Your college students should return home for Christmas break feeling very relaxed. Yes, exams are over, but there is a relatively new trend on many campuses across the country to reduce anxiety during finals with "stress buster" programs. Parents are more likely to think of it as pampering. There is positive stress that motivates students, but too much stress is clearly dysfunctional and affects student performance as well as their health and well-being. Students know they need to de-stress, sleep more and eat well, but most don't. Colleges are responding with some novel ideas. Here's a sampling from campuses across the country.
Midnight Breakfasts: Many colleges offer a nighttime feast where traditional breakfast favorites are served up, frequently by the faculty.
Releasing Stress in a Healthy Way: Yoga classes, free 10- to 15-minute chair massages and mediation classes.
(More) Source: The Sacramento Bee
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