online—on compassion training's effect on personal and social well-being. Eligible participants will receive FREE enrollment in the WELCOME training program, and up to $250 in compensation. ($100 for completing the study and entry into a drawing for a chance to win an additional $150, with multiple drawing winners).
Program Overview
Get Paid to Advance the Science of Compassion
Would you like to get paid to train in self-compassion and compassion for others, and learn how this training can help to improve our society?
The Cognitive and Affective Science Lab at Naropa University is conducting a study—entirely online—on compassion training's effect on personal and social well-being. Eligible participants will receive FREE enrollment in the WELCOME training program, and up to $250 in compensation.
($100 for completing the study and entry into a drawing for a chance to win an additional $150, with multiple drawing winners).

What Will I Learn?

Participants will learn...
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- How compassion training empowers us to take charge of our own neuroplasticity, and use the mind to change ingrained patterns and behaviors to those more consistent with our highest values.
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- Self-guided mindfulness and embodiment practices designed to improve emotional regulation, reduce empathy fatigue, bolster capacity for altruism, and shift conventional understandings of active compassion.
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- Why cultivating lovingkindness for the difficult people in our lives is vital to an enduring and holistic compassion practice.
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- Practical methods for integrating mindful compassion into your personal, social, and professional life.
What Will I Learn?

Participants will learn...
How compassion training empowers us to take charge of our own neuroplasticity, and use the mind to change ingrained patterns and behaviors to those more consistent with our highest values.
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Self-guided mindfulness and embodiment practices designed to improve emotional regulation, reduce empathy fatigue, bolster capacity for altruism, and shift conventional understandings of active compassion.
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Why cultivating lovingkindness for the difficult people in our lives is vital to an enduring and holistic compassion practice.
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Practical methods for integrating mindful compassion into your personal, social, and professional life.
What Will I Learn?

Participants will learn...
- How compassion training empowers us to take charge of our own neuroplasticity, and use the mind to change ingrained patterns and behaviors to those more consistent with our highest values.
- Self-guided mindfulness and embodiment practices designed to improve emotional regulation, reduce empathy fatigue, bolster capacity for altruism, and shift conventional understandings of active compassion.
- Why cultivating lovingkindness for the difficult people in our lives is vital to an enduring and holistic compassion practice.
- Practical methods for integrating mindful compassion into your personal, social, and professional life.
Program Format and Schedule
The title WELCOME is an acronym, with each letter outlining a specific aspect of mindful-compassion that will be explored in this course. Each class session has been carefully crafted to highlight a unique facet of mindful compassion, provide the scientific underpinnings of that facet, and offer contemplative practices for participants to engage what they have learned.
This 8-week course is offered from October 18th-December 6th, 2022. Class sessions are held via Zoom every Tuesday from 6:30-8:30pm Mountain Time, with an exception of November 22nd for Fall break. In addition to weekly class sessions, there is a half-day Zoom retreat on Saturday December 3rd, 2022 from 9:30am-1:00pm Mountain Time.
Program Format and Schedule
The title WELCOME is an acronym, with each letter outlining a specific aspect of mindful-compassion that will be explored in this course. Each class session has been carefully crafted to highlight a unique facet of mindful compassion, provide the scientific underpinnings of that facet, and offer contemplative practices for participants to engage what they have learned.
This 8-week course is offered from October 18th-December 6th, 2022. Class sessions are held via Zoom every Tuesday from 6:30-8:30pm Mountain Time, with an exception of November 22nd for Fall break. In addition to weekly class sessions, there is a half-day Zoom retreat on Saturday December 3rd, 2022 from 9:30am-1:00pm Mountain Time.
Program Format and Schedule
The title WELCOME is an acronym, with each letter outlining a specific aspect of mindful-compassion that will be explored in this course. Each class session has been carefully crafted to highlight a unique facet of mindful compassion, provide the scientific underpinnings of that facet, and offer contemplative practices for participants to engage what they have learned.
This 8-week course is offered from October 18th-December 6th, 2022. Class sessions are held via Zoom every Tuesday from 6:30-8:30pm Mountain Time, with an exception of November 22nd for Fall break. In addition to weekly class sessions, there is a half-day Zoom retreat on Saturday December 3rd, 2022 from 9:30am-1:00pm Mountain Time.
Pricing and Registration
Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx:
This iteration of WELCOME: Mindful Compassion Training, is designed for members of the public, and is not credit bearing. If you wish to audit, receive academic credit, or utilize Employee Tuition Benefits for this program, please contact the Registrar’s Office and inquire about registering for REL-190 in Fall 2022. If you have further questions, or would still like to register for this Extended Campus program, email extendedcampus@naropa.edu.
Pricing and Registration
Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx:
This iteration of WELCOME: Mindful Compassion Training, is designed for members of the public, and is not credit bearing. If you wish to audit, receive academic credit, or utilize Employee Tuition Benefits for this program, please contact the Registrar’s Office and inquire about registering for REL-190 in Fall 2022. If you have further questions, or would still like to register for this Extended Campus program, email extendedcampus@naropa.edu.
Pricing and Registration
Meet Your Instructors

Erika Berland is a dancer, performer, Certified Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering(R), Registered Movement Therapist and Licensed Massage Therapist. She was a founding faculty member of the MFA: Contemporary Performance program at Naropa University (2004-2020) where she developed and taught a two-year curriculum integrating movement, somatics and meditation. She has presented her workshop, "The Physical Art of Sitting", based on her book of the same title published in 2017, throughout the US along with workshops internationally in movement and Body-Mind Centering®. She has been a member of the teaching team for the Mindfulness Compassion Initiative since the program's launch in 2017.

