{"id":24012,"date":"2025-04-10T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/invite-mindful-breathing-to-your-classroom\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:11:58","slug":"invite-mindful-breathing-to-your-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/invite-mindful-breathing-to-your-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Invite Mindful Breathing to Your Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Final exams are quickly approaching, and student stress is increasing.\u00a0 Student Development is offering classroom demonstrations of mindful breathing demonstrations to assist students in managing stress and calming the nervous system as they prepare\u00a0 for finals. Presentations are quick and can be done in up to 5-10 minutes at the beginning or end of class.<\/p>\n<p>Mindfulness and breathing exercises are scientifically proven to help calm the nervous system, reduce anxiety, and improve concentration. It encourages focus on breathing, body sensations, or surroundings, and interrupts negative thought patterns.\u00a0 The techniques taught will help students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lower anxiety and stop overthinking.<\/li>\n<li>Improve concentration while revising.<\/li>\n<li>Calm your nerves\u00a0before and during an exam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To schedule a presentation, please contact Student Development Specialist Faathyma Clark at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:f.clark@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">f.clark@hvcc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:11:58 +0000 by\u00a0g.healy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Final exams are quickly approaching, and student stress is increasing.\u00a0 Student Development is offering classroom demonstrations of mindful breathing&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-24012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012","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=24012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}