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Welcome back to Spring semester 2012!
Recent data suggests that stress management is the primary mental health concern of college students. There are links below that give suggestions for stress management. Here is a link to a video that addresses how one can have healthy solitude and not necessarily feel stressful loneliness:
Relaxation to Manage Stress:
General Relaxation Links
Mayo Clinic on Stress Management
Relaxation Techniques and Tips from Hobart and William Smith Colleges*
Multimedia Links for Relaxation
IC CAPS Relaxation/Meditation mp3 files
Video: Need to Relax? Take a Break for Meditation
Video: Yoga for Stress Management
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Breathing
Guided Meditation — Nourishing Your Inner Being
Recommended Relaxation CD to purchase - Mindfulness for Beginners
*Links put out by another university may refer to services available only to students at that university. Other students should, of course, contact instead their own college counseling center. Also, opinions expressed in a virtual pamphlet from one college do not necessarily reflect those of another college.
The Herdsman
ALBERTO CAEIRO
TRANSLATED BY EDOUARD RODITI
I'm herdsman of a flock.
The sheep are my thoughts
And my thoughts are all sensations.
I think with my eyes and my ears
And my hands and feet
And nostrils and mouth.
To think a flower is to see and smell it.
To eat a fruit is to sense its savor.
And that is why, when I feel sad,
In a day of heat, because of so much joy
And lay me down in the grass to rest
And close my sun-warmed eyes,
I feel my whole body relaxed in reality
And know the whole truth and am happy.
Source: Poetry (October 1955).
TRANSLATED BY EDMUND KEELEY AND PHILIP SHERRARD
