{"id":15731,"date":"2021-03-15T11:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/counseling-and-wellness-services-mondays-minutes-of-meditations-2\/"},"modified":"2021-03-15T11:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:35:20","slug":"counseling-and-wellness-services-mondays-minutes-of-meditations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/counseling-and-wellness-services-mondays-minutes-of-meditations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Counseling and Wellness Services: Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Monday\u2019s Minutes of Meditations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-112250\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/inhale-exhale-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"325\" \/><\/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;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">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: 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 (therapistaid.com).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111970 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/male-meditating-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\nEvery Monday throughout the semester, Counseling and Wellness Services will offer virtual guided meditations, available through the Campus Chronicle post. 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.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-111969 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/meditating-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guided Meditation &#8211; Blissful Inner Peace<br \/>\n(33 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This gentle guided meditation will ease you into a state of blissfully deep relaxation where you will experience inner peace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUIDED MEDITATION - Blissful Inner Peace\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e33dETmxAr0?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;\">We hope you a blissful start to your week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Counseling and Wellness Services<\/strong><br \/>\nCampus Center Room 270<br \/>\n518-629-7320<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\/meditating-woman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111971 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/meditating-woman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:35:20 +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-15731","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\/15731","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=15731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}