{"id":14698,"date":"2020-09-07T09:50:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/mondays-minutes-of-meditation-2\/"},"modified":"2020-09-07T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:50:41","slug":"mondays-minutes-of-meditation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/mondays-minutes-of-meditation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday&#8217;s Minutes of Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jon Kabat-Zinn, a leader in the field of mindfulness, has described mindfulness as &#8220;paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This means consciously paying attention to our senses, and to our feelings, without further judgement. For example, mindfulness could be practiced by focusing on the sensation of water rushing over your hands as it falls from a faucet, or by feeling and accepting sadness without trying to push it away or to evaluate it.<\/p>\n<p>Research has linked mindfulness meditation with reduced anxiety, more positive emotions, and, with enough practice, permanent structural changes in the brain that sustain these benefits. Before beginning, know that meditation is a skill that requires practice. In the beginning it might seem as if unwanted thoughts constantly intrude your mind and the serenity associated with meditation might be brief. With time your ability to meditate, and to control your focus, will improve. (therapistaid.com)<\/p>\n<p>Every Monday throughout the semester, <strong>Counseling and Wellness Services<\/strong> will be offering virtual guided meditations in the Campus Chronicle and Student Announcements.\u00a0 The meditations are provided by <em>The Honest Guys<\/em> channel on YouTube. To learn more about The Honest Guys and their guided meditations, visualizations, and guided sleep talk-downs, visit their website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehonestguys.co.uk\/what-we-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Honest Guys: What We Do<\/a>. We hope you enjoy Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditation as a way to relax and engage in a positive coping skill throughout the semester.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-111374 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/love-yourself-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Monday, Sept. 7, our guided meditation will focus on the practice of <strong>loving yourself<\/strong>. Use this self-confidence exercise daily to teach you to love yourself. You are worthy of loving yourself, and treating yourself as a wonderful person. Start your journey to self-love and acceptance with us. We encourage you all to consider the different things you love about yourself, what makes you proud of yourself, and how can you give back to yourself. Enjoy each and every part of you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 7, 2020: Love Yourself (5 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love Yourself (Self Confidence Exercise)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KOc5Xa0hLJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best,<br \/>\n<strong>Counseling and Wellness Services Staff<br \/>\n<\/strong>Campus Center 270<br \/>\n518-629-7320<br \/>\ncounseling@hvcc.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:50:41 +0000 by\u00a0k.weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditations: Jon Kabat-Zinn, a leader in the field of mindfulness, has described mindfulness as &#8220;paying attention&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}