Mental Health Awareness Week

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week from 11-17 May. This year’s theme is ‘Take action’. 

Find out more about activities happening around the university, including a wellbeing tour at the nearby Botanic Gardens, MPLS’s programme of events, and a couple of talks at Balliol College (posters attached) on the Neuroscience of Wellbeing and Body Dysmoprhic Disorder.

As ever, the College’s weekly programme offers opportunities to get active, get outside, get some writing done or just get a break and a treat!

Monday

7.15pm-8.15pm and 8.15pm-9.15pm Yoga with Kristine. The 7.15pm-8.15pm class is an energetic and dynamic vinyasa class, and our 8.15pm-9.15pm class is a gentle and restorative flow. Yoga mats are available, and no booking is required – just turn up in comfortable clothing that you can move in.

Tuesday

6.30pm – 7.30pm - Circuits, with instructor Denise Goddard. A fast-paced combination of cardio, strength and core exercises for a full-body workout. Using a mix of free-weights, kettlebells, slam-balls, power bags and bodyweight, get yourself moving, build muscle and raise your energy levels! No equipment or experience needed - just turn up in your trainers and comfortable clothing.  

Wednesday

3:15 – 4:15pm A Chat and a Cookie Or a Break and a Biscuit? Come and meet the Welfare Team – we have cookies, made in house for you by our lovely chefs in the College kitchen! Meet some of the team and find out more about what we do or just take a break from study with a little treat and a chat with friends.

Friday

10:00 – 12:00 Graduate Writers Group, for graduate students (DPhil or Masters). Get some productive writing (or reading or other writing-related task!) done in a mutually supportive environment, develop effective writing habits and share insights on the writing process, motivation, writers block, procrastination, perfectionism and other challenges. Bring something you’re currently working on which you want to make progress with (at any stage of the process from outlining a plan to editing a draft), paper and pen or a charged laptop to work with, and a mug.

Sunday

11am-12pm – Gardening group