Welcome to the UNO Mindfulness Club website!
At the UNO Mindfulness club, we practice (you guessed it) mindfulness. The club meets once a week during UNO's semester, and each meeting lasts for one hour. Each regular meeting is usually broken down into three sections which are split into 20 minutes each.
20 minutes of personal sharing | 20 minutes of meditation | 20 minutes of discussions or activities relating to mindfulness
Mindfulness is the practice of being aware. It is an ancient art that helps put us in touch with ourselves, life, and the present moment. There are countless benefits from being mindful, ranging from stress relief, to increased happiness, to a sense of inner peace, and more.
"Mindfulness is when you are truly there, mind and body together. You breathe in and out mindfully,
you bring your mind back to your body, and you are there. When your mind is there with your body, you are established in the present moment."
- Thich Nhat Hanh
For Fall 2024, the club is currently scheduled to meet at 4 P.M. on Thursdays and 3 P.M. on Sundays in the Milo Bail Student Center. Please email us using the contact information below for more information.
Meet our club officers. Jonathan, pictured below, is the club president, cofounder, and codeveloper of this website. Jonathan is an IT innovation major who is pursuing a career in tech. He enjoys going for long walks, traveling, learning new tech skills, and playing video games. He has years of experience practicing meditation, particularly in the tradition of Vietnamese Monk Thich Nhat Hanh.
Aaron Ossino is the club vice president, and a recent graduate of UNO with his bachelor's in Psychology and Black Studies. He is currently a master's student in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at UNO. Aaron is a co-founder of the UNO Mindfulness Club, along with Jonathan Rothe. He completed his 200hr meditation teacher training from the Three Jewels Yoga and Meditation Center in New York City in December of 2022. His training is rooted in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy with an emphasis on Karma and Emptiness. Aaron has facilitated and guided meditation for the UNO Mindfulness Club for the past 4 years. He enjoys working out and playing video games in his little free time.
Lindsay Knieper is the staff advisor of the club, and a longtime student and teacher of movement and mindfulness practices. She aspires to support others on their journeys of self-discovery and connection as an instructor of Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga at the University of Nebraska Omaha. When she’s not teaching, you'll find Lindsay hiking, camping, howling at the moon, and sitting around the fire with her husband and their two wildlings.
The UNO Mindfulness Club is a student organization at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The goal of the organization is to bring people together to practice mindfulness. The club is a place for togetherness and spirituality in a campus setting, open to all who wish to experience the benefits of mindfulness.