I had the opportunity observe Ann Hideko Ohkawa’s presentation as part of ADV 101 course. ADV 101 is an advising course strongly recommended for freshman students and required for transfer students. This class meets every other week with a different topic as the subject. For that week CAPS (counseling and psychological services) was invited to teach meditation. Ann, working as an intern at CAPS, was responsible for introducing the students to the class before an instructor started meditation. She was also responsible to give some concluding remarks before the class was dismissed. She introduced students to meditation by talking about its background and benefits for about ten minutes. She led a discussion-oriented introduction. For example,
