web02.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:22:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Mindful U at Naropa University - Episodes Tagged with “Restorative Justice” https://mindful-u-at-naropa-university.fireside.fm/tags/restorative%20justice Wed, 20 Jul 2022 02:00:00 -0600 As the birthplace of the mindfulness movement in the United States, Naropa University has a unique perspective when it comes to higher education in the West. Founded in 1974 by renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and lineage holder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa was intended to be a place where students could study Eastern and Western religions, writing, psychology, science, and the arts, while also receiving contemplative and meditation training. Forty-three years later, Naropa is a leader in ‘contemplative education’, a pedagogical approach that blends rigorous academics, contemplative practice, and experiential learning. Naropa President Chuck Lief explains, “Mindfulness here is not a class. Mindfulness is basically the underpinning of what we do in all of our classes. That said, the flavor or the color of mindfulness from class to class is really completely up to the individual faculty member to work on—on their own. So, what happens in a poetry class is going to look very different from what happens in a research psychology class. But, one way or another the contemplative practices are brought into the mix.” This podcast is for those with an interest in mindfulness and a curiosity about its place in both higher education and the world at large. Hosted by Naropa alumnus and Multimedia Manager David DeVine, episodes feature Naropa faculty, alumni, and special guests on a wide variety of topics including compassion, permaculture, social justice, herbal healing, and green architecture—to name a few. Listen to explore the transformative possibilities of mindfulness, both in the classroom and beyond! en-us episodic Thoughts and Instruction on Mindfulness in Higher Education Naropa University As the birthplace of the mindfulness movement in the United States, Naropa University has a unique perspective when it comes to higher education in the West. Founded in 1974 by renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and lineage holder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa was intended to be a place where students could study Eastern and Western religions, writing, psychology, science, and the arts, while also receiving contemplative and meditation training. Forty-three years later, Naropa is a leader in ‘contemplative education’, a pedagogical approach that blends rigorous academics, contemplative practice, and experiential learning. Naropa President Chuck Lief explains, “Mindfulness here is not a class. Mindfulness is basically the underpinning of what we do in all of our classes. That said, the flavor or the color of mindfulness from class to class is really completely up to the individual faculty member to work on—on their own. So, what happens in a poetry class is going to look very different from what happens in a research psychology class. But, one way or another the contemplative practices are brought into the mix.” This podcast is for those with an interest in mindfulness and a curiosity about its place in both higher education and the world at large. Hosted by Naropa alumnus and Multimedia Manager David DeVine, episodes feature Naropa faculty, alumni, and special guests on a wide variety of topics including compassion, permaculture, social justice, herbal healing, and green architecture—to name a few. Listen to explore the transformative possibilities of mindfulness, both in the classroom and beyond! no mindful u, higher education, mindful university, school of buddhism, contemplative education, psychedelic therapy, psychedelic assisted therapy, psychedelic chaplaincy, colleges in colorado, boulder colorado university Naropa University naropamoment@gmail.com 86. Tai Amri Poetics: Beautiful Ashe https://mindful-u-at-naropa-university.fireside.fm/tai-amri-poetics d3c369ca-7446-4be2-813e-1e28f12c392a Wed, 20 Jul 2022 02:00:00 -0600 Naropa University full Naropa University "I started Allies in Action at Naropa while I was there as a student, and also was the editor of Tendril, which was a journal on diversity. And that really came out of my feelings of like, man it’s really hard being black in Boulder, and being black at Naropa was also very difficult. And — and I was getting triggered all the time, and micro-aggressions, which I didn’t have language for at the time, I just like, I’m not gonna be able to graduate from here if I don’t do something to try to change it. And Allies in Action was really like - how do we address unaddressed privilege and oppression in the school environment? And I feel like B.L.A.C.K Lawrence tries to do a lot of that, as well as how do we create space for black creators in a place where there’s not a lot of us.” 46:56 no Tai Amri: "I started Allies in Action at Naropa while I was there as a student, and also was the editor of Tendril, which was a journal on diversity. And that really came out of my feelings of like, man it’s really hard being black in Boulder, and being black at Naropa was also very difficult. And — and I was getting triggered all the time, and micro-aggressions, which I didn’t have language for at the time - I just like, I’m not gonna be able to graduate from here if I don’t do something to try to change it. And Allies in Action was really like - how do we address unaddressed privilege and oppression in the school environment? And I feel like B.L.A.C.K Lawrence tries to do a lot of that, as well as how do we create space for black creators in a place where there’s not a lot of us.” Beautiful Ashe: Memoirs of A Sweet Black Boy and Other Poems Beautiful Ashe: Memoirs of A Sweet Black Boy Tai Amri (https://www.blurb.com/b/10758753-beautiful-ashe) In This Episode: -Influence of Music in Writing -Black Studies & Black Aesthetics -Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics -Black Literature & Arts Collective of Kansas -Tai Amri Original Spoken Poetry -Elegba - Trickster God, African Deity -Obatala - African Deity of Peace & Creativity -Pantheon of Orishas -Influential Teachers of Color at Naropa -Soltahr Tiv-Amanda (http://soltahr.com/) Soltahr.com -Malaika Pettigrew Remembering Malaika (https://www.malaikapettigrew.com/) Tai’s Favorite Jazz Musician: This Is Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO3S0ZGe?si=2099b70fa06a41f9) http://artblakey.com/ More Influence: Tito Puente This Is Tito Puente on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO44lISP?si=1210829a48dc426e) Bob Marley Legend - The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/4jKeipwuUTjlx9USNYdhZn?si=OEDpa9jVSCuln-dmZ9tDSg) Poetic Influence: https://soniasanchez.net/ Sonia Sanchez (https://soniasanchez.net/) https://whitmanarchive.org/ Walt Whitman (https://whitmanarchive.org/) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amiri-baraka Amiri Baraka - Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amiri-baraka) Naropa's Office for Inclusive Community (https://www.naropa.edu/about-naropa/naropa-mission-and-values/office-for-inclusive-community/) Get To Know Your Host: Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-devine-an-intimate-interview-and-mindful-u-year/id1293885372?i=1000423270893) Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HYmXIB6XJbrPwpAfiXMK5?si=d31325fbc7e149a4) Your Next Noteworthy Listen: MU 79: Anthony Gallucci: Re-Establishing Masculinity (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mu-79-anthony-gallucci-re-establishing-masculinity/id1293885372?i=1000465892494) Special Guest: Tai Amri. poetry, journaling, diversity, naropa university, jack kerouac, tai amri, b.l.a.c.k lawrence, beautiful ashe Tai Amri:
"I started Allies in Action at Naropa while I was there as a student, and also was the editor of Tendril, which was a journal on diversity. And that really came out of my feelings of like, man it’s really hard being black in Boulder, and being black at Naropa was also very difficult. And — and I was getting triggered all the time, and micro-aggressions, which I didn’t have language for at the time - I just like, I’m not gonna be able to graduate from here if I don’t do something to try to change it. And Allies in Action was really like - how do we address unaddressed privilege and oppression in the school environment? And I feel like B.L.A.C.K Lawrence tries to do a lot of that, as well as how do we create space for black creators in a place where there’s not a lot of us.”

