Come be in community with others from UChicago in silence, in spiritual practice, in study, and in fun.
Spiritual Life Program Request
Are you a Resident Assistant who wants to bring your house together, a staff or faculty member that would like for us to facilitate a workshop we offer? If you would like to bring one of our many programs (meditation, yoga, community circle) to your community (house, student group, student cohorts), please submit a request here.
Winter 2024
Spiritual Practice
Sit.Breathe.Talk
Meet Facilitator (Rob Zabel) in Ida Noyes 034 (Schedule)
30-minute one-on-one sessions for those who wish to begin or deepen their meditation practice.
Gentle Yoga
Tuesdays | 5:30 pm to 6:30 | Rockefeller Chapel
Focus is on stretching gently and breathing deeply. Connecting poses into a fluid series, we pause in each posture long enough to reconnect to the body and breath, creating a moving meditation. All levels. Bring a yoga mat.
Pranayama Meditation
Wednesdays | 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Rockefeller Chapel
Learn the powerful breath-harnessing practices of pranayama, used for millennia to cleanse impurities and blockages from the energetic body. With a few simple practices of binding, sealing, and containing the breath, the mind slows down and meditation becomes more profound.
Yin Yoga
Thursdays | 4 pm to 5pm | Rockefeller Chapel
A mix of vinyasa, stretching, and restorative poses to slow down, connect with your breath, and find deep rest. Bring a yoga mat.
Tea & Zen
Fridays | 2 to 3 pm | Ida Noyes 034
Slow down with us at the end of the week. Come and enjoy some freshly brewed Chinese tea, traditional tea snacks, and wholesome conversations.
Chi Gong & DAOISM
4-week session: Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb 3 | 11 am to 12 pm | Rockefeller Chapel
Facilitated standing meditation “zhan zhuang” introducing Daoist internal alchemy. Wear long, loose–sleeves and bring water.
IN COLLABORATION
Mindful Breath
Tuesdays | 6 to 7:15 pm | Ida Noyes 034
Focus on supporting community and learn the art of living in harmony with one another and with the earth. The sessions include 30 minutes sitting and 10 minutes walking meditation, followed by sharing and discussion.
Chan (Zen) Meditation
Wednesdays | 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm | Rockefeller
UChicago Buddhist Association’s weekly meditation. Half hour of sitting meditation, followed by an optional dharma teaching.
Rinzai Meditation
Sundays | 1 to 2:15 pm | Bond Chapel
Breath-based meditation. An introduction, followed by two twenty-minute sits and a tea break.
Programs
Community Circles
Mondays | 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm | Ida Noyes 034
A supportive space to walk with and be in community with other members of UChicago. Circles are a blend of sharing and silence, compassion and curiosity, community, connection, and care. This is an opportunity to share what’s on your heart and mind, to listen, and to be listened to deeply and generously. All experiences are welcomed, given space, and seen.
In Good Faith
Wednesdays | 4 pm to 5:30 pm | Ida Noyes 034
A reflective program on topics of the day, where we read aloud stories and conduct a guided meditation through emotions, connections, inherited wisdom and conversation.
Exploring Life’s Questions
Wednesdays | 7:30 pm to 9 pm | Ida Noyes 034
A weekly gathering for seekers and the untraditionally religious/spiritual. Topics change weekly.
Ask Lucy
Thursdays | 11:30 am to 1:30 pm | Reynolds Club Marketplace
Ask our chaplains… anything!
Music
Tea and Pipes
Tuesdays | 4 pm | Rockefeller Chapel
Hear University organist Thomas Weisflog, guests, and student organ scholars play iconic music on the magnificent E.M. Skinner organ.
Bach at Bond
Mondays | 3:30 pm | Bond Chapel
Organ scholar Jacob Reed performs the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.