Sheridan teaches classes centered on meditation and mental health to university students, athletes and local communities. Certified as an instructor from the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults.
Testimonials
Experience / Training
TEACHING
2021-2023 Meditation Instructor, Tufts University - Student-Athlete Mindfulness Project, Medford MA
2021 Guided Meditations, North Hill Senior Resident Community, Needham MA
2021 Guided Meditations, 286 Broadway artist collective, Cambridge MA
2021 Meditation Instructor for Youth K-6, Mindful Families of Durham, Durham NC
2019 Guided Meditations, Duke University Student Wellness - DuWell, Durham NC
WORKSHOPS
2022 Guest speaker on mental health and athletics, Stonehill College - Hope Happens Here, North Easton MA
2021 Guest speaker: “The Listening Path for Creatives”, Optimist Marketing Agency, Boulder CO
2019-2020 President, Duke Univeristy Buddhist Meditation Community, Durham NC
CERTIFICATIONS/
FURTHER STUDIES
2020 Certified Koru / Mindful Institute for Emerging Adults Teacher, Durham NC
2020 Transcendental Meditation, Providence RI
2019 Research Assistant, Belief, Affect & Behavior Lab at Duke University with Dr. Patty Van Cappellen, Durham NC
2019 Independent study on Buddhist philosophy with Dr. Richard Jaffe, Duke Univeristy, Durham NC
RETREATS
2022 5 Day Silent Retreat at Garrison Institute, Hosted by Josh Korda and Cathy Cherry of Dharma Punx NYC
2019 3 Day Silent Retreat, Buddhist Meditation Community at Duke, Durham NC
2019 3 Day Silent Retreat at Garrison Institute, Actualizing a Realizational Practice: Buddhist Meditation and Psychoanalysis
EDUCATION
2021 Duke University, MA Liberal Studies
2019 Duke University, BA Political Science and Psychology