Beautiful Ashe: Memoirs of A Sweet Black Boy and Other Poems
Beautiful Ashe: Memoirs of A Sweet Black Boy Tai Amri

In This Episode:
-Influence of Music in Writing
-Black Studies & Black Aesthetics
-Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
-Black Literature & Arts Collective of Kansas
-Tai Amri Original Spoken Poetry
-Elegba - Trickster God, African Deity
-Obatala - African Deity of Peace & Creativity
-Pantheon of Orishas
-Influential Teachers of Color at Naropa
-Soltahr Tiv-Amanda
Soltahr.com
-Malaika Pettigrew
Remembering Malaika

Tai’s Favorite Jazz Musician:
This Is Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers on Spotify

http://artblakey.com/

More Influence:

Tito Puente
This Is Tito Puente on Spotify

Bob Marley
Legend - The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers on Spotify

Poetic Influence:
https://soniasanchez.net/
Sonia Sanchez

https://whitmanarchive.org/
Walt Whitman

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amiri-baraka
Amiri Baraka - Poetry Foundation

Naropa's Office for Inclusive Community

Get To Know Your Host:
Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review
Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Your Next Noteworthy Listen:
MU 79: Anthony Gallucci: Re-Establishing Masculinity

Special Guest: Tai Amri.

Support Mindful U at Naropa University

]]> Tai Amri:
"I started Allies in Action at Naropa while I was there as a student, and also was the editor of Tendril, which was a journal on diversity. And that really came out of my feelings of like, man it’s really hard being black in Boulder, and being black at Naropa was also very difficult. And — and I was getting triggered all the time, and micro-aggressions, which I didn’t have language for at the time - I just like, I’m not gonna be able to graduate from here if I don’t do something to try to change it. And Allies in Action was really like - how do we address unaddressed privilege and oppression in the school environment? And I feel like B.L.A.C.K Lawrence tries to do a lot of that, as well as how do we create space for black creators in a place where there’s not a lot of us.”

