Mindful Practices

Foundations of Stress Management Course (HED 112)

This course is an examination of stress, mindfulness, and multiple means of stress management. We explore the science of stress and how it impacts our health, the history and benefits of mindfulness, and then engage with different stress management practices each week thereafter. The ultimate of this course is for students to use healthy coping strategies on a consistent basis, as well as have tools to address stressors that will arise from being a college student. This course is a 1 credit, seminar course that is offered every fall and spring term and is open to any student.

Daily Mindfulness Calendar

Week of August 18

18

Nature Sunday

Read Outside

Find a nice shady spot under a tree or on a park bench. Read a good book aloud or silently for a period of time. What do you notice?

19

Meditation Monday

Heartbeat Exercise

Follow along with this video to bring calmness into your life and connect with your heartbeat. What do you notice?

20

Gratitude Tuesday

Gratitude Text

Take a few minutes today to send a text or message to a friend, family member or loved one and let them know you grateful for them and why.

21

Movement Wednesday

Dance Party

Put on a happy song and allow yourself to dance freely. Don't worry about how you look or choreography. Just move however you want. For song suggestions checkout this happy song playlist.

22

Art Form Thursday

Doodle Break

Take a few minutes to draw something that makes you feel happy. What do you notice while doing this?

23

UT Resource Friday

Join the HealthyhornsTXT Community

Text "HORNS" to 866-990-0082 to receive helpful text messages about campus resources and events, physical activity and nutrition, sleep, stress management and mental health, alcohol risk reduction and other general health tips.

24

Connection Saturday

Picnic on the South Lawn

If the weather is nice, plan to meet up with your friends at the South Lawn for a picnic!