![]() Traveling across the country to move by myself was an added layer of stress that I knew would challenge me. Moving is exhausting and starting a new school year can be overwhelming. Taking time to simply reflect, check in with myself, and reset if I felt like I needed it helped me in adjusting to big changes in my life. I made sure that for at least a short period of time during each day, I would close my bedroom door and let myself just be, which can sometimes be challenging when life at college moves so fast. The first thing I learned is that taking time alone is necessary to maintain a positive mental attitude. I’ve spent the last few years working on myself to become more confident mentally, physically, and emotionally. ![]() I realized a lot of things about myself and more importantly, tried to pinpoint strategies for myself to relieve the stress and chaos that comes with big transitions. I learned a lot from the experience and moving across the country into a completely different environment prompted a lot of self-reflection. I’ve never lived on my own in the sense that I have the responsibility to cook, clean, pay my own rent, and all of the other tasks that come along with being an official “apartment owner.” I transitioned from living in a house to an apartment with three other girls. The idea of moving my entire life back to the state of Wisconsin from San Francisco was daunting for me, especially after getting so comfortable spending my summer in my hometown. Most college students know that it’s not always easy transitioning from the comforts of home to a new living environment at school. Please welcome the first blog post from our fall/winter intern: Amanda Briskin! Choosing a college is hard, but actually moving away (or not) and starting college is one of the biggest life transitions for a young adult. If you are like many high school students, fall/wintertime is THE time to go travel and visit college campuses to see what life has to offer post high school.Īt Synergy eTherapy, we are super lucky to have 2 amazing college interns who have made the transition (and arguably, will be continuing to make this transition throughout their 4+ years!) and can shed some light onto the subject. The funding helps groups of outstanding researchers to pool different skills, knowledge and resources to push the frontiers of our knowledge.Big Transitions. The European Research Center is supporting a total of 37 projects from Europe and beyond in this year's Synergy Grants award, totaling €359 million. "We are happy to have Professor Carola Lorea, a researcher at the University of Tübingen, who dares to tackle such an ambitious project." This is how a now global phenomenon like mantras can be studied," said Professor Karla Pollmann, rector of the University of Tübingen. "Field research across several continents requires international collaborations. She developed the project MANTRAMS - Mantras in religion, media and society in global Southern Asia - together with Borayin Larios from the University of Vienna, Finnian Gerety from Brown University, Andrea Acri from EPHE Paris and Gudrun Bühnemann from Madison, Wisconsin. The research project will for the first time develop a global history and anthropology of mantras and will create extensive digital sound, visual and textual archives for this purpose.Ĭarola Lorea is Professor of Religious Studies/Rethinking Global Religion at the University of Tübingen. More than 1.5 billion people worldwide use mantras for rituals, healing practices or meditation. It means a sacred utterance, formula, or powerful syllable. “Mantra” is an ancient Sanskrit word, now common in many Asian and European languages. Brown University, has been awarded a 9.6 million euro Synergy Grant from the European Research Council to research mantras. Professor Carola Lorea, a scholar of South Asian religions and cultures from Tübingen, together with her colleagues from the University of Vienna and the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lorea (middle) und Finnian Gerety (left) und Borayin Larios (right) ![]()
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