Are you looking for a way to reduce anxiety and learn mindfulness skills?
This course provides the relative theoretical and practical skills within mindfulness and is related to emotional exploration as well. The well-developed curriculum is based on understanding the development of youths’ physical and psychological characteristics, existing strategies of mitigating emotional distress from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and targeted mindfulness teaching techniques for youths. Additionally, a creative component is from the Buddhist teaching of investigation (dhamma-vicaya), which provides an easy-to-use way to pursue a deeper process behind the mindful experience.
Course Objectives:
- Enhancing focus: Cultivating the ability to concentrate better, allowing individuals to stay attuned to the task or activity at hand with reduced distractions.
- Heightening self-awareness: Through mindfulness, individuals gain a deeper understanding of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, enabling better self-management.
- Improving emotional regulation: The practice helps individuals better cope with stress and challenges by regulating emotions, staying calm and rational, and minimizing the impact of impulsive and negative feelings.
- Cultivating investigative thinking patterns: Understanding and practicing mindfulness facilitates investigative thinking patterns, helping to prevent negative emotions and become more rational.
Course Details:
- In-person 6-week course at Trent University's Peterborough Symons campus
- Sessions run every Tuesday from 6 PM - 9 PM plus additional trip to the Buddhist Temple in Bethany for one class.
- Price:
- $400 for community members (Discounted for those starting in week 2)
- Trent undergraduate students receive a 30% off discount. Please email microcredential@trentu.ca for more details.
- Trent alumni receive a 10% off discount. Please email alumni@trentu.ca for more details.
- Current Trent staff and faculty receive 20% off. Please email microcredential@trentu.ca for more information.
NOTE: Only one discount code can be used per order
Want to Test the Waters Before Committing?
We are now offering an introductory session that invites participants to explore foundational mindfulness techniques aimed at helping you reduce stress, enhance focus, and improve emotional resilience in both personal and professional settings.
Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2025
Time: 3 pm-4 pm
Location: Bata Library 202
Led by a trained mindfulness facilitator, this session will guide you through core practices such as breathwork, grounding, and gentle self-awareness exercises. You’ll also learn how mindfulness can be applied in everyday life and discover whether the full micro-credential is right for you.
In Partnership with:
Lessons:
1. Mindfulness - Understand and experience the 3 principles of meditation
2. Investigation - Learn the additional skill of mindfulness to deepen exploring
3. Identifying the Bodily Sensation between your body with breath
4. Observing the Inner Feeling by identifying the difference between feelings and emotions
5. Releasing Negative Emotion - Increase the ability to notice the present body sensation, feeling, and emotions
6. Balancing the inside and outside/Daily attitudes
This is a course with no reading involved, requiring practitioners to practice for 15–20 minutes daily after each session. Of course, anyone who prefers to extend their practice time based on personal preferences and needs is more than welcome to do so.
At the end of the course, a 500-word reflection report is required for submission.
Evaluation:
This course is evaluated based on attendance at workshops, assessments by the supervisor, and completing an end-of-program reflection.
How to Register:
Our next session will run in June 2026
To register your interest in the program click here
(we will get in contact when we have the confirmed dates)
Prerequisites:
There are no formal prerequisites for this course, although an interest in mindfulness would be beneficial.