Week of Wellbeing Offers Activities for Discovering, Maintaining Good Health
Several University departments are teaming up to present various events that focus on discovering and maintaining wellness. The Week of Wellbeing will provide opportunities for faculty, staff and students to relax, be active and learn best practices for good health.
Many of these events will center on wellbeing-based techniques, such as meditation and prayer for the spirit, aerobic exercise and proper nutrition for the body, and intellectual study for the mind, all of which are designed to help participants learn to form good health habits.
“Wellbeing is ultimately an act of transmutation. Regardless of the particular wellbeing method or technique used, the goal—like with alchemy—is to take that which is base and transform it into gold,” said Dr. Ian Edwards, director of Duquesne’s Counseling and Wellbeing Center. “Consequently, stress, sadness, worry, anger and despair become the very vehicles through which genuine happiness is attained.”
Faculty and staff are invited to the following Week of Wellbeing activities:
Thursday, March 12
Resilience Mural
Resilience is an intrinsic part of wellbeing. Members of the Duquesne community can anonymously write about and share a personal moment of their resilience.
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 2nd Floor Atrium, Duquesne Union
Friday, March 13
Yoga Class with Live Music and Sound Healing
Mookshi Wellness Center yoga instructor, chant leader and singer-songwriter, Brooke Smokelin will teach a chakra yoga class accompanied by live music.
6 to 7:30 p.m., Main Studio, Power Center
Saturday, March 14
Contemplative Practice in Christianity and Hinduism: A Daylong Retreat with Russill Paul
This retreat will examine the classic contemplatives of Christianity and Hinduism. Attendees will learn the basics of contemplative practice, which include chanting and rituals. The event costs $25 for Duquesne students, faculty and staff. To register, visit: http://www.russillpaul.com/pa.html. For more information, email molinaric@duq.edu.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Africa Room, Duquesne Union
For more information about the Week of Wellbeing events, call 412.396.6204 or email the Counseling and Wellbeing Center at wellbeing@duq.edu.
The Week of Wellbeing is co-sponsored by Dining Services, Duquesne Program Council, Office of Freshman Development, Power Center, Speaklife Storyteller, University Counseling and Wellbeing Center and the Student Wellbeing Club.