{"id":1665,"date":"2025-04-08T13:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:13:38","slug":"mindful-breathing-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/mindful-breathing-demonstrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Breathing Demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Final exams are quickly approaching, and student stress is increasing. To assist students in managing stress and calming the nervous system before exams, Student Development is offering 5-10 minute demonstrations of mindful breathing.\u00a0 \u00a0These demonstrations are designed to be offered at the beginning or end of classmindful breathing demonstrations, which can be done in 5-10 minutes (depending on how much time is available).<\/p>\n<p>Mindfulness and breathing exercises\u00a0are scientifically proven to help\u00a0calm the nervous system, reduce anxiety, and improve concentration. It encourages focus on breathing, body sensations, or surroundings, and\u00a0interrupts negative thought patterns.\u00a0 The techniques taught will help students:<br \/>\nLower anxiety\u00a0and stop overthinking.<br \/>\nImprove concentration\u00a0while revising.<br \/>\nCalm your nerves\u00a0before and during an exam.<\/p>\n<p>To schedule a demonstration, please contact Student Development Specialist Faathyma Clark at f.clark@hvcc.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0 by\u00a0g.healy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Final exams are quickly approaching, and student stress is increasing. To assist students in managing stress and calming&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","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=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34372,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions\/34372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}