{"id":2339,"date":"2022-04-13T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:06:23","slug":"mental-health-week-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/mental-health-week-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Week 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mental Health Week 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Mindful Moments (Online)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday May 2, 12:00-12:15pm <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take a short break and engage in two simple mindfulness exercises (just 15 minutes!). These practices can help calm your nervous system, relax your body, and promote clarity and focus in your mind. Take-home instructions for several mindful practices will be offered at the end of the session (also available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-04\/RRU%20Mindfulness%20Resource.pdf\">here<\/a>), helping you build your mindfulness toolkit. No experience necessary and everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Please register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops\">https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zoom link for session: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82424057893\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82424057893<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the session, please contact <a href=\"https:&#x2f;&#x2f;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x75;&#x6e;&#x73;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x69;&#x6e;&#x67;&#x40;&#x72;&#x6f;&#x79;&#x61;&#x6c;&#x72;&#x6f;&#x61;&#x64;&#x73;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;\">&#x63;&#111;u&#x6e;&#x73;&#101;l&#x6c;&#x69;&#110;g&#x40;&#114;o&#x79;&#x61;&#108;r&#x6f;&#x61;&#100;s&#x2e;&#99;&#97;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cultivating Wellbeing in Tumultuous Times \u2013 Online Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at 12:00-1:00pm PST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It continues to be a challenging time in our world. Maintaining our health and wellbeing while coping with the demands of life, studies, and a variety of other stressors, is not easy. In acknowledgement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealthweek.ca\/\">Mental Health Week<\/a>, we invite students to pause and prioritize their wellbeing. Facilitated by RRU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/student-counselling\">Counselling &amp; Learning Strategy Team<\/a>, this workshop will offer some space to explore the impacts of uncertainty, stress and grief. It will also offer strategies to increase your resilience in your personal, academic and work life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This session will offer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strategies for how to manage stress in healthy ways<\/li>\n<li>Tips on how to respond to adversity and failure<\/li>\n<li>Strategies to improve physical and mental health<\/li>\n<li>Skills to shift negative thought patterns<\/li>\n<li>A model for building resilience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please register: <a href=\"https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops\">https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This online workshop will be offered via Zoom: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82424057893\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82424057893<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about the workshop, please email <a href=\"mail&#116;&#111;&#58;&#99;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#x73;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x69;&#x6e;&#x67;&#x40;&#x72;&#x6f;yalr&#111;&#97;&#100;&#115;&#46;&#99;&#97;\">&#x63;&#x6f;&#x75;&#110;&#115;el&#x6c;&#x69;&#x6e;&#103;&#64;ro&#x79;&#x61;&#x6c;&#114;&#111;ad&#x73;&#x2e;&#x63;&#97;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoga for Mental Health Week <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday May 4<sup>th<\/sup> at 4:00-5:00pm in the Recreation Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme for Mental Health Week is <strong><em>empathy<\/em><\/strong>. Join RRU&#8217;s talented yoga instructor, Nancy Prevost-Maurice, for a yoga class dedicated to cultivating empathy for ourselves and others. Nancy will lead us through a series of poses and movements that honour our bodies and minds, and all they do for us. She will also highlight the ways yoga practices can support our mental health and wellbeing. Beginners are welcome, and options will be provided for all levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open to all students and staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please bring a mat if you have one, some will also be provided. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please register: <a href=\"https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops\">https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, please email <a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;c&#111;&#x75;&#x6e;s&#101;&#x6c;&#x6c;i&#110;&#x67;&#x40;r&#111;&#x79;&#x61;l&#114;&#x6f;a&#100;&#115;&#x2e;c&#97;\">&#99;&#x6f;&#x75;n&#115;&#x65;l&#108;&#x69;&#x6e;g&#64;&#x72;o&#121;&#x61;&#x6c;r&#111;&#x61;d&#115;&#x2e;&#x63;&#97;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mindful Walk in the Gardens <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday May 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 12:15-12:45pm *Meet outside Library main doors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/student-counselling\">Counselling &amp; Learning Strategy team<\/a> for a walk through RRU&#8217;s stunning gardens, while also learning some mindfulness exercises that can help manage stress and improve focus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet outside the main entrance to the library at 12:15pm<\/strong>, and dress appropriately for weather. We will go out rain or shine! All students are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Please register: <a href=\"https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops\">https:\/\/libcal.royalroads.ca\/calendar\/academic_coaching_workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, please email <a href=\"mail&#116;&#111;&#58;&#99;&#111;&#x75;&#x6e;&#x73;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x69;ng&#64;r&#111;&#121;&#97;&#108;&#114;&#x6f;&#x61;&#x64;&#x73;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;\">&#x63;&#x6f;&#x75;&#110;&#115;&#101;ll&#x69;&#x6e;&#x67;&#x40;&#114;&#111;ya&#x6c;&#x72;&#x6f;&#x61;&#100;&#115;&#46;c&#x61;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental Health Week 2022 Mindful Moments (Online) Monday May 2, 12:00-12:15pm Take a short break and engage in two simple mindfulness exercises (just 15 minutes!). These practices can help calm your nervous system, relax your body, and promote clarity and&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/mental-health-week-2022\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":767,"featured_media":2341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}