CSUN Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing - HWB

08/23/2022

Did you know meditating can enhance your concentration, memory, and ability to learn? 😯🧠 Meditation can give you a sense of calm, peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and your overall health. With that in mind, start the semester off right and join HWB for A Mindful Start to Fall 2022! 🙌😌 We will be having 2 thirty-minute guided meditations open to CSUN students, staff, faculty, and the public!

Wednesday, September 14th
A Visual Guided Meditation with Matt Reinig
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Thursday, September 15th
A Guided Mindfulness Meditation with Melanie Mamakos
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Zoom ID for both sessions: 826 7128 1245
Password: wellbeing

07/25/2022

Are you a meditation practitioner interested in leading meditation practices? Join the Institute for Community Health & Wellbeing (HWB) as a Mindfulness Facilitator, in which you will guide attendees in intentional self-care practices.

Some requirements (more information available on Handshake):
Must be available Mondays & Wednesdays from 12-1 PM, 5-7 hours/week.
Must have experience leading virtual wellbeing programs, especially meditation, yoga, or other mindfulness practices .

Apply on Handshake with your CSUN student credentials!
Handshake Job #6599584

07/24/2022

Happy International Self-Care Day! This day celebrates and promotes self-care as a vital foundation of health. We hope you can get some self-care in today!

07/13/2022

Now hiring! Would you like to work with HWB? We are hiring for a Turning the Tide Project Coordinator. The starting pay rate is $16 with 10-20 hours per week. In this role, you will coordinate activities for the Bridge to the Future "Turning the Tide" program, including community and coastal clean-ups, educational programs, and creative projects. Find more information and apply on Handshake using your CSUN credentials. Link is in our bio!

06/29/2022

We are hiring! You can find more information and apply on Handshake. Link is also in our bio! We have 3 student assistant positions available:
1. Affinity Group & Centers Project Coordinator
Handshake Job #6546223
Starting Rate: $16.50
Work up to 20 hours/week
Organize & continue HWB's affinity groups,
collaborate with various SUN Centers, & create
content for social media and HWB newsletter
2. Health & Wellbeing Outreach Project Coordinator
Handshake Job #6546245
Starting Rate: $16.50
Work up to 20 hours/week
Work alongside other student assistants to
provide outreach and distribute resources &
information to the campus community
3. Mindfulness Facilitator
Handshake Job #6599584
Starting Rate: $16.50
Must be available Mondays & Wednesdays
12-1 PM, 5-7 hours/week
Guide attendees in intentional self-care
practices on topics such as meditation,
breathing, yoga, self-compassion, & nutrition

06/28/2022

🍏🍅Marilyn Magaram Center, CalFresh Healthy Living, and HWB present a free online
Healthy Food workshops this Thursday 6/30 at 12pm!🥦🌶

To join, use Zoom ID: 639 013 0711

06/17/2022

☀️Introducing...𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳! ☀️
Are you subscribed to our Wellbeing Weekly Newsletter: Summer Edition?⁣ You can sign up in our link in bio 😉
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This summer we’re focusing on CSUN staff wellness. We'll be sharing wellness tips, upcoming events, campus and community resources, and more all in an effort to show our CSUN staff some well-deserved love after a long academic year. ⁣
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𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬!

04/21/2022

🚨 Our new website is LIVE! 🚨
Check it out at csun.edu/wellbeing or link in our bio!

04/14/2022

🎨🎥 FREE Student Art exhibit at the Soraya! ⁣
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Remember our call for submissions a few weeks ago? Well, it’s time to showcase all of your wonderful work! ⁣
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Please join CCRP Revitalize team on Tuesday, April 19 for an art showcase/exhibit at the Soraya. Event is free and there will be refreshments from Jessie’s Grind as weep as raffle give ways.⁣
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Come witness the creative ways your peers & students have shown resilience during these difficult times. ⁣
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We look forward to see you there.

