By Shukri Bashir
Students are invited to a self-care boot camp at the Pod in the De Montfort Students’ Union building later this month.
The event on Wednesday, November 27, is designed to help students manage their mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing through mindfulness sessions such as yoga and meditation.
Fluffy Adewola, the Students’ Union’s mental health executive, collaborates with the wellbeing department to run these boot camps as a part of their weekly Wellbeing Wednesdays.
Last month they ran a yoga session. Fluffy said: “The sessions are done to help students manage stress. We did yoga last month and it was a very calming experience.”
This month’s session will consist of meditation and learning how to breathe and connect with your inner core.
These stress management sessions are done to help students relieve academic stress and give them a place to be able to learn how to cope.
Fluffy said: “This was one of the main points in my manifesto when I was running for re-election, I wanted people to have a place where they can let their emotions out because university can be a stressful place.”
Alongside this, they also talk about exercise routines, healthy eating, and sleep hygiene tips.
These sessions are open to all DMU students and are completely free of charge.
To find more information about the sessions go to the DSU website or visit https://events.demontfortsu.com/event/wellbeing-wednesday-self-care-bootcamp-mindfulness-session/239664