HMS Counseling Corner - Zen Zone Hangout

The "Zen Zone" Hangout is a peaceful, calm, and quiet retreat where students can drop-in to relax and destress at lunch. It is located in the HMS Wellness Lounge. Doors open at 12:35pm on Tuesday-Thursday. Students can particpate in optional mindfulness activities such as breathing exercises, meditation and yoga, as well as activities that reduce stress and increase calm while enjoying sights and sounds of nature with zen music on our oversized screen. These activities include reading, journaling, drawing, puzzles, zen sand tray play, origami, or quiet games.

The Mindfulness Studio

The Mindfulness Studio is open during the 'Zen Zone' Hangout so students can Drift into wellness using our kinetic sandscape sand table that increases relaxation, boosts mood, and enhances focus. This visual meditation coupled with background sounds of smooth white, pink, and brown noise found in sound relaxation therapy, inspires mindfulness. The sand table's soft pulsating lights emulate and encourage deep breathing while the mesmerizing moving sand designs, create calm.

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Mindfulness Pod Experiences

Explore Mindfulness using one of our activity iPads with noise canceling headphones!

Students will be able to enjoy an immersive experience of mindfulness in our new and innovative pods which will be located in our Wellness Lounge and Literacy Lab. Students will use noise canceling headphones along with an iPad & Wellness Experiences designed to reduce stress and anxiety by placing focus on “being,” rather than doing. The Wellness Experiences will help cultivate inner peace and relaxation so students can return to the classroom with a strengthened attention span and sense of calm, so they are ready to learn. The Mindfulness Pod’s Immersive Experiences Include:

Breathing & Relaxation Exercises
Building Gratitude Habits
Sound Baths To Reduce Stress & Tension
Guided Meditations
The Virtual Outdoors
Developing Coping Strategies
Creating Inner Calm Through Art
Self-Regulation Practices