The Columbia Law School Mindfulness Program invites you to a meditation for incoming 1L students featuring discussion of mindfulness and law school from current and former CLS JD students, held via live-stream on Wednesday, September 9th from 12:45-1:30pm. These sessions are oriented to beginners and also open to those more experienced with mindfulness practices, and they include guided meditation as well as discussion of mindfulness meditation. Participants are also invited to bring lunch to these sessions and enjoy their meal in community. This session will be led by Caroline Voldstad (bio below).
To access the live-stream of this session, please follow this link.
Caroline Voldstad is a litigation associate with Quinn Emanuel and a graduate of Columbia Law School ('18). In addition to being a practicing lawyer, she has been teaching yoga and meditation for over a decade.Caroline has led classes and workshops in mind-body practices for a variety of audiences at educational and nonprofit institutions. She has also created and led organizations dedicated to promoting yoga and meditative practices at her own educational institutions including The College of the Holy Cross, Harvard Divinity School, and Columbia Law School. 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 also offered mindfulness and meditation guidance for youth in various capacities and for populations involved in the criminal justice system. Caroline has participated in a variety of yoga and mindfulness training and attended several silent retreats. She 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.
