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The role of spirituality in higher education


There has been much recent discussion on the role of spirituality in higher education, and much emphasis in the past 20 years on the importance of attending to diversity and equity concerns, though for the most part these discussions have been separate.


In the New Millennium: The Role of Spirituality and the Cultural Imagination in Dealing with Diversity and Equity in the Higher Education Classroom


by Elizabeth J. Tisdell — 2007


  • The Role of Spirituality and Cultural Identity in Transformative Adult Higher Education

Tisdell, Elizabeth J., and Derise E. Tolliver. "Claiming a Sacred Face The Role of Spirituality and Cultural Identity in Transformative Adult Higher Education." Journal of Transformative Education 1.4 (2003): 368-392.




  1. Meditation  induces feelings of calmness and clear-headedness and also improve concentration
    Role of spirituality and meditation in higher education.
    Meditation
    and attention and cognitive abilities. Brain researcher Richard Davidson’s research shows that meditation increases the brain’s gray matter density, which can reduce sensitivity to pain, enhance your immune system, help you regulate difficult emotions, and relieve stress. Mindfulness meditation in particular has been proven helpful for people with depression and anxiety, cancer, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, type 2 diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.
  2. Yoga is a centuries-old spiritual practice
    that aims to create a sense of union within the practitioner through physical postures, ethical behaviors, and breath expansion. 
  3. The systematic practice of yoga has been found to reduce inflammation and stress, decrease depression and anxiety, lower blood pressure, and increase feelings of wellbeing.



      3.Spiritual people make healthier choices
   
   

   4.Dont be religious if you dont want to but do things religiously,is the spirituality concept.

      



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