Tag Result For: mindfulness
- Alicia
- Western Michigan University
- 2016 Spring
Traveling Mindfully: Five Breaths 04/25/16
One of the more emphasized, overarching lessons of the CIMBA program is learning how to be more mindful or aware of the current moment you are in. There were a great many ways to incorporate this into travel, but I chose to concentrate on a single breath in each new place I visited. Cataloging an […]
- Mikaela
- University of Minnesota
- 2016 Spring
What I Gained From Studying Abroad with CIMBA 04/19/16
Like most people, I was hesitant when choosing which CIMBA classes to sign up for. Specifically, I was unsure about the course LEAP, which is a leadership development course. I was teetering between adding LEAP or giving myself more time to travel and hang out. Fortunately, I made the final decision to sign up for LEAP […]
- Mikaela
- University of Minnesota
- 2016 Spring
Being Mindful of Learning Another Language 02/25/16
This past weekend, I traveled through Slovenia; a country where I knew none of the local language. While there, I became much more mindful about the importance of language and culture after an insightful conversation (in English) with a local. Up until now, I have only been to countries where I knew enough of the […]
- Elizabeth
- University of Minnesota
- 2015 Fall
How to Survive without Your Phone during Study Abroad 11/03/15
In the United States, the Internet gives us access to pretty much anything at any given time. At home, we all have plenty of data on our plans each month, and there’s free wifi essentially everywhere we go. If I have a question, I google it. If I need to get somewhere, I use my […]
- Melissa
- Virginia Tech University
- 2014 Fall
IQ, EQ, and what I really brought back from Italy 03/01/15
I’ve been back in the U.S. for almost 3 months now (wow, that was hard to say) and in that time I’ve already seen the benefits of my study abroad experience at work. Not only do I have great stories to tell my friends, I have awesome examples to use for interviews, which I have […]
- John
- University of Delaware
- 2014 Spring
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun! Mindfulness, Projects, Family, and Two Historic Italian Cities 03/11/14
And yet another week flies by at CIMBA. I cannot believe that we are already more than halfway through our semester. I know that I have said it before, but there is just so much happening on campus that, before you know it, you are leaving to travel on the weekend and thinking of everything […]
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- Danielle
- Iowa State University
- 2014 Spring
Mindfulness at CIMBA 02/12/14
Here at CIMBA, a mindfulness practice is offered. Every day at 12:45 a mindfulness practice is lead by some of CIMBA’s staff. Before I came to CIMBA I didn’t know what mindfulness was. After learning about what it is and what the benefits are, I realize how important it is to incorporate into each day. […]
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