Stress Management
Follow the daily schedule (HAPPINESS IS A HABIT) provided to make mindfulness a habit in your everyday life.
Benefits:
Decrease stress and helps calm the mind
Increase concentration and focus
Improve academic results
Heightness level of awareness
Improves overall mental and physical wellbeing
AND MUCH MORE!
Deep Breathing
Why deep breathing works...
When your body/mind is flooded with stress it can enter into a state of flight-fight-or-freeze. This response triggers symptoms throughout the body, including rapid and shallow breathing.
Training your body to take deliberate slow and deep breaths can reverse these symptoms, triggering a relaxation response.
Not sold on the benefits of deep breathing yet? Check out these exercises and see how you feel!
Mindfulness
What is this??
The process of intentionally slowing down to focus on the present moment.
Why it works...
1. Mindfulness can help with your physical health and mental health. Studies have shown that mindfulness can help with mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. Studies have also shown that mindfulness can...
Improve sleep quality
Decrease physical pain
Regulate blood pressure
Improve your immune system.
2. Repeated mindfulness practice can impact your brain.
There is research to suggest that mindfulness can actually change parts of your brain such as the hippocampus, amygdala, posterior cingulate, and temporal parietal junction.
Interested in seeing what it's all about?
Here are some guided meditation links. Use them to ground yourself in the present moment and let go of any stress or anxiety you may be feeling.