{"id":15163,"date":"2020-11-16T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/mondays-minutes-of-meditations-4\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:50:38","slug":"mondays-minutes-of-meditations-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/mondays-minutes-of-meditations-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114872\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/meditation-monday-3-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cJon 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;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-114871 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-or-mind-full-e1605293597177-450x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"333\" \/>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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-114873 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/meditation-at-home-e1605293789520-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">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 (<a href=\"http:\/\/therapistaid.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">therapistaid.com<\/a>).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-114874 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/meditation-female-e1605293963241-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every Monday throughout the semester, Counseling and Wellness Services will be offering virtual guided meditations, available through the Campus Chronicle post.\u00a0 The meditations are provided by The Honest Guys 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<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114875\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/and-breathe-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let&#8217;s all take 10 minutes to slow down our lives and be present with ourselves.\u00a0 Mindfulness has been shown to be very beneficial in reducing stress and focusing on the here and now. In this guided mindfulness meditation you can learn to be completely present in the moment, letting go of your thoughts and achieving calmness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Nov. 16: Mindfulness Meditation (10 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mindfulness Meditation - Guided 10 Minutes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6p_yaNFSYao?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 style=\"text-align: left;\">Counseling and Wellness Services along with the Dwight Marvin Library are pleased to offer an e-book, \u201cThe Mindful Twenty-Something: Life Skills to Handle Stress and Everything Else\u201d by Holly B. Rogers, MD. A special thank you to Stephanie Ross, faculty librarian, for purchasing and sharing this wonderful resource with the campus community!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114365\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-mindful-twenty-something-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/hvcc-ebooks\/detail.action?docID=4717650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link to: The Mindful 20-Something: Life Skills to Handle Stress and Everything Else<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wishing you all a great week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Counseling and Wellness Services<\/strong><br \/>\nSiek Campus Center, room 270<br \/>\n(518) 629-7320<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:counseling@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">counseling@hvcc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-people-meditating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114876 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-people-meditating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:50:38 +0000 by\u00a0k.weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditations \u201cJon 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-15163","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\/15163","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=15163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}