Now is the time for Naropa to take its seat as the premiere teaching institution in contemplative and mindfulness education for the next chapter in its 500-year journey.
Make a gift to Naropa nowFour decades ago, Naropa pioneered a movement in higher education, defining a new
way to educate that combines the best of Eastern wisdom and Western scholarly traditions.
Naropa's unique vision for a better educational model planted the seed for the "mindfulness
revolution" (TIME, February 2014) now taking hold across the country. Today, mindfulness
practice infuses corporate and business culture, healthcare, nonprofits, and the military.
The hallmark of Naropa's educational approach is contemplative pedagogy. Integrated into all of the university's academic disciplines and departments, contemplative pedagogy makes Naropa a multi-layered experience of rigorous academics and purposefully designed contemplative experiences, encouraging self-awareness and compassion for others.
Contemplative practice and pedagogy foster the self-awareness, compassion, and confidence our students need to change the world. Naropa alumni take their experiences here and go on to serve their communities through innovative careers that include social entrepreneurship, environmental leadership, activism, artistic achievement, and the helping professions.
Naropa's unique learning approach has drawn faculty from a wide array of spiritual and religious traditions, linked together by a desire to integrate inner-knowing into their classrooms. For forty years, our faculty have collaborated, critiqued, experimented, and established numerous contemplative pedagogies that serve as a standard in this emergent field, which are in use across a variety of platforms, conferences, and practices.
In celebration of its 40th year, now is the time for Naropa to take its seat as the premiere teaching institution in contemplative and mindfulness education for the next chapter in its 500-year journey.
How will you support the next steps in our journey?
In addition to our existing giving opportunities, we are developing a menu of opportunities to support Naropa's future.