Welcome to Health & Wellness

January 16, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bring on Health and Wellness, our readers have spoken. A random poll of UVU students revealed the largest interest in topics concerning fitness, wellness and health when it came to daily media consumption. It’s time to get you what you want! Starting today The Review, in collaboration with the Outdoor Adventure Center and The Student […]

Mindfulness workshops help students better control their lives

March 9, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Jonah Hokit Students are empowered to destress at mindfulness workshops hosted in the Reflection Center within the Student Life and Wellness Center March 1 through April 12. These workshops were designed to help students relax, destress and try to center their focus. Dallin Bruun, a mindful-based stress reduction instructor, hosted the event March […]

Diversity is celebrated for the United Nations’ International Day of Peace

September 25, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Maricel Evangelista The Reflection Center celebrated the International Day of Peace, a day where students of different beliefs and backgrounds come together to discuss how to better demonstrate peace on campus. All are welcome to find, discover and seek your spiritual and ethical identities, Ellie Thompson, Reflection Center coordinator, said. Thompson led the open-house […]

Healing through Silence: Tips for Headaches

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Question: I get headaches on a regular basis, how can I get rid of them?   Prevention is key. Being healthy prevents pain, injuries and disease. Remember, the causes of headaches are often stress, muscle or circulation related.   So how can you prevent headaches?   Meditation, Exercise, Diet.   When we meditate we give […]

MEdiatation: Balance, intervened

November 23, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Meditation and mediation.  They almost beg to be combined into a single concept, don’t they? Meditation is an active pursuit, but it is aimed inward.  The disparate, warring elements of the psyche are brought to heel by the focused, directed thinking of the mind.  Mediation, on the other hand, is also an active pursuit, but […]

Wanna quit smoking? Try meditation

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 4 minutes There are many methods that supposedly help one to quit smoking cigarettes. And over the nine years that I smoked, I tried most of them. However, only one of them has provided long lasting effects, and this method did so with great ease and little anxiety or side-effects. That method: Meditation. Follow the instructions below, […]