This religion elective aims to enable students to gain a better sense of life direction through a holistic exploration of their bodies, minds, and hearts. The starting point of this journey is the assumption that each aspect of the self - body, mind, and heart - has its own unique intelligence that it brings to bear in addressing the question of purpose in life. The class, then, consists in teaching about and training of each intelligence to bring it into greater sympathetic resonance with other aspects of the self. The training of the body asks students to find ways to improve their physical health; the training of the mind helps them to identify and understand their personality type; and training of the heart uses various spiritual practices to cultivate a more open, grateful, and empathic disposition. It is hoped that this intensive self-exploration will enable students to be more at ease with themselves and help them to better understand how they can lead a life of purpose and service to society.
Students will:
- Enhance their nutritional intake and physical health.
- Discover their personality type and learn how to rebalance it through a variety of different practices and meditations.
- Observe their emotional reactions and learn how to respond more positively with acceptance and gratitude.
- Create their own personalized wellbeing practice.
- Apply learning about their bodies, minds, and hearts to a consideration of their university, career, and future life choices.
Major summative assessments include a nutrition project, a spiritual practices project, and a final paper summarizing students’ learning from the semester.
- Nutrition and Intention Project
- Personality Type and Spiritual Practices Project
- DIY Wellness Project
- Final paper
“I walked into this class not knowing what we were going to learn, how the atmosphere was going to be like, how the teacher would be like but after a couple of weeks, I realized how comforting and fun this course was. Leaning definitely more towards a chill course, we were guided through different spiritual activities to find our purpose in life and our spiritual identity. This course's name definitely suited what we went through as we really were searching for ourselves whether that be identifying our key personality traits or connecting our mind, body, and hearts together. I definitely recommend this “religion“ course if you want a relaxing eye-opener class to see more hidden gems about yourself that you might have been unaware of before.”
- Anonymous