Day 3 by Eva Neblett

 This was the third day of our two-week-long J-term course about mindfulness, meditation, and yoga. Throughout the day, we continued to practice and improve the skills and activities that we had learned in the previous days of our J term while also learning new skills, techniques, and reasoning behind the origins of the skills we had learned.

We started our morning by having a yoga class taught by Dr.Beth Reese. That day we practiced flow yoga. while doing yoga we learned new poses and some that we have practiced, we were encouraged to use the blocks quite often. The poses that were practiced provided an excellent stretch and mood to the class.

 After the relaxing yoga class, we were taught by Dr. Shivani Bhatia. Dr. Bhatia taught the class more about breathing techniques. She explained the benefits of doing the breathing exercises and when it is best to do them. Dr. Bhatia educated the class on the more advanced versions of some of the techniques in the previous days. 

In the afternoon we learned about zentangles. Zentangles are a type of art that revolves around abstract patterns that repeat. We started by watching a video of how to make zentangles and then practicing the ideas we saw after learning how to make them we moved on to making our own zentangles.   

After the zentangles, we began to research a topic of our choice for the oral presentations we would do later in the day. After completing the slide show for the presentation we shared them with the class and answered each other's questions. The presentations taught the class a lot and provided a better understanding of mindfulness, yoga, and meditation.

We ended the day with shavasana. shavasana helped the class unwind and relax. 

Stay tuned for more updates on our journey!