The CLS Mindfulness Program is delighted to invite you to our half day retreat co taught by Caroline Volstad Daniell and Dr. Patricia Bloom in Case Lounge and on Zoom. Students, staff, faculty, and alums are all welcome to attend.
Please RSVP here.
For those joining us in person, we will meet in Case Lounge. For those joining via Zoom, the live-stream can be accessed here.
We're looking forward to seeing you there!
Caroline Voldstad Daniell is a graduate of Columbia Law School ('18) and Harvard Divinity School (MTS '15) who has been teaching yoga and meditation for over a decade. Currently a PhD candidate studying the contribution of contemplative practice to legal ethics, she previously practiced law at Quinn Emanuel in New York, and now teaches yoga and meditation to the firm. She is also currently working as an Associate In-House Counsel at Open Philanthropy. At Columbia Law School, she was involved in building the Mindfulness Program while a student and co-led the Program’s first off-site weekend retreats at the Garrison Institute in the Spring of 2019 and again in January 2020. She has led classes and workshops in mind-body practices for a variety of audiences at educational and nonprofit institutions, including for youth in various capacities and for populations involved in the criminal justice system. Caroline is certified as a 500 hour experienced Yoga Teacher and, most recently, she has completed her foundations training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Caroline believes deeply in the power of contemplative practice to shift individual consciousness and create the possibility of a more connected and caring world.
Patricia Bloom is a physician who has been involved in academic internal medicine and geriatric medicine in New York City for the past 45 years. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center, where she served as both the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and the Director of Integrative Health Programs for the Martha Stewart Center for Living. She is a Certified Teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and has been teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and mindfulness workshops to people with a wide range of medical, psychological, and social stress since 2006.
If you have questions about these or upcoming events, or if any disability accommodations would help you to participate fully in these events, please contact Sarah Cohen at [email protected]. Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities, so please let us know if any changes, for instance to the format of the sound system, would be helpful.
