Event Category: wellness

This all-levels yoga class offers a balanced, accessible practice designed to support both physical ease and mental clarity. Classes typically integrate mindful movement, breath awareness, and simple contemplative elements to help release accumulated tension while maintaining stability and strength. Postures are approached with options and modifications, making the practice appropriate for a wide range of …

Join Help Center clinicians Amy Friedman and Jaimie Lyons at a monthly drop-in group for parents of middle and high school students.  These regular discussions are an opportunity to share parenting concerns while feeling supported by others experiencing this exciting, though challenging, time of rapid change and adjustment.    Meetings take place on the third …

Evening Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times.  All sessions are led by Andy Acker. Open to Stanford Affiliates. Free, no pre-registration is required. 

The Susan Orr Endowed Lecture Series in Children's Health The Current State of Children’s Health and Health Equity in the United States SPEAKER Arvin Garg, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics Director, Child Health Equity Center UMass Chan Medical School   SESSION DESCRIPTION This session will provide an overview of current social policies, state …

Join Faculty Staff Help Center counselors Joe Orovecz and Kelly Stone for a two-session discussion of Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by couples therapist Dr. Sue Johnson. Each meeting will include exercises and activities from the book as well as facilitated discussion. The May 12th meeting will focus on Part …

Relax + Center with Yoga Class with Diane Saenz. A traditional, easy-to-learn system of Hatha Yoga which encourages proper breathing and emphasizes relaxation.  A typical class includes breathing exercises, warm-ups, postures and deep relaxation.  The focus is on a systematic and balanced sequence that builds a strong foundation of basic asanas from which variations may …

Jason V. Tso, MD, will explain VO2 max, a simple measure of how well your body uses oxygen during activity, and why it is one of the strongest indicators of cardiovascular fitness and overall health. He will share how regular physical activity strengthens the heart, improves energy and endurance, lowers the risk of heart disease, diabetes, …

This all-levels yoga class offers a balanced, accessible practice designed to support both physical ease and mental clarity. Classes typically integrate mindful movement, breath awareness, and simple contemplative elements to help release accumulated tension while maintaining stability and strength. Postures are approached with options and modifications, making the practice appropriate for a wide range of …

The 5th annual Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Symposium May 28, 2026. The symposium will begin with a panel discussion of global health leaders, followed by a keynote featuring Dr. Chelsea Clinton in conversation with Secretary Condoleezza Rice, exploring the current landscape and future directions for global health. Registration required.

Evening Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times.  All sessions are led by Andy Acker. Open to Stanford Affiliates. Free, no pre-registration is required.