Beautiful Ashe: Memoirs of A Sweet Black Boy and Other Poems
Beautiful Ashe: Memoirs of A Sweet Black Boy Tai Amri

In This Episode:
-Influence of Music in Writing
-Black Studies & Black Aesthetics
-Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
-Black Literature & Arts Collective of Kansas
-Tai Amri Original Spoken Poetry
-Elegba - Trickster God, African Deity
-Obatala - African Deity of Peace & Creativity
-Pantheon of Orishas
-Influential Teachers of Color at Naropa
-Soltahr Tiv-Amanda
Soltahr.com
-Malaika Pettigrew
Remembering Malaika

Tai’s Favorite Jazz Musician:
This Is Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers on Spotify

http://artblakey.com/

More Influence:

Tito Puente
This Is Tito Puente on Spotify

Bob Marley
Legend - The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers on Spotify

Poetic Influence:
https://soniasanchez.net/
Sonia Sanchez

https://whitmanarchive.org/
Walt Whitman

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amiri-baraka
Amiri Baraka - Poetry Foundation

Naropa's Office for Inclusive Community

Get To Know Your Host:
Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review
Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Your Next Noteworthy Listen:
MU 79: Anthony Gallucci: Re-Establishing Masculinity

Special Guest: Tai Amri.

Support Mindful U at Naropa University

]]> 85. Regina Smith: Visions of a Thriving Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community https://mindful-u-at-naropa-university.fireside.fm/regina-smith-mcic 90edbb55-dd01-484e-85a1-adf724e88e5d Fri, 01 Jul 2022 05:30:00 -0600 Naropa University full Naropa University Regina Smith, Masters in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Buddhist Psychology from Naropa, has a contemplated what a thriving mission, culture, and inclusivity-driven community could look like. Tune into this episode to get a glimpse of her vision and find out how you can help. 59:18 no Regina Smith, Masters in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Buddhist Psychology from Naropa, has a contemplated what a thriving mission, culture, and inclusivity-driven community could look like. Regina and her Naropa team are mirroring this vision in order to make it less of a dream and more reality. Tune into this episode to catch a glimpse of her insights and find out how you can help. Episode Links: Nikki Giovanni (https://nikki-giovanni.com/) Poetry: Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day (https://nikki-giovanni.com/works/poetry/cotton-candy-on-a-rainy-day/) Ubuntu I Am Because We Are (https://www.ttbook.org/interview/i-am-because-we-are-african-philosophy-ubuntu#:~:text=In%20practice%2C%20ubuntu%20means%20believing,no%20tensions%2C%22%20said%20Ogude.) Novel: Feminist Accountability Buy it at the Boulder Bookstore (https://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780814777152) Big Quotes: "One of the things I know is that I’m not the one who knows, I’ve decided to demote myself from being the one who knows. So, I can just tell you about my experience, I can’t tell you whether it’s the ultimate truth." "How do we become okay with not being special or important or central, but rather becoming what’s needed for the collective to thrive?" Get To Know Your Host: Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-devine-an-intimate-interview-and-mindful-u-year/id1293885372?i=1000423270893) Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HYmXIB6XJbrPwpAfiXMK5?si=d31325fbc7e149a4) Your Next Noteworthy Listen: 02. Judith Zimmer-Brown: The Science and Practice of Compassion (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindful-u-at-naropa-university/id1293885372?i=1000393315902) Special Guest: Regina-Smith. restorative justice, inclusivity, community, restorative community, buddhism, how to create inclusive community Regina Smith, Masters in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Buddhist Psychology from Naropa, has a contemplated what a thriving mission, culture, and inclusivity-driven community could look like. Regina and her Naropa team are mirroring this vision in order to make it less of a dream and more reality. Tune into this episode to catch a glimpse of her insights and find out how you can help.

Episode Links:

Nikki Giovanni

Poetry: Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day

Ubuntu
I Am Because We Are

Novel: Feminist Accountability
Buy it at the Boulder Bookstore

Big Quotes:
"One of the things I know is that I’m not the one who knows, I’ve decided to demote myself from being the one who knows. So, I can just tell you about my experience, I can’t tell you whether it’s the ultimate truth."

"How do we become okay with not being special or important or central, but rather becoming what’s needed for the collective to thrive?"

Get To Know Your Host:
Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Your Next Noteworthy Listen:
02. Judith Zimmer-Brown: The Science and Practice of Compassion

Special Guest: Regina-Smith.

