May was Mental Health Awareness month and LBCC held various events to showcase how students, faculty and staff can take care of their mental health. One of the events was about mediation.
Last week, the Health Viking Center held a virtual Zoom event called, Meditations with Monica Garcia.
The event was held to help students with whatever struggles they might be having by using a peaceful solution and remedy such as meditation.
Monica Garcia, a Health Service technician hosted the event for students to take a few minutes out of their day and do a guided meditation, which helps with stress and anxiety as well as just calmness.
The term meditation was explained and how one can use it to help their personal needs. The event ended with some positive affirmations delivered by Monica.
“Meditation is useful for many things such as, helping with better focus and concentration, and it helps reduce levels of stress and anxiety,” said Garcia.
Positive Affirmations can help challenge and overcome negative thoughts. When you repeat them often and truly believe in what they are saying, you will start to make positive changes.
“Some of these struggles can be very common in students who usually have a lot going on with college, so taking a few minutes to meditate is the best and perfect way to relieve that all,” said Sergio Grimaldi, the event organizer.
The Health Student Services has organized helpful events all month long such as Mental Health LGBTQIA+, tackling anxiety workshops, managing trauma to bring awareness about mental health and its importance in the community especially in the college community.
Having these resources available to students can help make a better experience overall during college and feel supported and cared for at LBCC.
Some of the other events provided by the Health Services are workshops on anxiety, depression and a variety of topics that can interest many students as well as help them with any struggling issues they might have while being in college.
Monica Garcia collaborates with the Student Health Services to host multiple meditation events.
If interested in attending these meditation events or any other event held by the department, students can follow the Viking Health Services on Instagram @lbcc_healthvikings to stay informed for upcoming events.