Weekly Programs
During the academic year, Wellness and Health Promotion offers weekly programs free to all New School students. Unless otherwise noted, appointments are unnecessary; just drop in.
Last week for Wellness program in the fall 2012 semester: December 10-14. Weekly programs will resume during the first week of classes in the spring semester.
Monday
Mindfulness Meditation
3:00-3:40 p.m.
66 Fifth Avenue, room 818A
Guided meditation can help you cultivate happiness, relax, gain greater awareness, and support your creativity and academic performance. Come once, come twice, come every week—no commitment is required. Try a short meditation here.
Biofeedback
Afternoons by appointment
80 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor
Learn how easy it is to change your emotional state from anxious, tense, or afraid to focused, calm, and confident using biofeedback breathing techniques. Biofeedback measures your body's stress levels through a sensor attached to your earlobe. It then gives you feedback about the levels of stress you carry in your body by measuring the rhythm of your heart and your autonomic nervous system response. Through computer-guided feedback, you can learn to let go of stress in your body and to be aware of the emotional states and patterns of thought that lead to stress in the first place. For more information email wellness@newschool.edu, or call 212.229.1671 to schedule an appointment.
Free Confidential HIV Testing
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Student Health Services, 80 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor
The Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center (LESHRC) and The New School provide free and confidential HIV testing. No appointment necessary; first-come, first-served. Note: there is no testing when the university is closed.
You can always obtain information about HIV testing sites from the New York City Department of Health. Call 800.TALK.HIV or 212.447.8200 to learn more. There are multiple testing sites throughout New York City.
Tuesday
Auricular Acupuncture
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
80 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor
Receive a 30-minute, five-point ear acupuncture protocol that may release stress and promote body detoxification. Come once, come twice, come every week—no commitment is required.
Wednesday
Acupressure
2:45-3:45 p.m.
2 West 13th Street, lobby
Release stress and enhance your sense of well-being with ear acupressure. The procedure takes only three minutes and involves a small metallic bead, which may be left on the ear for up to three days. Come once, come twice, come every week—no commitment is required.
Thursday
Acupressure
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Lang Café, 65 West 11th Street, ground floor or by the computers in the basement
Release stress and enhance your sense of well-being with ear acupressure. The procedure takes only three minutes and involves a small metallic bead, which may be left on the ear for up to three days. Come once, come twice, come every week—no commitment is required.
Nutrition
All day, by appointment
For more information email wellness@newschool.edu or call 212.229.1671 to schedule an appointment.
Friday
Art Therapy Open Studio
3:00-4:30 p.m.
80 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor
Finish your week with a burst of creativity. Join The New School's resident art therapist Kelley Linhardt every Friday for 90 minutes of uninhibited, nonjudgmental, and self-directed art for fun, relaxation, and bliss. You don't have 90 minutes? Come for 30. Come once, come twice, come every week—no commitment is required. Art materials are free. A valid New School ID is required. For more information, email Kelley Linhardt at linhardk@newschool.edu.