Support Mindful U at Naropa University

]]> Regina Smith, Masters in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Buddhist Psychology from Naropa, has a contemplated what a thriving mission, culture, and inclusivity-driven community could look like. Regina and her Naropa team are mirroring this vision in order to make it less of a dream and more reality. Tune into this episode to catch a glimpse of her insights and find out how you can help.

Episode Links:

Nikki Giovanni

Poetry: Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day

Ubuntu
I Am Because We Are

Novel: Feminist Accountability
Buy it at the Boulder Bookstore

Big Quotes:
"One of the things I know is that I’m not the one who knows, I’ve decided to demote myself from being the one who knows. So, I can just tell you about my experience, I can’t tell you whether it’s the ultimate truth."

"How do we become okay with not being special or important or central, but rather becoming what’s needed for the collective to thrive?"

Get To Know Your Host:
Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Your Next Noteworthy Listen:
02. Judith Zimmer-Brown: The Science and Practice of Compassion

Special Guest: Regina-Smith.

Support Mindful U at Naropa University

]]> 84. Jamelah & Amanda: Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community at Naropa https://mindful-u-at-naropa-university.fireside.fm/mission-culture-inclusive-community 1db8cad9-9227-4ca0-a749-23bb328074e3 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:00:00 -0600 Naropa University full Naropa University Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community is an important development in Naropa's recent history. MCIC was created post murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor - when the push for closer alignment with the University's values and mission was necessary for the conscious evolution of our community. Learn more about this division of Naropa from Jamelah & Amanda in this Mindful U Podcast episode. 49:23 no Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community is a new division at Naropa University. It was created post murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor - when the push for closer alignment with unconditional peace was necessary for the conscious evolution of our Naropa community as mindfulness leaders. Learn more about the work this division is doing at Naropa from Jamelah - Restorative Community Coordinator & Amanda - Senior Director of Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community - in this Mindful U Podcast episode. Learn more about: -Transformative Justice Practices -Enhancing & Repairing Community Systems -Self-Regulation -Pro-Active Community Building -The Importance of Trust & Relationship Building Learn a term: -J.E.D.I. Conflicts - Justice. Equity. Diversity. Inclusion. Get To Know Your Host: Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-devine-an-intimate-interview-and-mindful-u-year/id1293885372?i=1000423270893) Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HYmXIB6XJbrPwpAfiXMK5?si=d31325fbc7e149a4)** **Your Next Noteworthy Listen: Travis Cox: Ecopsychology & Psychedelics (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/travis-cox-ecopsychology-and-psychedelics/id1293885372?i=1000552233730) Special Guests: Amanda Aguilera and Jamelah Zidan. restorative justice, inclusivity, community, restorative community, buddhism, transformative justice, reformation Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community is a new division at Naropa University. It was created post murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor - when the push for closer alignment with unconditional peace was necessary for the conscious evolution of our Naropa community as mindfulness leaders. Learn more about the work this division is doing at Naropa from Jamelah - Restorative Community Coordinator & Amanda - Senior Director of Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community - in this Mindful U Podcast episode.

Learn more about:
-Transformative Justice Practices
-Enhancing & Repairing Community Systems
-Self-Regulation
-Pro-Active Community Building
-The Importance of Trust & Relationship Building

Learn a term:
-J.E.D.I. Conflicts -
Justice.
Equity.
Diversity.
Inclusion.

Get To Know Your Host:
Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review
**

**Your Next Noteworthy Listen:
Travis Cox: Ecopsychology & Psychedelics

Special Guests: Amanda Aguilera and Jamelah Zidan.

Support Mindful U at Naropa University

]]> Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community is a new division at Naropa University. It was created post murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor - when the push for closer alignment with unconditional peace was necessary for the conscious evolution of our Naropa community as mindfulness leaders. Learn more about the work this division is doing at Naropa from Jamelah - Restorative Community Coordinator & Amanda - Senior Director of Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community - in this Mindful U Podcast episode.

Learn more about:
-Transformative Justice Practices
-Enhancing & Repairing Community Systems
-Self-Regulation
-Pro-Active Community Building
-The Importance of Trust & Relationship Building

Learn a term:
-J.E.D.I. Conflicts -
Justice.
Equity.
Diversity.
Inclusion.

Get To Know Your Host:
Apple: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review

Spotify: David DeVine: An Intimate Interview and Mindful U Year In Review
**

**Your Next Noteworthy Listen:
Travis Cox: Ecopsychology & Psychedelics

Special Guests: Amanda Aguilera and Jamelah Zidan.

Support Mindful U at Naropa University

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