Carla Burns, MDiv, is an Instructor in Naropa’s Core College, and Graduate School of Psychology, with an emphasis on the exploration of loving-kindness through the wisdom of the body, emotions, and the elements. She is particularly passionate about the ways in which contemplative practice communities can come to understand multiple ways of being and knowing, and how we embody and utilize space as a means to personal, collective and cosmic liberation. In addition, she is certified Mindfulness Instructor at Naropa University, co-developed Naropa’s Embodied Mindfulness in Teaching Training program and is the Program Manager for the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education.

Jordan Quaglia, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Cognitive and Affective Science Laboratory, and Research Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education at Naropa University. His research, supported by funding from Mind and Life Institute and John Templeton Foundation, has been featured in leading scientific journals and books, and relies on a range of tools, from neuroscientific measures to virtual reality, to study topics such as mindfulness and compassion.
For more about Jordan: www.JordanQuaglia.com
Meet Your Instructors

Erika Berland is a dancer, performer, Certified Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering(R), Registered Movement Therapist and Licensed Massage Therapist. She was a founding faculty member of the MFA: Contemporary Performance program at Naropa University (2004-2020) where she developed and taught a two-year curriculum integrating movement, somatics and meditation. She has presented her workshop, "The Physical Art of Sitting", based on her book of the same title published in 2017, throughout the US along with workshops internationally in movement and Body-Mind Centering®. She has been a member of the teaching team for the Mindfulness Compassion Initiative since the program's launch in 2017.

Carla Burns, MDiv, is an Instructor in Naropa’s Core College, and Graduate School of Psychology, with an emphasis on the exploration of loving-kindness through the wisdom of the body, emotions, and the elements. She is particularly passionate about the ways in which contemplative practice communities can come to understand multiple ways of being and knowing, and how we embody and utilize space as a means to personal, collective and cosmic liberation. In addition, she is certified Mindfulness Instructor at Naropa University, co-developed Naropa’s Embodied Mindfulness in Teaching Training program and is the Program Manager for the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education.

Jordan Quaglia, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Cognitive and Affective Science Laboratory, and Research Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education at Naropa University. His research, supported by funding from Mind and Life Institute and John Templeton Foundation, has been featured in leading scientific journals and books, and relies on a range of tools, from neuroscientific measures to virtual reality, to study topics such as mindfulness and compassion.
For more about Jordan: www.JordanQuaglia.com
Meet Your Instructors

Erika Berland is a dancer, performer, Certified Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering(R), Registered Movement Therapist and Licensed Massage Therapist. She was a founding faculty member of the MFA: Contemporary Performance program at Naropa University (2004-2020) where she developed and taught a two-year curriculum integrating movement, somatics and meditation. She has presented her workshop, "The Physical Art of Sitting", based on her book of the same title published in 2017, throughout the US along with workshops internationally in movement and Body-Mind Centering®. She has been a member of the teaching team for the Mindfulness Compassion Initiative since the program's launch in 2017.

Carla Burns, MDiv, is an Instructor in Naropa’s Core College, and Graduate School of Psychology, with an emphasis on the exploration of loving-kindness through the wisdom of the body, emotions, and the elements. She is particularly passionate about the ways in which contemplative practice communities can come to understand multiple ways of being and knowing, and how we embody and utilize space as a means to personal, collective and cosmic liberation. In addition, she is certified Mindfulness Instructor at Naropa University, co-developed Naropa’s Embodied Mindfulness in Teaching Training program and is the Program Manager for the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education.

Jordan Quaglia, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Cognitive and Affective Science Laboratory, and Research Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education at Naropa University. His research, supported by funding from Mind and Life Institute and John Templeton Foundation, has been featured in leading scientific journals and books, and relies on a range of tools, from neuroscientific measures to virtual reality, to study topics such as mindfulness and compassion.
For more about Jordan: www.JordanQuaglia.com

Want More Mindful Compassion?
Don't miss our upcoming workshop, Compassion-Based Boundaries: An Introduction, in which WELCOME instructor Jordan Quaglia, PhD offers an introduction to what he calls compassion-based boundaries, a science-backed framework that provides practical skills for navigating complex interpersonal situations.
Want More Mindful Compassion?
Don't miss our upcoming workshop, Compassion-Based Boundaries: An Introduction, which will explore how to navigate complex interpersonal situations with a science-backed framework. Attendees will walk away from this workshop with a new perspective, supportive practices, and practical skills for applying compassion-based boundaries to challenging situations and encounters.
Want More
Mindful Compassion?
Don't miss our upcoming workshop, Compassion-Based Boundaries: An Introduction, in which WELCOME instructor Jordan Quaglia, PhD offers an introduction to what he calls compassion-based boundaries, a science-backed framework that provides practical skills for navigating complex interpersonal situations.