04/08/2022

🌱 CCRP presents: Revitalize One Day Conference! ⁣
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Please join our CSUN community by attending the Revitalize - Campus Care Recovery Program's one-day virtual conference April 26 8:45 am-4:15 pm.⁣ Link in our bio! There will be a raffle for attendees.
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This conference consists of a series of workshops and keynote speakers focused on wellness and collective healing from grief and trauma. ⁣
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Returning to campus after social unrest & during a pandemic can come with its own challenges in finding a new "normal.” Our speakers will provide effective self-care strategies and relevant information in a safe space that fosters community healing and revitalization.⁣
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Join a couple sessions or stay for the whole day! 🌱

04/06/2022

Join us for A Time to Reflect: Embodied Mindfulness During Complex Times with Rhonda Magee, M.A., J.D. on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM via Zoom! Register at tinyurl.com/csunrhonda or the link in our bio. This free event is open to the public! All are welcome!

Do you find yourself struggling with increased conflicts in conversations around different perspectives? How can we practice compassion and cooperation in those conversations? Embodied mindfulness can bring compassion and cooperation more deeply into our efforts to work together.

Professor Rhonda Magee will offer practices and reflections that will:
Support us in deepening our ability to work together across a range of diverse perspectives, deepen the work of equity and inclusion, and alleviate the suffering we all face in the social and political worlds.

03/30/2022

03/29/2022

The Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing is excited to help support the CSUN Mamava Lactation Pod located in Bayramian Hall! This new lactation space was made possible by the student campus quality fee. The Mamava is available on a first come, first serve basis and can be accessed via the Mamava app.

In addition, there are 5 other lactation spaces on the CSUN campus.
1. Santa Susana Hall
2. Klotz Student Health Center
3. University Student Union
4. Sequoia Hall
5. College of Education

For more information about lactation spaces and available resources, reach out to us at [email protected].

California State University, Northridge has installed its first lactation pod to provide a safe and comfortable place for nursing parents to breastfeed or pump their breast milk. The university will celebrate the grand opening of the Mamava Lactation Pod in Bayramian Hall, located on the west sid

03/16/2022

📨HWB family, ⁣
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Do you want to receive weekly campy & community news centered around health and wellness?⁣
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Subscribe to Wellbeing Weekly, our HWB newsletter. Delivered to you every Monday morning, our newsletter is intentionally curated with events for the week, wellness articles, fun events on campus, and educational opportunities for students and staff!⁣
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Don’t miss out. Subscribe at tinyurl.com/wellbeingweeklynews or use the link in our bio 📨

03/15/2022

Stop by the for free pantry and toiletry items!

The WRRC Food and Toiletry Pantry is open for all students with a student ID number. Students are welcome to visit the pantry during any of our open hours of operation. Students are required to sign-in each time they visit the pantry.

Select all items you need for the week. We will do our best to fill the order. Please note that our inventory is constantly changing. We may have something one week, and not the next. We appreciate your understanding. Also, submitting this google form is confirmation that your items will be ready on the date you selected. WE MUST receive your submission for the week no later than 9am, MONDAY TO ENSURE THAT YOUR REQUEST WILL BE READY FOR PICK-UP ON MONDAY, 11Am-2pm, or by 9am THURSDAY TO ENSURE THAT YOUR REQUEST WILL BE READY FOR PICK-UP ON THURSDAY, 3pm-6pm.

For more information, please call 818-677-2780

03/14/2022

YOU ARE INVITED!
Restore in Place: An Interactive Mindfulness Retreat with Aisha Dixon-Peters, PsyD

Tuesday, March 30, 2022 from 10am to 12pm on Zoom

Register at tinyurl.com/csunmindful or the link in our bio!

Join us for this interactive mindfulness retreat. Learn about mindfulness, the benefits of practicing mindfulness, and ways to incorporate mindfulness into daily life. Includes mindfulness talks and guided mindfulness practices to support well-being and restoration. This free event is open to all.

Dr. Aisha Dixon-Peters, Psy.D. is a Licensed Clinical Community Psychologist and is a Senior Adjunct Professor for the PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology at the University of La Verne. Dr. Aisha is in private practice in Los Angeles and specializes in working with BIPOC and women, incorporating a holistic, trauma-informed, culturally relevant, mindfulness-oriented approach in her work supporting clients in their healing journey. Dr. Aisha is certified in integrative mental health, holistic therapy, hypnotherapy for trauma, as a trauma professional, and has completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training. Dr. Aisha has been practicing and teaching mindfulness for over twenty years. Dr. Aisha is passionate about sharing mindfulness with clients and students and facilitating mindfulness workshops and retreats.