The Counseling Center workshops allow you to explore and discuss topics with a series of online and in-person workshops. If you have any questions, contact the Counseling Center by phone at (212) 220-8140 or by email: counselingcenter@bmcc.cuny.edu.
In-Person Yoga
We are also offering some in-person yoga classes on Tuesdays from 2-2:45 p.m. in Room N-471.
These 45 minute Exhale to Inhale Classes will offer time to check-in with your stress levels, connect with your body, and make movement-based choices.
No experience is necessary–just wear some comfortable clothing.
Register now for one or more of our weekly yoga classes (from February 13 through May 7.)
Healing Rhythms
Come join your BMCC community in a drumming circle with Baba Atiba who will show us the power of the drum. No experience needed. No registration needed. Just show up with an open mind!
Wednesdays beginning February 14, 1:30-3 p.m. in the Student Cafeteria at 199 Chambers St.
Healing Through Hip Hop
BRING IN THE NOISE, BRING IN THE FUN with live performances, freestyle cyphers, and a safe space to unleash your creativity through the healing power of rhythm and rhyme. Connect with peers in deep, engaging conversations. Learn how to use music and spoken word to reduce anxiety and improve social skills. Freely express yourself without fear of being criticized or judged. No experience needed! Please email counselingcenter@bmcc.cuny.edu for more information or just show up!
Stress-O-Meter
Are you curious about your level of stress and how you can measure it? Come learn a simple way of measuring your heart rate and your stress level and learn the magic of focused breathing and other strategies to manage your stress. April 17, 4-5 p.m. in Richard Harris Terrace.
Wellness Fun Fest
Do you like prizes? Do you like drawing or coloring? How about matching your heart to the beat of the drum?
We’ve got you covered! Join us in exercising your creative voice, tapping into your calm, and more! Take a pause and come have some fun.
Join us at the Wellness Fun Fest on April 17 from 1-4 p.m. in Richard Harris Terrace.
Mindful Calm: Navigating Stress with Awareness
Navigate stress with ease at our Zoom workshop during the De-Stress Fest. Come learn essential mindfulness skills to boost awareness and resilience. Sign up for an empowering session where you will leave having embraced a calmer, more present you.
Dates:
May 7, 12-1 p.m. Register here
May 9, 1-2 p.m. Register here
Chill and Thrive
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Come learn the beginning skills of Meditation to help you thrive!
May 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Room S-341. No registration needed.
