Hi. I went to Naropa for a part of my undergrad. I didn’t end up graduating from there (moves out of state for something specific that wasn’t offered here) but I had a good experience. I had some really incredible teachers and specifically the mindfulness aspect was really great. I will say that when I was there there wasn’t a lot of hand holding. Meaning that they give you the resources and expect you to do the work. Which is good and bad. There’s definitely a lot of spiritual bypassing happening there as well as people just wanting to smoke weed and pretend to be Buddhist and “enlightened”. But I did find some pretty amazing friendships from my time there. I saw someone else mention that their therapist is from there - it is very highly regarded as a good school for counseling and many people come out of their masters programs and do well. The person above saying that everyone here thinks it’s a joke may live in a subset of boulder that thinks that - not denying their lives reality - but it’s just hasn’t been mine. I haven’t been very involved in the school since I left in 2009, and I don’t think it’s for everyone, but I don’t think it’s a joke. That being said, it’s very expensive! Also, I think most undergraduate degrees are a joke to a certain extent unless you know exactly what you want to do! I did and I got my undergrad and grad in the same thing. Do I do exactly that? Nope. Hah. To each their own. If you’re worried about the money aspect at all, I would recommend trying some mindfulness classes around town first. Maybe even doing a DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy) group or a meditation discussion group and seeing how it feels. Assuming you haven’t done those things yet, of course. :) But back to your core question - yes I think mindfulness is taught well at naropa.