Virtual Meditation Hour

Join Integrative Health Studies Chair Megan Lipsett for a virtual meditation hour to experience how contemplative practices can restore balance, foster resilience, and support whole-person health.

This session will introduce mindfulness and integrative practices woven throughout the Integrative Health Studies curriculum and invite you to share your own approaches to staying rooted and vital. You’ll connect with other prospective and newly admitted students and have time for questions about the program.

No prior experience is necessary. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Meet the Host

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Professor Megan Lipsett, Ph.D., M.A., RYT, NBC-HWC, is department chair of Integrative Health Studies, where her focus in on training integrative health professionals in socially- and ecologically-informed integrative behavioral health interventions. Megan holds a Ph.D. in Social Health Psychology from the University of Oregon, an M.A. in Integrative Health Studies from CIIS, and was a predoctoral research fellow of Clinical and Translational Research at Oregon Health Science University’s School of Medicine. Megan is also a qualified instructor of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Her research interest is in complimentary and integrative health approaches to prevention of chronic illness and co-morbid psychosocial distress, with a special interest in mindfulness-based interventions for groups that experience higher rates of adversity, stigma, and health inequities. Drawing from health psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, contemplative science, and health neuroscience, she aims to contribute to translational research that identifies biopsychosocial factors of stress resilience and ultimately impacts policy and social change. She explores how socialized beliefs influence emotion regulation and health-relevant behaviors and is interested in the role of adversity, belonging, and self-concept in health outcomes and goal-attainment. She collects noninvasive biomarkers in order to understand how contextual social and environmental factors influence psychological well-being and health.

Additionally, she is interested in social-ecological approaches to community-based health promotion. Megan has a thriving integrative health coaching practice and is the founder of COPIA Health, a company dedicated to teaching integrative, mindful, and sustainable lifestyle practices for individual, community, and environmental flourishing. She has done program development and facilitation for diverse organizations, including integrative medicine centers, transitional women's homes, social worker training centers, environmental awareness groups, benefit corporations, and health and wellness centers. Megan's courses focus on both experiential and scientific knowledge, supporting students in establishing meditative practices, integral lifestyle practices, social and cultural awareness, personal and community empowerment, social equality, and wellness entrepreneurship. She teaches Mindfulness and Stress Physiology, Sustainable Health and Ecological Resilience, and the Wellness Entrepreneurship.